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4,11

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-11, verse-32

ह्रस्वश्चैव परिभ्रष्टरूपोऽस्मीति तलातलम् ।
भावयन्भूतलं याति तादृग्भावनया स्वया ॥ ३२ ॥
hrasvaścaiva paribhraṣṭarūpo'smīti talātalam ,
bhāvayanbhūtalaṃ yāti tādṛgbhāvanayā svayā 32
32. hrasvaḥ ca eva paribhraṣṭarūpaḥ asmi iti talātalam
bhāvayan bhūtalam yāti tādṛk bhāvanayā svayā
32. (yaḥ) hrasvaḥ ca eva paribhraṣṭarūpaḥ asmi iti bhāvayan,
talātalam bhāvayan,
svayā tādṛk bhāvanayā bhūtalam yāti
32. A being, imagining "I am indeed short and of a degraded form," and contemplating the Talātala realm, reaches the earthly plane (Bhūtala) through its own such imagination.

Words meanings summery:

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  • ह्रस्वः (hrasvaḥ) - short (in stature or significance) (short, dwarf, small)
  • (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
  • एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only, just)
  • परिभ्रष्टरूपः (paribhraṣṭarūpaḥ) - of a degraded form (whose form is degraded, having a fallen appearance)
  • अस्मि (asmi) - I am (I am, I exist)
  • इति (iti) - thus (indicating reported thought) (thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought))
  • तलातलम् (talātalam) - the Talātala realm (to Talātala (a lower world))
  • भावयन् (bhāvayan) - contemplating (imagining, contemplating, conceiving, bringing into being by thought)
  • भूतलम् (bhūtalam) - the earthly plane (Bhūtala) (the earth, the earthly plane)
  • याति (yāti) - reaches (goes, reaches, attains)
  • तादृक् (tādṛk) - such (such, of that kind, similar)
  • भावनया (bhāvanayā) - through imagination (by imagination, by contemplation, by thought, by bringing into being)
  • स्वया (svayā) - through one's own (by one's own, by self)

Words meanings and morphology

ह्रस्वः (hrasvaḥ) - short (in stature or significance) (short, dwarf, small)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of hrasva
hrasva - short, small, dwarf, little
(ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only, just)
(indeclinable)
परिभ्रष्टरूपः (paribhraṣṭarūpaḥ) - of a degraded form (whose form is degraded, having a fallen appearance)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of paribhraṣṭarūpa
paribhraṣṭarūpa - having a degraded form, whose form is fallen or corrupted
Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (paribhraṣṭa+rūpa)
  • paribhraṣṭa – fallen, degraded, lost
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    From verb root 'bhraś' (to fall) with prefix 'pari'
    Prefix: pari
    Root: bhraś (class 1)
  • rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
    noun (neuter)
अस्मि (asmi) - I am (I am, I exist)
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of as
Root: as (class 2)
इति (iti) - thus (indicating reported thought) (thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought))
(indeclinable)
तलातलम् (talātalam) - the Talātala realm (to Talātala (a lower world))
(proper noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of talātala
talātala - Talātala (one of the seven lower worlds or nether regions in Hindu cosmology)
भावयन् (bhāvayan) - contemplating (imagining, contemplating, conceiving, bringing into being by thought)
(participle)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāvat
bhāvat - imagining, contemplating, bringing into being by thought
Present Active Participle
From verb root 'bhū' (to be) in the causative 'bhāvaya'
Root: bhū (class 1)
भूतलम् (bhūtalam) - the earthly plane (Bhūtala) (the earth, the earthly plane)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūtala
bhūtala - the earth, the earthly plane, surface of the earth
Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (bhūta+tala)
  • bhūta – being, creature, element, earth
    noun (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    From root 'bhū' (to be)
    Root: bhū (class 1)
  • tala – surface, plane, flat ground
    noun (neuter)
याति (yāti) - reaches (goes, reaches, attains)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of yā
Root: yā (class 2)
तादृक् (tādṛk) - such (such, of that kind, similar)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tādṛś
tādṛś - such, of that kind, similar, like that
Note: Used here adjectivally to modify 'bhāvanayā', hence its implied feminine gender here, though 'tādṛś' is flexible.
भावनया (bhāvanayā) - through imagination (by imagination, by contemplation, by thought, by bringing into being)
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of bhāvanā
bhāvanā - imagination, contemplation, conception, thought, mental culture, bringing into existence
From root 'bhū' (to be) in causative 'bhāvaya', with suffix -anā
Root: bhū (class 1)
स्वया (svayā) - through one's own (by one's own, by self)
(pronoun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of sva
sva - one's own, self, own, property
Note: Matches 'bhāvanayā' in gender, number, case.