योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-3, chapter-81, verse-21
दिक्कालाद्यनवच्छिन्नरूपत्वान्मेरुतो बृहत् ।
वालाग्रशतभागात्माप्येष सूक्ष्मः परोऽणुकः ॥ २१ ॥
वालाग्रशतभागात्माप्येष सूक्ष्मः परोऽणुकः ॥ २१ ॥
dikkālādyanavacchinnarūpatvānmeruto bṛhat ,
vālāgraśatabhāgātmāpyeṣa sūkṣmaḥ paro'ṇukaḥ 21
vālāgraśatabhāgātmāpyeṣa sūkṣmaḥ paro'ṇukaḥ 21
21.
dikkālādyanavacchinnarūpatvāt merutaḥ bṛhat
vālāgraśatabhāgātmā api eṣaḥ sūkṣmaḥ paraḥ aṇukaḥ
vālāgraśatabhāgātmā api eṣaḥ sūkṣmaḥ paraḥ aṇukaḥ
21.
dikkālādyanavacchinnarūpatvāt merutaḥ bṛhat,
eṣaḥ vālāgraśatabhāgātmā api sūkṣmaḥ paraḥ aṇukaḥ
eṣaḥ vālāgraśatabhāgātmā api sūkṣmaḥ paraḥ aṇukaḥ
21.
Due to its nature of being unrestricted by directions, time, and other such limitations, this (consciousness) is greater than Mount Meru. Yet, it is also the supreme subtle (aṇuka), whose essence (ātman) is but a hundredth part of a hair's tip.
Words meanings summery:
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- दिक्कालाद्यनवच्छिन्नरूपत्वात् (dikkālādyanavacchinnarūpatvāt) - due to having a form unrestricted by direction, time, etc.
- मेरुतः (merutaḥ) - from Meru, than Meru
- बृहत् (bṛhat) - great, large, vast
- वालाग्रशतभागात्मा (vālāgraśatabhāgātmā) - whose nature is a hundredth part of a hair's tip, having the self of a hundredth part of a hair's tip
- अपि (api) - also, even, too
- एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (consciousness) (this, this one)
- सूक्ष्मः (sūkṣmaḥ) - subtle, minute, fine
- परः (paraḥ) - supreme (in subtlety) (supreme, highest, ultimate, other)
- अणुकः (aṇukaḥ) - atomic particle, subtle entity, minute
Words meanings and morphology
दिक्कालाद्यनवच्छिन्नरूपत्वात् (dikkālādyanavacchinnarūpatvāt) - due to having a form unrestricted by direction, time, etc.
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of dikkālādyanavacchinnarūpatva
dikkālādyanavacchinnarūpatva - the state of having a form unrestricted by directions, time, and similar factors
dik-kālādi + anavacchinnarūpa + tva
Compound type : tatpurusha (dikkālādi+anavacchinnarūpa+tva)
- dikkālādi – directions, time, etc.
noun (masculine)
dik + kāla + ādi - dik – direction, quarter, region
noun (feminine)
Root: diś (class 6) - kāla – time
noun (masculine) - ādi – beginning, etcetera
indeclinable - anavacchinnarūpa – having an unrestricted form
adjective (neuter)
a (negative) + avacchinna (restricted) + rūpa (form) - a – not, non-
indeclinable
negative prefix - avacchinnarūpa – having a restricted form
adjective (neuter)
ava + chid (root) + kta (participle) + rūpa - avacchinna – restricted, cut off, separated
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
from ava + chid + kta
Prefix: ava
Root: chid (class 7) - rūpa – form, shape, nature
noun (neuter) - tva – -ness, -hood (suffix forming abstract nouns)
suffix (neuter)
Note: Indicates reason.
मेरुतः (merutaḥ) - from Meru, than Meru
(indeclinable)
tas suffix
Note: Used for comparison with bṛhat.
बृहत् (bṛhat) - great, large, vast
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of bṛhat
bṛhat - great, large, vast, extensive
from root bṛh
Root: bṛh (class 1)
Note: Agrees with eṣaḥ.
वालाग्रशतभागात्मा (vālāgraśatabhāgātmā) - whose nature is a hundredth part of a hair's tip, having the self of a hundredth part of a hair's tip
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vālāgraśatabhāgātman
vālāgraśatabhāgātman - having the nature/essence of a hundredth part of a hair's tip
vālāgraśatabhāga + ātman
Compound type : bahuvrihi (vālāgraśatabhāga+ātman)
- vālāgraśatabhāga – a hundredth part of a hair's tip
noun (masculine)
vālāgra + śata + bhāga - vālāgra – hair's tip
noun (neuter)
vāla + agra - vāla – hair
noun (masculine) - agra – tip, top, front
noun (neuter) - śatabhāga – hundredth part
noun (masculine)
śata + bhāga - śata – hundred
noun (neuter) - bhāga – part, share, division
noun (masculine)
from root bhaj
Root: bhaj (class 1) - ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, nature
noun (masculine)
Note: Agrees with eṣaḥ.
अपि (api) - also, even, too
(indeclinable)
एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (consciousness) (this, this one)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of etas
etas - this, this one
Note: Subject of the implied verb.
सूक्ष्मः (sūkṣmaḥ) - subtle, minute, fine
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sūkṣma
sūkṣma - subtle, minute, fine, delicate
from root sūc (to indicate, to be subtle)
Root: sūc
Note: Agrees with eṣaḥ.
परः (paraḥ) - supreme (in subtlety) (supreme, highest, ultimate, other)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of para
para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant
Note: Agrees with eṣaḥ.
अणुकः (aṇukaḥ) - atomic particle, subtle entity, minute
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of aṇuka
aṇuka - atomic particle, subtle entity, minute
from aṇu + ka (diminutive/agent suffix)
Note: Agrees with eṣaḥ.