योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-41, verse-2

क्षणमान्ध्यमिवाप्नोमि क्षणं यामि प्रकाशताम् ।
शान्तातपलवः प्रावृड्लोलाभ्र इव वासरः ॥ २ ॥

kṣaṇamāndhyamivāpnomi kṣaṇaṃ yāmi prakāśatām ,
śāntātapalavaḥ prāvṛḍlolābhra iva vāsaraḥ 2

2. kṣaṇam āndhyam iva āpnomi kṣaṇam yāmi prakāśatām
| śānta ātapa lavaḥ prāvṛṭ lola abhraḥ iva vāsaraḥ

2. kṣaṇam āndhyam iva āpnomi kṣaṇam prakāśatām yāmi
prāvṛṭ lola abhraḥ śānta ātapa lavaḥ vāsaraḥ iva

2. For a moment, I experience a kind of blindness; for a moment, I attain clarity. It is like a day in the rainy season when the intense sunlight has subsided, but restless clouds are present.

2. לרגע אחד אני נתקף עוורון, ולרגע אחר אורה מציפה אותי, כמו יום גשום תחת עננים נעים שבו שברירי אור השמש נעלמים ומופיעים חליפות.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment, in an instant

• आन्ध्यम् (āndhyam) - ignorance or spiritual darkness (blindness, darkness, ignorance)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आप्नोमि (āpnomi) - I obtain, I attain, I reach

• क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment, in an instant

• यामि (yāmi) - I go, I proceed, I move

• प्रकाशताम् (prakāśatām) - to clarity or spiritual illumination (to light, to clarity, to manifestation)

• शान्त (śānta) - calmed, tranquil, subsided

• आतप (ātapa) - sunlight, heat, warmth

• लवः (lavaḥ) - a trace or remainder (a trace, a portion, a fragment, a moment)

• प्रावृट् (prāvṛṭ) - rainy season

• लोल (lola) - trembling, restless, agitated

• अभ्रः (abhraḥ) - cloud

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वासरः (vāsaraḥ) - day

Words meanings and morphology

क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment, in an instant

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, a very short period of time

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for a moment'.

आन्ध्यम् (āndhyam) - ignorance or spiritual darkness (blindness, darkness, ignorance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āndhya

āndhya - blindness, darkness, obscurity, ignorance

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आप्नोमि (āpnomi) - I obtain, I attain, I reach

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of āp

Present Active

Root verb, 5th conjugation (svādi), parasmaipada

Root: āp (class 5)

क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment, in an instant

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, a very short period of time

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for a moment'.

यामि (yāmi) - I go, I proceed, I move

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present Active

Root verb, 2nd conjugation (adādi), parasmaipada

Root: yā (class 2)

प्रकाशताम् (prakāśatām) - to clarity or spiritual illumination (to light, to clarity, to manifestation)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prakāśatā

prakāśatā - light, brightness, clarity, manifestation

शान्त (śānta) - calmed, tranquil, subsided

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śānta

śānta - calmed, tranquil, subsided, extinguished, peaceful

Past Passive Participle

From root śam (to be calm) + kta suffix

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Used as part of a compound.

आतप (ātapa) - sunlight, heat, warmth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātapa

ātapa - sunlight, heat, warmth

Prefix: ā

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Used as part of a compound.

लवः (lavaḥ) - a trace or remainder (a trace, a portion, a fragment, a moment)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lava

lava - a cutting, a detached piece, a fragment, a trace, a moment, a portion

From root lū (to cut)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śānta+ātapa+lava)

• śānta – calmed, tranquil, subsided
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root śam (to be calm) + kta suffix
  Root: śam (class 4)
• ātapa – sunlight, heat, warmth
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: tap (class 1)
• lava – a fragment, a trace, a portion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lū (class 9)

प्रावृट् (prāvṛṭ) - rainy season

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prāvṛṣ

prāvṛṣ - the rainy season, monsoon

Note: Used as part of a compound.

लोल (lola) - trembling, restless, agitated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lola

lola - trembling, shaking, restless, fickle, agitated

From root lul (to shake)

Root: lul (class 1)

Note: Used as part of a compound.

अभ्रः (abhraḥ) - cloud

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhra

abhra - cloud, sky, atmosphere

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāvṛṣ+lola+abhra)

• prāvṛṣ – the rainy season, monsoon
  noun (feminine)
• lola – trembling, restless, agitated
  adjective
  Root: lul (class 1)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वासरः (vāsaraḥ) - day

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsara

vāsara - day, daytime

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