योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-11, verse-43

संस्थिताः शक्तयश्चित्रा विचित्राचारचञ्चलाः ।
नानाशक्तिर्हि नानात्वमेति स्वे वपुषि स्थितिम् ॥ ४३ ॥

saṃsthitāḥ śaktayaścitrā vicitrācāracañcalāḥ ,
nānāśaktirhi nānātvameti sve vapuṣi sthitim 43

43. saṃsthitāḥ śaktayaḥ citrāḥ vicitra-ācāra-cañcalāḥ
nānā-śaktiḥ hi nānātvam eti sve vapuṣi sthitim

43. vicitra-ācāra-cañcalāḥ citrāḥ śaktayaḥ saṃsthitāḥ
hi nānā-śaktiḥ sve vapuṣi nānātvam sthitim eti

43. Numerous and varied (śakti)s, restless due to their diverse activities, are established (within Brahman). Indeed, a diverse (śakti) attains a state of manifoldness (nānātva) within its own essence (vapus).

43. כוחות שונים ומגוונים קיימים בו, תנודתיים בפעילויותיהם השונות. אכן, בעל הכוחות המרובים לובש ריבוי צורות בעודו נשאר נטוע במהותו שלו.

Words meanings summery:

• संस्थिताः (saṁsthitāḥ) - are established (established, situated, residing, existing)

• शक्तयः (śaktayaḥ) - (divine) powers (śakti) (powers, energies, capabilities; divine powers (śakti))

• चित्राः (citrāḥ) - numerous and varied (varied, diverse, wonderful, colourful)

• विचित्र-आचार-चञ्चलाः (vicitra-ācāra-cañcalāḥ) - restless due to their diverse activities (restless due to diverse behaviors/activities)

• नाना-शक्तिः (nānā-śaktiḥ) - a diverse (śakti) (diverse power, manifold energy)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, because, for)

• नानात्वम् (nānātvam) - a state of manifoldness (manifoldness, diversity, difference)

• एति (eti) - attains (goes, approaches, attains, reaches)

• स्वे (sve) - in its own (in its own, in one's own)

• वपुषि (vapuṣi) - within its own essence (in the body, in the form, in the essence)

• स्थितिम् (sthitim) - a state (state, condition, position, existence)

Words meanings and morphology

संस्थिताः (saṁsthitāḥ) - are established (established, situated, residing, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of saṃsthita

saṁsthita - established, situated, existing, standing together, composed

Past Passive Participle

From sam-√sthā (to stand together, to be established)

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to (śakti)s.

शक्तयः (śaktayaḥ) - (divine) powers (śakti) (powers, energies, capabilities; divine powers (śakti))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śakti

śakti - power, energy, capability; divine power (śakti), faculty

From root √śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

चित्राः (citrāḥ) - numerous and varied (varied, diverse, wonderful, colourful)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of citra

citra - varied, diverse, wonderful, surprising, bright, colourful

Root: citr (class 10)

विचित्र-आचार-चञ्चलाः (vicitra-ācāra-cañcalāḥ) - restless due to their diverse activities (restless due to diverse behaviors/activities)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vicitra-ācāra-cañcalā

vicitra-ācāra-cañcalā - restless (cañcala) due to diverse (vicitra) activities/conduct (ācāra)

Compound of vicitra (various, diverse), ācāra (conduct, custom, activity), cañcala (restless, agile)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vicitra+ācāra+cañcala)

• vicitra – various, diverse, variegated, wonderful
  adjective
  From vi- + citra
  Prefix: vi
  Root: citr (class 10)
• ācāra – conduct, custom, behavior, practice, activity
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-√car (to move, behave)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: car (class 1)
• cañcala – restless, unsteady, agile, fluctuating
  adjective (feminine)
  From √cal (to move, shake)
  Root: cal (class 1)

नाना-शक्तिः (nānā-śaktiḥ) - a diverse (śakti) (diverse power, manifold energy)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nānā-śakti

nānā-śakti - diverse power, manifold energy, various capabilities

Compound of nānā (diverse) + śakti (power)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nānā+śakti)

• nānā – diverse, various, manifold, different
  indeclinable
• śakti – power, energy, capability; divine power (śakti)
  noun (feminine)
  From root √śak (to be able)
  Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Subject of the second half of the verse.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, because, for)

(indeclinable)

नानात्वम् (nānātvam) - a state of manifoldness (manifoldness, diversity, difference)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nānātva

nānātva - diversity, manifoldness, difference, variety

From nānā (diverse) + tva (suffix forming neuter abstract nouns)

Note: Object of 'eti'.

एति (eti) - attains (goes, approaches, attains, reaches)

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular present active indicative of root √i (to go)

Root: i (class 2)

स्वे (sve) - in its own (in its own, in one's own)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self, peculiar to oneself

Reflexive possessive adjective

वपुषि (vapuṣi) - within its own essence (in the body, in the form, in the essence)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, essence, nature, substance

Root: vap

स्थितिम् (sthitim) - a state (state, condition, position, existence)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, dwelling, state, condition, existence, firm establishment

From root √sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Object of 'eti' along with nānātvam, forming a compound sense 'attains a state of manifoldness'.

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