योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-39, verse-43

सति दीप इवालोकः सत्यर्क इव वासरः ।
सति पुष्प इवामोदः स्वतः संपद्यते जगत् ॥ ४३ ॥

sati dīpa ivālokaḥ satyarka iva vāsaraḥ ,
sati puṣpa ivāmodaḥ svataḥ saṃpadyate jagat 43

43. sati dīpa iva ālokaḥ sati arka iva vāsaraḥ
sati puṣpa iva āmodaḥ svataḥ sampadyate jagat

43. dīpaḥ sati ālokaḥ iva,
arkaḥ sati vāsaraḥ iva,
puṣpaḥ sati āmodaḥ iva,
(tathā) jagat svataḥ sampadyate.

43. Just as light manifests when a lamp is present, day when the sun is present, and fragrance when a flower is present, so too does the universe (jagat) manifest by itself.

Words meanings summery:

• सति (sati) - when (it) is present (being, existing)

• दीप (dīpa) - lamp, light

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आलोकः (ālokaḥ) - light, sight, appearance

• सति (sati) - when (it) is present (being, existing)

• अर्क (arka) - sun, ray of light

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वासरः (vāsaraḥ) - day, daytime

• सति (sati) - when (it) is present (being, existing)

• पुष्प (puṣpa) - flower, blossom

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आमोदः (āmodaḥ) - fragrance (fragrance, delight, pleasure)

• स्वतः (svataḥ) - by oneself, spontaneously, naturally

• सम्पद्यते (sampadyate) - comes to pass, happens, occurs, becomes

• जगत् (jagat) - the universe / the manifest world (world, universe, moving, living beings)

Words meanings and morphology

सति (sati) - when (it) is present (being, existing)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, real, true

Present Active Participle

Derived from root as (to be) with suffix -at

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Forms a locative absolute construction. The subject of this participle is the entity implied (dīpa, arka, puṣpa).

दीप (dīpa) - lamp, light

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dīpa

dīpa - lamp, light, source of light

Root: dīp (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आलोकः (ālokaḥ) - light, sight, appearance

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āloka

āloka - light, sight, appearance, manifestation

Derived from root lok (to see) with upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

सति (sati) - when (it) is present (being, existing)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, real, true

Present Active Participle

Derived from root as (to be) with suffix -at

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Forms a locative absolute construction. The subject of this participle is the entity implied (dīpa, arka, puṣpa).

अर्क (arka) - sun, ray of light

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of arka

arka - sun, ray of light, fire, hymn

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वासरः (vāsaraḥ) - day, daytime

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsara

vāsara - day, daytime

सति (sati) - when (it) is present (being, existing)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, real, true

Present Active Participle

Derived from root as (to be) with suffix -at

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Forms a locative absolute construction. The subject of this participle is the entity implied (dīpa, arka, puṣpa).

पुष्प (puṣpa) - flower, blossom

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of puṣpa

puṣpa - flower, blossom, fruit, result

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आमोदः (āmodaḥ) - fragrance (fragrance, delight, pleasure)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āmoda

āmoda - fragrance, perfume, delight, joy, strong smell

Derived from root mud (to rejoice) with upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: mud (class 1)

स्वतः (svataḥ) - by oneself, spontaneously, naturally

(indeclinable)

Derived from sva (self) with suffix -tas (ablative/adverbial)

Note: Used adverbially.

सम्पद्यते (sampadyate) - comes to pass, happens, occurs, becomes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of sampad

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

जगत् (jagat) - the universe / the manifest world (world, universe, moving, living beings)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings, all that moves

Present Active Participle (of root gam, 'to go')

Derived from root gam (to go) by reduplication and suffix -at

Root: gam (class 1)

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