योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-47, verse-21

यथेदमण्डं वैरिञ्चं तथा ब्रह्माण्डपङ्क्तयः ।
याः सहस्राः परिक्षीणा नाडिका वत्सरेष्विव ॥ २१ ॥

yathedamaṇḍaṃ vairiñcaṃ tathā brahmāṇḍapaṅktayaḥ ,
yāḥ sahasrāḥ parikṣīṇā nāḍikā vatsareṣviva 21

21. yathā idam aṇḍam vairiñcam tathā brahmāṇḍapaṅktayaḥ
yāḥ sahasrāḥ parikṣīṇāḥ nāḍikāḥ vatsareṣu iva

21. Just as this cosmic egg (aṇḍa) belonging to Brahmā exists, so too have thousands of series of cosmic eggs (brahmāṇḍa) already perished, much like minutes pass within years.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• इदम् (idam) - this

• अण्डम् (aṇḍam) - cosmic egg (referring to the universe) (egg, cosmic egg, sphere)

• वैरिञ्चम् (vairiñcam) - belonging to Brahmā (the creator god) (relating to Brahmā, Brahma's)

• तथा (tathā) - so, likewise, similarly

• ब्रह्माण्डपङ्क्तयः (brahmāṇḍapaṅktayaḥ) - rows of cosmic eggs, series of universes

• याः (yāḥ) - which (referring to the rows of cosmic eggs) (which, those which)

• सहस्राः (sahasrāḥ) - thousands, a thousand (plural)

• परिक्षीणाः (parikṣīṇāḥ) - completely perished (completely perished, exhausted, destroyed)

• नाडिकाः (nāḍikāḥ) - minutes (a unit of time) (minutes, small moments, tubes)

• वत्सरेषु (vatsareṣu) - in years

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

अण्डम् (aṇḍam) - cosmic egg (referring to the universe) (egg, cosmic egg, sphere)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aṇḍa

aṇḍa - egg, testicle, cosmic egg, sphere

वैरिञ्चम् (vairiñcam) - belonging to Brahmā (the creator god) (relating to Brahmā, Brahma's)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vairiñca

vairiñca - relating to Brahmā, Brahma's, born from Brahmā

Taddhita affix -aṇ (ण्) indicating 'belonging to' or 'related to' from Viriñci (another name for Brahmā)

Note: Agrees with `aṇḍam`.

तथा (tathā) - so, likewise, similarly

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्माण्डपङ्क्तयः (brahmāṇḍapaṅktayaḥ) - rows of cosmic eggs, series of universes

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of brahmāṇḍapaṅkti

brahmāṇḍapaṅkti - row/series of cosmic eggs (universes)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahmāṇḍa+paṅkti)

• brahmāṇḍa – cosmic egg, universe (related to Brahmā the creator god)
  noun (neuter)
• paṅkti – row, line, series, class
  noun (feminine)

याः (yāḥ) - which (referring to the rows of cosmic eggs) (which, those which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - which, who

Note: Agrees with `brahmāṇḍapaṅktayaḥ`.

सहस्राः (sahasrāḥ) - thousands, a thousand (plural)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sahasra

sahasra - a thousand, thousands (plural)

Note: Agrees with `brahmāṇḍapaṅktayaḥ` and `yāḥ`.

परिक्षीणाः (parikṣīṇāḥ) - completely perished (completely perished, exhausted, destroyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of parikṣīṇa

parikṣīṇa - completely wasted, perished, exhausted, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `kṣi` (to waste, perish) with prefix `pari-`.

Prefix: pari

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Agrees with `brahmāṇḍapaṅktayaḥ`.

नाडिकाः (nāḍikāḥ) - minutes (a unit of time) (minutes, small moments, tubes)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nāḍikā

nāḍikā - a small tube, pulse, minute (unit of time)

Note: Used as a simile.

वत्सरेषु (vatsareṣu) - in years

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of vatsara

vatsara - year

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)