योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-95, verse-8

मेरुमन्दरसंकाशा बहवो जीवराशयः ।
उत्पत्योत्पत्य संलीनास्तस्मिन्नेव परे पदे ॥ ८ ॥

merumandarasaṃkāśā bahavo jīvarāśayaḥ ,
utpatyotpatya saṃlīnāstasminneva pare pade 8

8. merumandarasamkāśāḥ bahavaḥ jīvarāśayaḥ |
utpatyotpatya samlīnāḥ tasmin eva pare pade ||

8. merumandarasamkāśāḥ bahavaḥ jīvarāśayaḥ
utpatyotpatya tasmin eva pare pade samlīnāḥ

8. Vast multitudes of individual souls (jīvarāśayaḥ), resembling Mount Meru and Mount Mandara (in their immense number), repeatedly arise and are then dissolved into that very supreme state.

Words meanings summery:

• मेरुमन्दरसम्काशाः (merumandarasamkāśāḥ) - comparable to Mount Meru and Mount Mandara in their immense number or grandeur (resembling Mount Meru and Mount Mandara)

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous

• जीवराशयः (jīvarāśayaḥ) - vast multitudes of individual souls (jīvarāśayaḥ) (multitudes of individual souls, heaps of living beings)

• उत्पत्योत्पत्य (utpatyotpatya) - having repeatedly arisen, rising again and again

• सम्लीनाः (samlīnāḥ) - merged, absorbed, dissolved

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (supreme state) (in that, in that one)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• परे (pare) - in the supreme, in the higher, in the ultimate

• पदे (pade) - in the state, in the abode, in the position

Words meanings and morphology

मेरुमन्दरसम्काशाः (merumandarasamkāśāḥ) - comparable to Mount Meru and Mount Mandara in their immense number or grandeur (resembling Mount Meru and Mount Mandara)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of merumandarasamkāśa

merumandarasamkāśa - resembling Meru and Mandara (mountains)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (meru+mandara+samkāśa)

• meru – Mount Meru (mythical golden mountain, center of the universe)
  proper noun (masculine)
• mandara – Mount Mandara (mythical mountain used by the gods to churn the ocean of milk)
  proper noun (masculine)
• samkāśa – resembling, like, similar to, equal to
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous, abundant

जीवराशयः (jīvarāśayaḥ) - vast multitudes of individual souls (jīvarāśayaḥ) (multitudes of individual souls, heaps of living beings)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīvarāśi

jīvarāśi - multitude of living beings, collection of souls, heap of life

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīva+rāśi)

• jīva – living being, individual soul, life, principle of life
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• rāśi – heap, mass, multitude, collection, quantity
  noun (masculine)

उत्पत्योत्पत्य (utpatyotpatya) - having repeatedly arisen, rising again and again

(indeclinable)

Prefix: ut

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Reduplicated Absolutive (gerund) form indicating repetition of action

सम्लीनाः (samlīnāḥ) - merged, absorbed, dissolved

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃlīna

saṁlīna - merged, absorbed, dissolved, hidden, embraced

Prefix: sam

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Past Passive Participle of saṃlī

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (supreme state) (in that, in that one)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, it

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

परे (pare) - in the supreme, in the higher, in the ultimate

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant, excellent

पदे (pade) - in the state, in the abode, in the position

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pada

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

Root: pad (class 4)

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