योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-47, verse-43

कदाचिदम्बरे शुद्धे मनस्तत्त्वानुरञ्जनात् ।
सौवर्णं ब्रह्मगर्भं च स्वयमण्डं प्रवर्तते ॥ ४३ ॥

kadācidambare śuddhe manastattvānurañjanāt ,
sauvarṇaṃ brahmagarbhaṃ ca svayamaṇḍaṃ pravartate 43

43. kadācit ambare śuddhe manastattvānurañjanāt
sauvarṇam brahmagarbham ca svayam aṇḍam pravartate

43. Kadācit śuddhe ambare manastattvānurañjanāt sauvarṇam brahmagarbham ca aṇḍam svayam pravartate.

43. Sometimes, in a pure sky, due to the influence of the mind's essence, a golden egg (aṇḍa) containing Brahma (brahman) itself manifests.

Words meanings summery:

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - 'sometimes' (sometimes, at some time, once)

• अम्बरे (ambare) - 'in the pure sky' (in the sky, in the atmosphere)

• शुद्धे (śuddhe) - 'in the pure' (modifies ambare) (pure, clear, clean)

• मनस्तत्त्वानुरञ्जनात् (manastattvānurañjanāt) - 'due to the influence of the mental principle' (from the coloring/influence of the mind's essence/principle)

• सौवर्णम् (sauvarṇam) - 'golden' (describing the egg) (golden, made of gold)

• ब्रह्मगर्भम् (brahmagarbham) - 'containing Brahma' (referring to the cosmic egg Hiranyagarbha) (having Brahma as embryo, containing Brahma)

• च (ca) - 'and' (and, also)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - 'itself' (emphasizing self-manifestation) (oneself, by oneself, spontaneously)

• अण्डम् (aṇḍam) - 'cosmic egg' (aṇḍa) (egg, cosmic egg, testicle)

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - 'it manifests' (it proceeds, it manifests, it begins, it happens)

Words meanings and morphology

कदाचित् (kadācit) - 'sometimes' (sometimes, at some time, once)

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb.

अम्बरे (ambare) - 'in the pure sky' (in the sky, in the atmosphere)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, garment

Note: Locative singular.

शुद्धे (śuddhe) - 'in the pure' (modifies ambare) (pure, clear, clean)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, clear, unblemished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śudh 'to purify'.

Root: śudh (class 4)

Note: Locative singular, agreeing with `ambare`.

मनस्तत्त्वानुरञ्जनात् (manastattvānurañjanāt) - 'due to the influence of the mental principle' (from the coloring/influence of the mind's essence/principle)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of manastattvānurañjana

manastattvānurañjana - coloring/influence of the mind's essence

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (manas+tattva+anurañjana)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• tattva – essence, reality, principle
  noun (neuter)
• anurañjana – coloring, delighting, influencing
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root rañj with prefix anu.
  Prefix: anu
  Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Ablative of cause.

सौवर्णम् (sauvarṇam) - 'golden' (describing the egg) (golden, made of gold)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sauvarṇa

sauvarṇa - golden, made of gold, relating to gold

Derived from suvarṇa (gold).

Note: Nominative singular, agreeing with `aṇḍam`.

ब्रह्मगर्भम् (brahmagarbham) - 'containing Brahma' (referring to the cosmic egg Hiranyagarbha) (having Brahma as embryo, containing Brahma)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahmagarbha

brahmagarbha - having Brahma as embryo, containing Brahma, the cosmic egg (Hiranyagarbha)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (brahman+garbha)

• brahman – the Absolute Reality, the creator god Brahma
  noun (neuter)
• garbha – womb, embryo, interior, fetus
  noun (masculine)

Note: Nominative singular, agreeing with `aṇḍam`.

च (ca) - 'and' (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects attributes of the egg.

स्वयम् (svayam) - 'itself' (emphasizing self-manifestation) (oneself, by oneself, spontaneously)

(indeclinable)

अण्डम् (aṇḍam) - 'cosmic egg' (aṇḍa) (egg, cosmic egg, testicle)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aṇḍa

aṇḍa - egg, cosmic egg, testicle

Note: Subject of the verb 'pravartate'.

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - 'it manifests' (it proceeds, it manifests, it begins, it happens)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pravṛt

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

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