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4,11

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).

Words meanings summery:

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  • 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'.