योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-44, verse-42

अभिमानगजालानं मानसाम्भोजशोभितम् ।
अथालोच्य वपुर्ब्रह्मा कान्तमात्मीयमुत्तमम् ॥ ४२ ॥

abhimānagajālānaṃ mānasāmbhojaśobhitam ,
athālocya vapurbrahmā kāntamātmīyamuttamam 42

42. abhimānagajālānam mānasāmbhojaśobhitam atha
ālocya vapuḥ brahmā kāntam ātmīyam uttamam

42. Then, Brahmā, having contemplated his own supreme and beloved form (vapur), which was like a tethering post for the elephant of ego (ahaṅkāra) and adorned with the lotus of the mind (manas)...

42. עמוד קשירה לפיל הגאווה, המקושט בלוטוס הלב והחשיבה. אז, בהתבוננו בגופו הנהדר והנעלה, בְּרַהְמָא...

Words meanings summery:

• अभिमानगजालानम् (abhimānagajālānam) - fetter for the elephant of pride/ego

• मानसाम्भोजशोभितम् (mānasāmbhojaśobhitam) - adorned with the lotus of the mind

• अथ (atha) - then, subsequently

• आलोच्य (ālocya) - having considered, having perceived

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

• कान्तम् (kāntam) - beloved, desired, beautiful

• आत्मीयम् (ātmīyam) - one's own, personal

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, supreme, best

Words meanings and morphology

अभिमानगजालानम् (abhimānagajālānam) - fetter for the elephant of pride/ego

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of abhimānagajālāna

abhimānagajālāna - tethering post for the elephant of pride

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhimāna+gaja+ālāna)

• abhimāna – pride, ego (ahaṅkāra)
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: man (class 4)
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• ālāna – tethering post, stake
  noun (neuter)
  From root lā (to take) with prefix ā and suffix ana.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lā (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'vapuḥ'

मानसाम्भोजशोभितम् (mānasāmbhojaśobhitam) - adorned with the lotus of the mind

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mānasāmbhojaśobhita

mānasāmbhojaśobhita - adorned by the lotus of the mind

Past Passive Participle

Compound adjective, śobhita is P.P.P. from root śubh.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mānasa+ambhoja+śobhita)

• mānasa – mental, relating to the mind; mind
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from manas (mind).
  Root: man (class 4)
• ambhoja – lotus (born from water)
  noun (neuter)
  Compound: ambhas (water) + ja (born).
  Root: jan (class 4)
• śobhita – adorned, beautiful, brilliant
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'vapuḥ'

अथ (atha) - then, subsequently

(indeclinable)

आलोच्य (ālocya) - having considered, having perceived

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

Prefix: ā

Root: loc (class 10)

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure

Root: vap (class 1)

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator deity); the Absolute (brahman)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

कान्तम् (kāntam) - beloved, desired, beautiful

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kānta

kānta - beloved, desired, beautiful

Past Passive Participle

Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'vapuḥ'

आत्मीयम् (ātmīyam) - one's own, personal

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ātmīya

ātmīya - one's own, personal, belonging to the self

Derived from ātman.

Note: Refers to 'vapuḥ'

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, supreme, best

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - excellent, supreme, best, highest

Note: Refers to 'vapuḥ'

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