योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-56, verse-19

यतः कुतश्चिदेवेदं संपन्नमिव लक्ष्यते ।
अरुणातीरवद्वारिपूरावर्तवदाततम् ॥ १९ ॥

yataḥ kutaścidevedaṃ saṃpannamiva lakṣyate ,
aruṇātīravadvāripūrāvartavadātatam 19

19. yataḥ kutaḥ cit eva idam sampannam iva lakṣyate
| aruṇātīravat vāripūrāvartavat ātatam ||

19. idam yataḥ kutaḥ cit eva sampannam iva lakṣyate
aruṇātīravat vāripūrāvartavat ātatam (ca)

19. This (world) is perceived as if it has manifested from some unknown source, spreading out like a bank of the Aruna river or a whirlpool in a flood of water.

Words meanings summery:

• यतः (yataḥ) - from where, from which

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence

• चित् (cit) - emphasizing indefiniteness, 'some-where' (even, indeed, some)

• एव (eva) - emphasizing the indefiniteness, 'indeed from some-where' (only, indeed, just)

• इदम् (idam) - referring to the phenomenal world (this, this world, this phenomenon)

• सम्पन्नम् (sampannam) - manifested, brought into being (accomplished, happened, manifested, complete)

• इव (iva) - expressing appearance or simile (as if, like)

• लक्ष्यते (lakṣyate) - is perceived, is observed, is seen

• अरुणातीरवत् (aruṇātīravat) - like the bank of the Aruna river

• वारिपूरावर्तवत् (vāripūrāvartavat) - like a whirlpool in a flood of water

• आततम् (ātatam) - vast, spread out (extended, spread out, vast, pervasive)

Words meanings and morphology

यतः (yataḥ) - from where, from which

(indeclinable)

From yad (relative pronoun) + tasil suffix

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence

(indeclinable)

From kim (interrogative pronoun) + tasil suffix

चित् (cit) - emphasizing indefiniteness, 'some-where' (even, indeed, some)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - emphasizing the indefiniteness, 'indeed from some-where' (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - referring to the phenomenal world (this, this world, this phenomenon)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

सम्पन्नम् (sampannam) - manifested, brought into being (accomplished, happened, manifested, complete)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sampanna

sampanna - accomplished, complete, happened, manifested, endowed with

Past Passive Participle

From sam-pad (sam + pad, to fall together, happen)

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'idam'

इव (iva) - expressing appearance or simile (as if, like)

(indeclinable)

लक्ष्यते (lakṣyate) - is perceived, is observed, is seen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of lakṣ

Present Passive

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

अरुणातीरवत् (aruṇātīravat) - like the bank of the Aruna river

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aruṇātīravat

aruṇātīravat - like the bank of the Aruna river

From aruṇātīra (compound) + vat (suffix, 'like')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aruṇā+tīra)

• aruṇā – Aruna (a river name)
  proper noun (feminine)
• tīra – bank, shore
  noun (neuter)

Note: Formed with suffix -vat, functions as an adjective here.

वारिपूरावर्तवत् (vāripūrāvartavat) - like a whirlpool in a flood of water

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāripūrāvartavat

vāripūrāvartavat - like a whirlpool in a flood of water

From vāripūrāvarta (compound) + vat (suffix, 'like')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāri+pūra+āvarta)

• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• pūra – flood, stream, abundance
  noun (masculine)
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Formed with suffix -vat, functions as an adjective here.

आततम् (ātatam) - vast, spread out (extended, spread out, vast, pervasive)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ātata

ātata - extended, spread out, vast, pervasive, drawn (as a bow)

Past Passive Participle

From ā-tan (ā + tan, to stretch, extend)

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'idam'.