योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-94, verse-27

आकाशस्य घटस्थालीरन्ध्राकाशादयो यथा ।
सर्वा एवोत्थिता लोककलना ब्रह्मणः पदात् ॥ २७ ॥

ākāśasya ghaṭasthālīrandhrākāśādayo yathā ,
sarvā evotthitā lokakalanā brahmaṇaḥ padāt 27

27. ākāśasya ghaṭasthālīrandhrākāśādayaḥ yathā
sarvāḥ eva utthitāḥ lokakalanāḥ brahmaṇaḥ padāt

27. yathā ākāśasya ghaṭasthālīrandhrākāśādayaḥ
sarvāḥ eva lokakalanāḥ brahmaṇaḥ padāt

27. Just as the spaces within a pot, a plate, or a hole (ghaṭasthālīrandhrākāśādayaḥ), and others, are [manifestations] of the [one] vast space (ākāśasya), so too all conceptions of the world (lokakalanāḥ) have arisen from the state (padāt) of (brahman).

Words meanings summery:

• आकाशस्य (ākāśasya) - of the vast space (of space, of ether, of sky)

• घटस्थालीरन्ध्राकाशादयः (ghaṭasthālīrandhrākāśādayaḥ) - the [limited] spaces in a pot, plate, or hole, and others (spaces beginning with the spaces in a pot, a plate, or a hole)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (all, every)

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

• उत्थिताः (utthitāḥ) - have arisen (arisen, emerged, stood up)

• लोककलनाः (lokakalanāḥ) - all conceptions of the world (calculations of the world, conceptions of the world, apprehensions of the world)

• ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - from (brahman) (of Brahman, from Brahman)

• पदात् (padāt) - from the state, from the abode (from the foot, from the step, from the word, from the state/abode)

Words meanings and morphology

आकाशस्य (ākāśasya) - of the vast space (of space, of ether, of sky)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky, vacuum

Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Possessive, 'of space'.

घटस्थालीरन्ध्राकाशादयः (ghaṭasthālīrandhrākāśādayaḥ) - the [limited] spaces in a pot, plate, or hole, and others (spaces beginning with the spaces in a pot, a plate, or a hole)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ghaṭasthālīrandhrākāśādi

ghaṭasthālīrandhrākāśādi - spaces such as those of a pot, plate, or hole, and so on

Compound of dvandva 'ghaṭasthālīrandhra' and 'ākāśādi'.

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (ghaṭa+sthālī+randhra+ākāśa+ādi)

• ghaṭa – pot, jar
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ghaṭ (class 1)
• sthālī – plate, dish, cooking pot
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• randhra – hole, opening, cavity
  noun (neuter)
  Root: randh (class 1)
• ākāśa – space, ether, sky, vacuum
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kāś (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, starting, and so on, et cetera
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ad (class 1)

Note: Subject of the simile.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with 'utthitāḥ' and 'lokakalanāḥ'.

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

(indeclinable)

उत्थिताः (utthitāḥ) - have arisen (arisen, emerged, stood up)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of utthita

utthita - arisen, emerged, standing up, produced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā- (to stand) with prefix ud- (up)

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sarvāḥ' and 'lokakalanāḥ'.

लोककलनाः (lokakalanāḥ) - all conceptions of the world (calculations of the world, conceptions of the world, apprehensions of the world)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of lokakalanā

lokakalanā - conception/apprehension/calculation of the world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+kalanā)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)
• kalanā – apprehension, conception, calculation, formation
  noun (feminine)
  From root kal- (to calculate, to form)
  Root: kal (class 10)

Note: Subject of the second part of the simile.

ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - from (brahman) (of Brahman, from Brahman)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, the ultimate reality, the Supreme Being

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Used in the sense of source.

पदात् (padāt) - from the state, from the abode (from the foot, from the step, from the word, from the state/abode)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, place, state, word, position, abode

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Indicates the source or origin for the 'lokakalanāḥ'.

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