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

अदृष्टपारपर्यन्ते प्रथमं किमभूदिति ।
इतिचिन्तितवान्ब्रह्मासद्योजातोऽमलात्मदृक् ॥ ४४ ॥

adṛṣṭapāraparyante prathamaṃ kimabhūditi ,
iticintitavānbrahmāsadyojāto'malātmadṛk 44

44. adṛṣṭapāraparyante prathamam kim abhūt iti
iti cintitavān brahmā sadyojātaḥ amalātmadṛk

44. ...whose shores and ends were unseen, 'What existed first?' Thus contemplated Brahmā, the newly-born one, who possessed pure insight into the self (ātman).

44. ...שגבולותיה אינם נראים לעין, מה היה כאן בראשית? כך הרהר בְּרַהְמָא שנולד מקרוב, בעל הראייה הזכה של העצמי.

Words meanings summery:

• अदृष्टपारपर्यन्ते (adṛṣṭapāraparyante) - whose shores and ends are not seen, boundless

• प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first, primarily, initially

• किम् (kim) - what?

• अभूत् (abhūt) - was, became, existed

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• चिन्तितवान् (cintitavān) - thought, considered

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

• सद्योजातः (sadyojātaḥ) - newly born, just born

• अमलात्मदृक् (amalātmadṛk) - having a pure vision of the self (ātman), or pure-sighted regarding the self

Words meanings and morphology

अदृष्टपारपर्यन्ते (adṛṣṭapāraparyante) - whose shores and ends are not seen, boundless

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of adṛṣṭapāraparyanta

adṛṣṭapāraparyanta - whose shores and ends are unseen, boundless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+dṛṣṭa+pāra+paryanta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• pāra – shore, further bank, limit, boundary
  noun (neuter)
• paryanta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: ant (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'ākāśakuhare'

प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first, primarily, initially

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prathama

prathama - first, foremost, initial

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

अभूत् (abhūt) - was, became, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist, 3rd person singular active

Root: bhū (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

चिन्तितवान् (cintitavān) - thought, considered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cintitavat

cintitavat - one who has thought/considered

Past Active Participle

Formed from the root cint with the suffix -tavat.

Root: cint (class 10)

Note: Refers to 'brahmā'

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)

सद्योजातः (sadyojātaḥ) - newly born, just born

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sadyojāta

sadyojāta - newly born, just born

Past Passive Participle

Compound: sadyaḥ (immediately) + jāta (born).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (sadyaḥ+jāta)

• sadyaḥ – immediately, just now
  indeclinable
• jāta – born, produced
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to 'brahmā'

अमलात्मदृक् (amalātmadṛk) - having a pure vision of the self (ātman), or pure-sighted regarding the self

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of amalātmadṛś

amalātmadṛś - one who has pure vision of the self

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (amala+ātman+dṛś)

• amala – pure, spotless
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  From a (not) + mala (impurity).
  Prefix: a
• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)
• dṛś – seeing, vision, insight
  noun (feminine)
  Root noun.
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'brahmā'

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