योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-47, verse-19

अनादिमत्योऽविरतं प्रस्फुरन्ति तरङ्गवत् ।
पूर्वात्पूर्वं किलाभूवंस्ततः पूर्वतरं यथा ॥ १९ ॥

anādimatyo'virataṃ prasphuranti taraṅgavat ,
pūrvātpūrvaṃ kilābhūvaṃstataḥ pūrvataraṃ yathā 19

19. anādimatyaḥ aviratam prasphuranti taraṅgavat
pūrvāt pūrvam kila abhūvan tataḥ pūrvataram yathā

19. anādimatyaḥ aviratam taraṅgavat prasphuranti.
kila yathā pūrvāt pūrvam tataḥ pūrvataram abhūvan.

19. Having no beginning, they continuously manifest like waves. Indeed, just as each preceding (creation) came from an even more ancient one.

Words meanings summery:

• अनादिमत्यः (anādimatyaḥ) - without beginning, beginningless

• अविरतम् (aviratam) - incessantly, continuously, without interruption

• प्रस्फुरन्ति (prasphuranti) - they manifest, they pulse, they flash forth, they surge

• तरङ्गवत् (taraṅgavat) - like waves, wave-like

• पूर्वात् (pūrvāt) - from the prior, from the former

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - what was prior or the prior one (former, prior, earlier)

• किल (kila) - emphasizes or asserts a statement (indeed, surely, as it is said)

• अभूवन् (abhūvan) - they were, they became, they existed

• ततः (tataḥ) - implies sequence or origin (from that, then, thence)

• पूर्वतरम् (pūrvataram) - an even earlier one (used substantively) (earlier, more ancient, more previous)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

Words meanings and morphology

अनादिमत्यः (anādimatyaḥ) - without beginning, beginningless

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anādimat

anādimat - beginningless, eternal, having no beginning

Possessive suffix -mat added to anādi.

Compound of a (negation) + ādi (beginning) + possessive suffix -mat.

अविरतम् (aviratam) - incessantly, continuously, without interruption

(indeclinable)

Adverbial use of neuter singular of avirata (not ceased, continuous).

Prefixes: a+vi

Root: ram (class 1)

प्रस्फुरन्ति (prasphuranti) - they manifest, they pulse, they flash forth, they surge

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of prasphur

present active

From root sphur (to throb, flash) with prefix pra, in present indicative, third person plural, active voice.

Prefix: pra

Root: sphur (class 6)

तरङ्गवत् (taraṅgavat) - like waves, wave-like

(indeclinable)

Formed with the suffix -vat (like, possessing) from taraṅga.

पूर्वात् (pūrvāt) - from the prior, from the former

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of pūrva

pūrva - former, prior, earlier, eastern

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - what was prior or the prior one (former, prior, earlier)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pūrva

pūrva - former, prior, earlier, eastern

किल (kila) - emphasizes or asserts a statement (indeed, surely, as it is said)

(indeclinable)

अभूवन् (abhūvan) - they were, they became, they existed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

imperfect active

From root bhū (class 1) in imperfect, third person plural, active voice.

Root: bhū (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - implies sequence or origin (from that, then, thence)

(indeclinable)

पूर्वतरम् (pūrvataram) - an even earlier one (used substantively) (earlier, more ancient, more previous)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pūrvatara

pūrvatara - more prior, earlier, more ancient (comparative degree of pūrva)

comparative adjective

Formed with comparative suffix -tara from pūrva.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

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