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.

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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