योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-17, verse-6

बीजस्याङ्कुरपत्रादि स्वं चमत्कुरुते यथा ।
सर्वेषां भूतसङ्घानां भ्रमखण्डास्तथैव हि ॥ ६ ॥

bījasyāṅkurapatrādi svaṃ camatkurute yathā ,
sarveṣāṃ bhūtasaṅghānāṃ bhramakhaṇḍāstathaiva hi 6

6. bījasya aṅkurapatrādi svam camatkuruute yathā
sarveṣām bhūtasaṅghānām bhramakhaṇḍāḥ tathā eva hi

6. yathā bījasya aṅkurapatrādi svam camatkuruute
tathā eva hi sarveṣām bhūtasaṅghānām bhramakhaṇḍāḥ

6. Just as a seed wondrously manifests its own sprout, leaves, and other parts, so too are all collections of beings (bhūtasaṅgha) merely fragments of illusion.

6. כשם שזרע מצמיח מתוכו באורח פלא נבט ועלי כותרת, כך מתגלים קטעי האשליה אצל כלל היצורים.

Words meanings summery:

• बीजस्य (bījasya) - of the seed

• अङ्कुरपत्रादि (aṅkurapatrādi) - sprout, leaves, etc.

• स्वम् (svam) - its own, itself

• चमत्कुरुउते (camatkuruute) - manifests wonderfully, miraculously creates

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

• भूतसङ्घानाम् (bhūtasaṅghānām) - of all collections of beings (bhūtasaṅgha) (of the collections of beings, of the aggregates of elements)

• भ्रमखण्डाः (bhramakhaṇḍāḥ) - fragments of illusion, pieces of delusion

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

Words meanings and morphology

बीजस्य (bījasya) - of the seed

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, origin, cause, germ

अङ्कुरपत्रादि (aṅkurapatrādi) - sprout, leaves, etc.

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aṅkurapatrādi

aṅkurapatrādi - sprout, leaves, etc.; the sprout, leaf, and so forth

Compound type : dvandva (aṅkura+patra+ādi)

• aṅkura – sprout, shoot, germ
  noun (masculine)
• patra – leaf, feather, letter
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, et cetera
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ā

Note: Treated as a collective singular

स्वम् (svam) - its own, itself

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self, relative

चमत्कुरुउते (camatkuruute) - manifests wonderfully, miraculously creates

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of camatkṛ

From the root kṛ ('to do, make') with the prefix-like element camat ('wonder, astonishment')

Prefix: camat

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

भूतसङ्घानाम् (bhūtasaṅghānām) - of all collections of beings (bhūtasaṅgha) (of the collections of beings, of the aggregates of elements)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhūtasaṅgha

bhūtasaṅgha - collection of beings/elements, aggregate of existents

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhūta+saṅgha)

• bhūta – being, element, created thing, ghost
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• saṅgha – collection, multitude, assemblage, community
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: han (class 2)

भ्रमखण्डाः (bhramakhaṇḍāḥ) - fragments of illusion, pieces of delusion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhramakhaṇḍa

bhramakhaṇḍa - fragment of illusion/delusion, illusory piece

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhrama+khaṇḍa)

• bhrama – illusion, delusion, wandering, error
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• khaṇḍa – piece, fragment, part, section
  noun (masculine)
  Root: khaṇḍ (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

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