योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-36, verse-20

पुर्यष्टकस्पन्दशतैःकरोति न करोति च ।
उत्सेधमेति भूकोशकोटरस्थोऽङ्कुरोत्करः ॥ २० ॥

puryaṣṭakaspandaśataiḥkaroti na karoti ca ,
utsedhameti bhūkośakoṭarastho'ṅkurotkaraḥ 20

20. puryaṣṭaka-spanda-śataiḥ karoti na karoti ca
utsedham eti bhūkośa-koṭara-sthaḥ aṅkura-utkaraḥ

20. puryaṣṭaka-spanda-śataiḥ bhūkośa-koṭara-sthaḥ
aṅkura-utkaraḥ karoti ca na karoti utsedham eti

20. Through hundreds of pulsations of the subtle body (puryaṣṭaka), a multitude of sprouts, residing within the hollow of the physical sheath (bhūkośa), both acts and does not act, and attains prominence.

20. באמצעות מאות תנודות של הגוף העדין (פּוּרְיַאשְׁטַקַה), היא פועלת ובו-בזמן אינה פועלת; ממש כמו נבט הטמון במעמקי האדמה הצומח ועולה אל על.

Words meanings summery:

• पुर्यष्टक-स्पन्द-शतैः (puryaṣṭaka-spanda-śataiḥ) - by hundreds of pulsations of the eight-fold city (subtle body)

• करोति (karoti) - does, performs, makes

• न (na) - not

• करोति (karoti) - does, performs, makes

• च (ca) - and

• उत्सेधम् (utsedham) - prominence, growth, swelling

• एति (eti) - goes, attains, reaches

• भूकोश-कोटर-स्थः (bhūkośa-koṭara-sthaḥ) - situated in the hollow of the earth-sheath (physical body)

• अङ्कुर-उत्करः (aṅkura-utkaraḥ) - a multitude of sprouts, a mass of germs

Words meanings and morphology

पुर्यष्टक-स्पन्द-शतैः (puryaṣṭaka-spanda-śataiḥ) - by hundreds of pulsations of the eight-fold city (subtle body)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of puryaṣṭaka-spanda-śata

puryaṣṭaka-spanda-śata - hundreds of pulsations of the eight-fold city

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puryaṣṭaka+spanda+śata)

• puryaṣṭaka – the eight-fold city (subtle body)
  noun (neuter)
• spanda – pulsation, vibration, tremor, activity
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √spand (to vibrate, throb)
  Root: spand (class 1)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

Note: Indicates the means or cause.

करोति (karoti) - does, performs, makes

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The subject is 'aṅkurotkaraḥ'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb 'karoti'.

करोति (karoti) - does, performs, makes

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The subject is 'aṅkurotkaraḥ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two 'karoti' clauses.

उत्सेधम् (utsedham) - prominence, growth, swelling

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of utsedha

utsedha - prominence, elevation, growth, swelling

Derived from ut-√sīdh (to rise, swell)

Prefix: ut

Root: sīdh (class 1)

Note: Object of 'eti'.

एति (eti) - goes, attains, reaches

(verb)

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

Root: i (class 2)

Note: The subject is 'aṅkurotkaraḥ'.

भूकोश-कोटर-स्थः (bhūkośa-koṭara-sthaḥ) - situated in the hollow of the earth-sheath (physical body)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūkośa-koṭara-stha

bhūkośa-koṭara-stha - situated in the hollow of the earth-sheath

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūkośa+koṭara+stha)

• bhūkośa – earth-sheath, physical body
  noun (masculine)
• koṭara – hollow, cavity, hole
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, situated, abiding
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from √sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'aṅkurotkaraḥ'.

अङ्कुर-उत्करः (aṅkura-utkaraḥ) - a multitude of sprouts, a mass of germs

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅkura-utkara

aṅkura-utkara - multitude of sprouts, mass of germs

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aṅkura+utkara)

• aṅkura – sprout, shoot, germ, beginning
  noun (masculine)
• utkara – heap, multitude, mass, collection
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ut

Note: Subject of the verbs 'karoti' and 'eti'.

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