योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-84, verse-10

अप्यनागत एवायमेवं सर्ग उपागतः ।
भोः शालभञ्जिकासंविद्दारुण्येव मुधोदिता ॥ १० ॥

apyanāgata evāyamevaṃ sarga upāgataḥ ,
bhoḥ śālabhañjikāsaṃviddāruṇyeva mudhoditā 10

10. api anāgataḥ eva ayam evam sargaḥ upāgataḥ
bhoḥ śālabhañjikāsaṃvit dāruṇī eva mudhā uditā

10. api ayam anāgataḥ eva evam sargaḥ upāgataḥ
bhoḥ śālabhañjikāsaṃvit dāruṇī eva mudhā uditā

10. Even this creation (sarga), though unmanifest, has thus come into being. Oh, this awareness (saṃvid), akin to that of an inert wooden doll, is declared in vain as if it were harsh!

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - Even (also, even, indeed)

• अनागतः (anāgataḥ) - unmanifest, non-existent (not arrived, not come, unmanifest, future)

• एव (eva) - indeed, very (just, only, indeed, alone)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (very) (this)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

• सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation (sarga) (creation, emission, discharge, chapter)

• उपागतः (upāgataḥ) - come into being, appeared (approached, attained, come into being)

• भोः (bhoḥ) - O! (O! (vocative particle))

• शालभञ्जिकासंवित् (śālabhañjikāsaṁvit) - awareness (saṃvid) akin to that of an inert wooden doll (consciousness of a wooden doll, inert awareness)

• दारुणी (dāruṇī) - harsh, severe (referring to the nature of illusion) (harsh, cruel, severe, terrible)

• एव (eva) - indeed (just, only, indeed, alone)

• मुधा (mudhā) - in vain (in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly)

• उदिता (uditā) - declared, spoken of (risen, appeared, spoken, declared)

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - Even (also, even, indeed)

(indeclinable)

अनागतः (anāgataḥ) - unmanifest, non-existent (not arrived, not come, unmanifest, future)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anāgata

anāgata - not come, not arrived, not happened, unmanifest, future

Past Passive Participle

Derived from 'āgata' (come) with negative prefix 'an-'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+āgata)

• na – not
  indeclinable
• āgata – come, arrived, happened
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix 'ā' + root 'gam'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'sargaḥ'

एव (eva) - indeed, very (just, only, indeed, alone)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

अयम् (ayam) - this (very) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'sargaḥ'

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the manner of appearance

सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation (sarga) (creation, emission, discharge, chapter)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emission, discharge, chapter

Derived from root 'sṛj' with suffix 'a'

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Subject of the first clause

उपागतः (upāgataḥ) - come into being, appeared (approached, attained, come into being)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upāgata

upāgata - approached, arrived, come into being, attained

Past Passive Participle

From prefix 'upa' + 'ā' + root 'gam'

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'sargaḥ'

भोः (bhoḥ) - O! (O! (vocative particle))

(indeclinable)

Note: Exclamation

शालभञ्जिकासंवित् (śālabhañjikāsaṁvit) - awareness (saṃvid) akin to that of an inert wooden doll (consciousness of a wooden doll, inert awareness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śālabhañjikāsaṃvid

śālabhañjikāsaṁvid - consciousness of a wooden doll, inert or illusory awareness

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śālabhañjikā+saṃvid)

• śālabhañjikā – wooden doll, female figure carved in wood/stone
  noun (feminine)
• saṃvid – consciousness, knowledge, understanding, intellect
  noun (feminine)
  From prefix 'sam' + root 'vid'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of the second clause, in vocative sense

दारुणी (dāruṇī) - harsh, severe (referring to the nature of illusion) (harsh, cruel, severe, terrible)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dāruṇa

dāruṇa - harsh, cruel, severe, terrible, fierce

Note: Predicate adjective for 'saṃvit'

एव (eva) - indeed (just, only, indeed, alone)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

मुधा (mudhā) - in vain (in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying 'uditā'

उदिता (uditā) - declared, spoken of (risen, appeared, spoken, declared)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udita

udita - risen, appeared, uttered, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

From prefix 'ud' + root 'vad' (to speak) or 'i' (to go)

Prefix: ud

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Predicate for 'saṃvit'

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