योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-47, verse-51

पुनः सृष्टिकराऽवीतवीतस्नेहदृशः पुनः ।
दीपा इव कृतालोकाः प्रशाम्यन्त्युद्भवन्ति च ॥ ५१ ॥

punaḥ sṛṣṭikarā'vītavītasnehadṛśaḥ punaḥ ,
dīpā iva kṛtālokāḥ praśāmyantyudbhavanti ca 51

51. punar sṛṣṭikarāḥ avītavītasnehadṛśaḥ punar
dīpāḥ iva kṛtālokāḥ praśāmyanti udbhavanti ca

51. punar sṛṣṭikarāḥ avītavītasnehadṛśaḥ,
punar dīpāḥ iva kṛtālokāḥ,
praśāmyanti ca udbhavanti ca.

51. Again, there are creators whose perspectives are still influenced by un-departed attachment (sneha). Like lamps that are made bright, they arise and are extinguished.

Words meanings summery:

• पुनर् (punar) - again, repeatedly

• सृष्टिकराः (sṛṣṭikarāḥ) - creators, those who create

• अवीतवीतस्नेहदृशः (avītavītasnehadṛśaḥ) - whose perspective is of undeparted (not completely gone) attachment (sneha)

• पुनर् (punar) - again, repeatedly

• दीपाः (dīpāḥ) - lamps, lights

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• कृतालोकाः (kṛtālokāḥ) - having made light, illuminated

• प्रशाम्यन्ति (praśāmyanti) - they are extinguished, they subside, they cease

• उद्भवन्ति (udbhavanti) - they arise, originate, are born

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

पुनर् (punar) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

सृष्टिकराः (sṛṣṭikarāḥ) - creators, those who create

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sṛṣṭikara

sṛṣṭikara - creator, producer; causing creation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sṛṣṭi+kara)

• sṛṣṭi – creation, production, emission
  noun (feminine)
  root sṛj (to create) + ti (kṛt suffix)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• kara – making, causing, doing; maker, doer
  adjective (masculine)
  root kṛ (to do, make) + a (suffix)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

अवीतवीतस्नेहदृशः (avītavītasnehadṛśaḥ) - whose perspective is of undeparted (not completely gone) attachment (sneha)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avītavītasnehadṛś

avītavītasnehadṛś - one whose vision/perspective is characterized by attachment (sneha) that has not entirely departed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+vīta+vīta+sneha+dṛś)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vīta – departed, gone, passed away, vanished
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  root i (to go) with prefix vi (apart)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: i (class 2)
• vīta – departed, gone, passed away, vanished
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  root i (to go) with prefix vi (apart)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: i (class 2)
• sneha – attachment, affection, love, oiliness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: snih (class 4)
• dṛś – seeing, perception, vision, view, perspective
  noun (feminine)
  root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

पुनर् (punar) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

दीपाः (dīpāḥ) - lamps, lights

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dīpa

dīpa - lamp, light, anything that illumines

root dīp (to shine)

Root: dīp (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

कृतालोकाः (kṛtālokāḥ) - having made light, illuminated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛtāloka

kṛtāloka - having made light, illuminated, enlightened

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+āloka)

• kṛta – made, done, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• āloka – light, luster, sight, perception
  noun (masculine)
  root lok (to see) with prefix ā (towards)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lok (class 1)

प्रशाम्यन्ति (praśāmyanti) - they are extinguished, they subside, they cease

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of praśam

Prefix: pra

Root: śam (class 4)

उद्भवन्ति (udbhavanti) - they arise, originate, are born

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of udbhav

Prefix: ud

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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