योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-47, verse-38

कदाचिदप्सु वायौ वा सुस्फारे वापि तेजसि ।
स्वयं संपद्यतेऽकस्मात्पुमान्प्रकृतिभावितः ॥ ३८ ॥

kadācidapsu vāyau vā susphāre vāpi tejasi ,
svayaṃ saṃpadyate'kasmātpumānprakṛtibhāvitaḥ 38

38. kadācit apsu vāyau vā susphāre vā api tejasi |
svayam saṃpadyate akasmāt pumān prakṛtibhāvitaḥ

38. kadācit prakṛtibhāvitaḥ pumān apsu vā vāyau vā susphāre api tejasi akasmāt svayam saṃpadyate.

38. Sometimes, a cosmic person (puruṣa), influenced by (primordial) nature (prakṛti), spontaneously manifests in the waters, or in the air, or even in the vast expanse of light (or fire).

Words meanings summery:

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes, occasionally

• अप्सु (apsu) - in waters

• वायौ (vāyau) - in air, in wind

• वा (vā) - or

• सुस्फारे (susphāre) - in greatly expanded, in very spacious

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - even, also

• तेजसि (tejasi) - in light, in fire, in splendor

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, spontaneously, personally

• संपद्यते (saṁpadyate) - comes into being, manifests, attains, becomes

• अकस्मात् (akasmāt) - suddenly, unexpectedly, spontaneously

• पुमान् (pumān) - a cosmic person (puruṣa) (a man, a being, a person)

• प्रकृतिभावितः (prakṛtibhāvitaḥ) - influenced by (primordial) nature (prakṛti) (imbued with nature, influenced by nature)

Words meanings and morphology

कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes, occasionally

(indeclinable)

अप्सु (apsu) - in waters

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

वायौ (vāyau) - in air, in wind

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - air, wind, the god of wind

Root: vā (class 2)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

सुस्फारे (susphāre) - in greatly expanded, in very spacious

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of susphāra

susphāra - greatly expanded, very spacious

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+sphāra)

• su – good, well, very, greatly
  indeclinable
  prefix
• sphāra – expanded, swollen, vast
  adjective (masculine)
  from root sphā (to swell)
  Root: sphā (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

तेजसि (tejasi) - in light, in fire, in splendor

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - brilliance, light, fire, energy, splendor

Root: tij (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, spontaneously, personally

(indeclinable)

संपद्यते (saṁpadyate) - comes into being, manifests, attains, becomes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (lat) of saṃpad

present indicative

root pad with prefix sam, Ātmanepada, 4th conjugation

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

अकस्मात् (akasmāt) - suddenly, unexpectedly, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

पुमान् (pumān) - a cosmic person (puruṣa) (a man, a being, a person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, person, spirit, cosmic person

प्रकृतिभावितः (prakṛtibhāvitaḥ) - influenced by (primordial) nature (prakṛti) (imbued with nature, influenced by nature)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prakṛtibhāvita

prakṛtibhāvita - influenced by nature, imbued with nature

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prakṛti+bhāvita)

• prakṛti – nature, primordial matter, origin
  noun (feminine)
• bhāvita – caused to be, produced, conceived, influenced, imbued
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From causative root bhā (to cause to be, to influence)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

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