योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-1, verse-33

साकारवटधानादावङ्कुराः सन्ति युक्तिमत् ।
नाकारे तन्महाकारं जगदस्तीत्ययुक्तिकम् ॥ ३३ ॥

sākāravaṭadhānādāvaṅkurāḥ santi yuktimat ,
nākāre tanmahākāraṃ jagadastītyayuktikam 33

33. sākāra-vaṭa-dhānādau aṅkurāḥ santi yuktimat | na
ākāre tat-mahā-kāraṃ jagat asti iti ayuktikam

33. sākāra-vaṭa-dhānādau aṅkurāḥ santi yuktimat na
ākāre tat-mahā-kāraṃ jagat asti iti ayuktikam

33. It is logical that sprouts exist in a formed Banyan seed and similar cases. But it is illogical that this vast world (jagat) exists in the formless.

33. בזרע בעל צורה, כמו זרע של עץ פיקוס, הגיוני שיימצאו נבטים; אך לטעון שהעולם העצום קיים בתוך מה שנעדר צורה – הרי זו סתירה הגיון.

Words meanings summery:

• साकार-वट-धानादौ (sākāra-vaṭa-dhānādau) - in a formed Banyan seed and similar instances (in a formed Banyan seed, etc.)

• अङ्कुराः (aṅkurāḥ) - sprouts (sprouts, shoots, buds)

• सन्ति (santi) - exist (they are, they exist)

• युक्तिमत् (yuktimat) - reasonable, logical (reasonable, logical, endowed with reason)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• आकारे (ākāre) - in the formless (as it's negated by 'na') (in the form, in the shape, in the nature)

• तत्-महा-कारं (tat-mahā-kāraṁ) - that vast form (referring to the world) (that great form, that vast extent)

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

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• इति (iti) - thus (indicating the preceding statement) (thus, so, signifies the end of a quote or thought)

• अयुक्तिकम् (ayuktikam) - illogical (illogical, unreasonable, improper)

Words meanings and morphology

साकार-वट-धानादौ (sākāra-vaṭa-dhānādau) - in a formed Banyan seed and similar instances (in a formed Banyan seed, etc.)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sākāra-vaṭa-dhānādi

sākāra-vaṭa-dhānādi - a Banyan seed with form, and so on

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sākāra+vaṭa-dhāna+ādi)

• sākāra – with form, embodied
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: sa
• vaṭa-dhāna – Banyan seed
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  indeclinable

Note: A descriptive compound in locative singular.

अङ्कुराः (aṅkurāḥ) - sprouts (sprouts, shoots, buds)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aṅkura

aṅkura - sprout, shoot, bud, germ

Root: aṅk (class 1)

सन्ति (santi) - exist (they are, they exist)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

root as (class 2)

Root: as (class 2)

युक्तिमत् (yuktimat) - reasonable, logical (reasonable, logical, endowed with reason)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuktimat

yuktimat - logical, reasonable, judicious, possessing reason

Derived from 'yukti' with the 'mat' suffix

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

आकारे (ākāre) - in the formless (as it's negated by 'na') (in the form, in the shape, in the nature)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāra

ākāra - form, shape, appearance, body

Prefix: ā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत्-महा-कारं (tat-mahā-kāraṁ) - that vast form (referring to the world) (that great form, that vast extent)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tat-mahā-kāra

tat-mahā-kāra - that great form, that vast dimension

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (tat+mahā-kāra)

• tat – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• mahā-kāra – great form, vast extent
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the vastness of the world.

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living, people

Present Active Participle

From root gam 'to go' with reduplication and participial ending.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to the manifested universe.

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

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

Present Active

root as (class 2)

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus (indicating the preceding statement) (thus, so, signifies the end of a quote or thought)

(indeclinable)

अयुक्तिकम् (ayuktikam) - illogical (illogical, unreasonable, improper)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ayuktika

ayuktika - illogical, unreasonable, without reason

Derived from 'yukti' with 'a' negation and suffix 'ka'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+yuktik)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• yuktik – logical, reasonable
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from 'yukti' with suffix 'ka'

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