योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-94, verse-26

निर्झरादमलोद्योतात्पयसामिव बिन्दवः ।
अजस्यैवाखिला राम भूतसंततिकल्पनाः ॥ २६ ॥

nirjharādamalodyotātpayasāmiva bindavaḥ ,
ajasyaivākhilā rāma bhūtasaṃtatikalpanāḥ 26

26. nirjharāt amala udyotāt payasām iva bindavaḥ
ajasya eva akhilāḥ rāma bhūtasaṃtatikalpanāḥ

26. rāma amala udyotāt nirjharāt payasām iva
bindavaḥ akhilāḥ bhūtasaṃtatikalpanāḥ ajasya eva

26. O Rāma, just as drops (bindavaḥ) of water arise from a pure and shining spring, so too all creations and conceptualizations of beings (bhūtasaṃtatikalpanāḥ) are from the unborn (ajasya) (brahman).

26. כמו טיפות מים הניתזות ממפל טהור ומבהיק, רָאמָה, כל התפיסות של שרשרת היצורים נובעות מהנצחי הבלתי-נולד.

Words meanings summery:

• निर्झरात् (nirjharāt) - from a spring (from a spring, from a waterfall)

• अमल (amala) - pure (spotless, pure, clean)

• उद्योतात् (udyotāt) - from radiance (from radiance, from light, from splendor)

• पयसाम् (payasām) - of water (of waters)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• बिन्दवः (bindavaḥ) - drops (drops, points)

• अजस्य (ajasya) - of the unborn (brahman) (of the unborn, of Aja (a name for Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva))

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

• अखिलाः (akhilāḥ) - all (all, entire, complete)

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma (vocative) (O Rāma)

• भूतसंततिकल्पनाः (bhūtasaṁtatikalpanāḥ) - all creations and conceptualizations of beings (conceptions of the succession of beings, imaginings of the continuity of existence)

Words meanings and morphology

निर्झरात् (nirjharāt) - from a spring (from a spring, from a waterfall)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of nirjhara

nirjhara - spring, waterfall, cascade

Prefix: nir

Root: jhṛ (class 1)

Note: Source of water drops.

अमल (amala) - pure (spotless, pure, clean)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of amala

amala - spotless, pure, clean, stainless

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mala)

• a – not, un-, without
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• mala – dirt, impurity, stain
  noun (neuter)
  Root: mal

Note: Agrees with 'udyotāt'.

उद्योतात् (udyotāt) - from radiance (from radiance, from light, from splendor)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of udyota

udyota - light, radiance, splendor, brilliance

Derived from ud- + dyut (to shine)

Prefix: ud

Root: dyut (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'nirjharāt'.

पयसाम् (payasām) - of water (of waters)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of payas

payas - water, milk, fluid

Root: pi (class 2)

Note: Possessive, 'drops of water'.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

बिन्दवः (bindavaḥ) - drops (drops, points)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bindu

bindu - drop, point, dot, seed

Root: bid (class 7)

Note: Subject in the simile.

अजस्य (ajasya) - of the unborn (brahman) (of the unborn, of Aja (a name for Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva))

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aja

aja - unborn, not born; name of Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Kama

Derived from a- + jan- (to be born)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ja)

• a – not, un-, without
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• ja – born, produced
  adjective
  From root jan- (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Implied to refer to Brahman.

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

(indeclinable)

अखिलाः (akhilāḥ) - all (all, entire, complete)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of akhila

akhila - all, entire, complete, whole

Derived from a- (not) + khila (gap, deficiency)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+khila)

• a – not, un-, without
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• khila – deficient, empty, vacant
  adjective
  Root: khil

Note: Agrees with 'bhūtasaṃtatikalpanāḥ'.

राम (rāma) - O Rāma (vocative) (O Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of an epic hero, incarnation of Viṣṇu)

भूतसंततिकल्पनाः (bhūtasaṁtatikalpanāḥ) - all creations and conceptualizations of beings (conceptions of the succession of beings, imaginings of the continuity of existence)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhūtasaṃtatikalpanā

bhūtasaṁtatikalpanā - conception/imagining of the continuity/succession of beings/elements

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūtasaṃtati+kalpanā)

• bhūtasaṃtati – succession of beings, continuity of elements/existence
  noun (feminine)
• kalpanā – imagining, conceptualization, creation, formation
  noun (feminine)
  From root kḷp- (to form, to imagine)
  Root: kḷp (class 10)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

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