योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-47, verse-84

पुनः संशान्तवाय्वम्बुरिक्तं सकलवस्तुभिः ।
तदपूर्वमिवाकाशं जगदायाति शून्यताम् ॥ ८४ ॥

punaḥ saṃśāntavāyvamburiktaṃ sakalavastubhiḥ ,
tadapūrvamivākāśaṃ jagadāyāti śūnyatām 84

84. punaḥ saṃśāntavāyvamburiktaṃ sakalavastubhiḥ
tat apūrvam iva ākāśam jagat āyāti śūnyatām

84. punaḥ sakalavastubhiḥ saṃśāntavāyvamburiktaṃ
jagat tat apūrvam ākāśam iva śūnyatām āyāti

84. Then, the world (jagat), completely devoid of wind, water, and all objects, becomes a void (śūnyatā), much like that original, unmanifested space (ākāśa).

Words meanings summery:

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, then

• संशान्तवाय्वम्बुरिक्तं (saṁśāntavāyvamburiktaṁ) - emptied of wind and water, devoid of wind and water that have completely subsided

• सकलवस्तुभिः (sakalavastubhiḥ) - by all objects, of all things

• तत् (tat) - that (primordial) (that)

• अपूर्वम् (apūrvam) - original, unmanifested (unprecedented, unique, new, not existed before)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - primordial space (space, sky, ether)

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe

• आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches, attains, becomes

• शून्यताम् (śūnyatām) - emptiness, voidness, nullity

Words meanings and morphology

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, then

(indeclinable)

संशान्तवाय्वम्बुरिक्तं (saṁśāntavāyvamburiktaṁ) - emptied of wind and water, devoid of wind and water that have completely subsided

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃśāntavāyvamburikta

saṁśāntavāyvamburikta - emptied of wind and water (that have completely subsided)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (saṃśānta+vāyu+ambu+rikta)

• saṃśānta – completely calmed, subsided, tranquil
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root śam with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śam (class 4)
• vāyu – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• rikta – empty, devoid, abandoned
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root ric
  Root: ric (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'jagat'.

सकलवस्तुभिः (sakalavastubhiḥ) - by all objects, of all things

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of sakalavastu

sakalavastu - all objects/things

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (sakala+vastu)

• sakala – all, whole, complete
  adjective
• vastu – object, thing, substance, reality
  noun (neuter)

तत् (tat) - that (primordial) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Qualifies 'ākāśam'.

अपूर्वम् (apūrvam) - original, unmanifested (unprecedented, unique, new, not existed before)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apūrva

apūrva - unprecedented, unique, new, not existed before

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+pūrva)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• pūrva – former, prior, existing before, eastern
  adjective

Note: Qualifies 'ākāśam'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - primordial space (space, sky, ether)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, sky, ether, the fifth element

जगत् (jagat) - the world, the universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - the moving, the world, the universe, sentient beings

Present Active Participle (originally from gam)

From root gam 'to go'

Root: gam (class 1)

आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches, attains, becomes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of āyā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

शून्यताम् (śūnyatām) - emptiness, voidness, nullity

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śūnyatā

śūnyatā - emptiness, voidness, state of being empty

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