योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-84, verse-9

समं सौम्यत्वमजहदेव नित्योदयस्थिति ।
तथा ब्रह्म करोतीदं नाना कर्तेव सज्जगत् ॥ ९ ॥

samaṃ saumyatvamajahadeva nityodayasthiti ,
tathā brahma karotīdaṃ nānā karteva sajjagat 9

9. samam saumyatvam ajahat eva nityodayasthiti |
tathā brahma karoti idam nānā kartā iva sat jagat

9. tathā brahma samam saumyatvam nityodayasthiti
ajahat eva nānā sat idam jagat kartā iva karoti

9. Similarly, Brahman (brahman), while simultaneously (samam) indeed not abandoning its mildness and constant state of arising and abiding, creates this existing, diverse world (jagat), as if it were an agent.

Words meanings summery:

• समम् (samam) - simultaneously (equally, uniformly, simultaneously, at the same time)

• सौम्यत्वम् (saumyatvam) - mildness (mildness, gentleness, benignity, agreeableness)

• अजहत् (ajahat) - not abandoning (not abandoning, not giving up, maintaining)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only, even)

• नित्योदयस्थिति (nityodayasthiti) - constant state of arising and abiding (constant rise and existence, eternal arising and abiding, perpetual manifestation and continuance)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, likewise, in that manner)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (brahman) (Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality)

• करोति (karoti) - creates (does, makes, performs, creates)

• इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this, this world)

• नाना (nānā) - diverse (various, diverse, manifold, different)

• कर्ता (kartā) - agent (doer, agent, creator, author)

• इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, as it were)

• सत् (sat) - existing (existing, real, good, true)

• जगत् (jagat) - world (jagat) (world, universe, moving)

Words meanings and morphology

समम् (samam) - simultaneously (equally, uniformly, simultaneously, at the same time)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb ('simultaneously') modifying 'ajahat'.

सौम्यत्वम् (saumyatvam) - mildness (mildness, gentleness, benignity, agreeableness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saumyatva

saumyatva - mildness, gentleness, benignity

From 'saumya' (mild) + 'tva' (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Object of 'ajahat'.

अजहत् (ajahat) - not abandoning (not abandoning, not giving up, maintaining)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajahat

ajahat - not abandoning, maintaining

Present Active Participle

Negative prefix 'a-' + 'jahat' (from root 'hā', to abandon, in reduplicated form 'jahā')

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jahat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• jahat – abandoning, giving up
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'hā' (to abandon), reduplicated stem.
  Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'brahma', masculine form used for neuter 'brahma' for grammatical agreement sometimes.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only, even)

(indeclinable)

नित्योदयस्थिति (nityodayasthiti) - constant state of arising and abiding (constant rise and existence, eternal arising and abiding, perpetual manifestation and continuance)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nityodayasthiti

nityodayasthiti - constant rise and existence, eternal arising and abiding

Compound of 'nitya' (constant) + 'udaya' (rise, manifestation) + 'sthiti' (existence, stability)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nitya+udaya+sthiti)

• nitya – constant, eternal, perpetual
  adjective
• udaya – rise, arising, manifestation
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix 'ud-' + root 'i' (to go)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)
• sthiti – existence, state, stability, continuance
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'sthā' (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Object of 'ajahat'.

तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, likewise, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (brahman) (Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'karoti'.

करोति (karoti) - creates (does, makes, performs, creates)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present Indicative

3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this, this world)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to 'jagat'.

नाना (nānā) - diverse (various, diverse, manifold, different)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially or as an adjective modifying 'jagat'.

कर्ता (kartā) - agent (doer, agent, creator, author)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, agent, creator

Agent Noun

From root 'kṛ' (to do) + 'tṛ' suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used in simile with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, as it were)

(indeclinable)

सत् (sat) - existing (existing, real, good, true)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existing, real, good, true

Present Active Participle

From root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'jagat'.

जगत् (jagat) - world (jagat) (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, what moves

Present Active Participle

From root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of 'karoti'.

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