योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-18, verse-18

स्वभावशीतलं ब्रह्म कदलीदलमण्डपः ।
कदल्यामन्यता नास्ति यथा पत्रशतेष्वपि ॥ १८ ॥

svabhāvaśītalaṃ brahma kadalīdalamaṇḍapaḥ ,
kadalyāmanyatā nāsti yathā patraśateṣvapi 18

18. svabhāva-śītalam brahma kadalī-dala-maṇḍapaḥ
kadalyām anyatā na asti yathā patra-śateṣu api

18. brahma svabhāva-śītalam (asti),
(saḥ) kadalī-dala-maṇḍapaḥ (iva).
yathā kadalyām patra-śateṣu api anyatā na asti.

18. The ultimate reality (brahman) is intrinsically serene, like a cool pavilion made of banana leaves. Just as there is no distinctness in a banana tree even among its hundreds of leaves (all are part of the same tree).

Words meanings summery:

• स्वभाव-शीतलम् (svabhāva-śītalam) - naturally cool/calm

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the ultimate reality

• कदली-दल-मण्डपः (kadalī-dala-maṇḍapaḥ) - a pavilion/canopy of banana leaves

• कदल्याम् (kadalyām) - in a banana tree

• अन्यता (anyatā) - otherness, distinctness

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• पत्र-शतेषु (patra-śateṣu) - in hundreds of leaves

• अपि (api) - even, also

Words meanings and morphology

स्वभाव-शीतलम् (svabhāva-śītalam) - naturally cool/calm

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svabhāva-śītala

svabhāva-śītala - intrinsically cool/calm, having a cool nature

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svabhāva+śītala)

• svabhāva – one's own nature, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
• śītala – cool, cold, calm, placid
  adjective

Note: Agrees with 'brahma'.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the ultimate reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, the ultimate reality (brahman)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: This is the neuter form of Brahman.

कदली-दल-मण्डपः (kadalī-dala-maṇḍapaḥ) - a pavilion/canopy of banana leaves

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kadalī-dala-maṇḍapa

kadalī-dala-maṇḍapa - a pavilion/canopy made of banana leaves

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kadalī+dala+maṇḍapa)

• kadalī – banana tree, banana
  noun (feminine)
• dala – leaf, petal
  noun (neuter)
• maṇḍapa – pavilion, open hall, canopy
  noun (masculine)

कदल्याम् (kadalyām) - in a banana tree

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of kadalī

kadalī - banana tree

अन्यता (anyatā) - otherness, distinctness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anyatā

anyatā - otherness, distinctness, difference

Derived from 'anya' (other) with suffix '-tā' (abstract noun)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

पत्र-शतेषु (patra-śateṣu) - in hundreds of leaves

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of patra-śata

patra-śata - hundreds of leaves

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (patra+śata)

• patra – leaf, petal
  noun (neuter)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

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