योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-57, verse-42

इतः शैलशतैर्व्याप्ता तथेतो जलराशिभिः ।
कियानस्य भुवो देहो येनोदारं प्रपूरयेत् ॥ ४२ ॥

itaḥ śailaśatairvyāptā tatheto jalarāśibhiḥ ,
kiyānasya bhuvo deho yenodāraṃ prapūrayet 42

42. itaḥ śailaśataiḥ vyāptā tathā itaḥ jalaraśibhiḥ
kiyān asya bhuvaḥ dehaḥ yena udāram prapūrayet

42. itaḥ śailaśataiḥ,
tathā itaḥ jalaraśibhiḥ,
vyāptā.
asya bhuvaḥ dehaḥ kiyān yena udāram prapūrayet?

42. The earth is covered on one side by hundreds of mountains and on the other by masses of water. How great is the extent of this earth, that one could completely fill it with magnificent things?

Words meanings summery:

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, on this side, here

• शैलशतैः (śailaśataiḥ) - by hundreds of mountains

• व्याप्ता (vyāptā) - pervaded, covered, filled

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, and

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, on this side

• जलरशिभिः (jalaraśibhiḥ) - by masses of water, by oceans

• कियान् (kiyān) - how much? how great?

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• भुवः (bhuvaḥ) - of the earth

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body, extent, mass

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom (relative pronoun in instrumental)

• उदारम् (udāram) - magnificent, noble, great things

• प्रपूरयेत् (prapūrayet) - one would fill completely, one should fill completely

Words meanings and morphology

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, on this side, here

(indeclinable)

adverb derived from idam (this) + suffix tas.

शैलशतैः (śailaśataiḥ) - by hundreds of mountains

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śailaśata

śailaśata - hundred mountains

Compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śaila+śata)

• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
  From śilā (rock)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agent of vyāptā.

व्याप्ता (vyāptā) - pervaded, covered, filled

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyāpta

vyāpta - pervaded, permeated, covered, occupied

Past Passive Participle

From vi (apart) + ā (towards) + root āp (to obtain, reach).

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Predicate adjective for implied bhūmiḥ (earth).

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, and

(indeclinable)

adverb

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, on this side

(indeclinable)

adverb derived from idam (this) + suffix tas.

जलरशिभिः (jalaraśibhiḥ) - by masses of water, by oceans

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of jalaraśi

jalaraśi - mass of water, ocean, sea

Compound.

Compound type : tatpurusha (jala+rāśi)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• rāśi – heap, pile, mass, quantity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāś (class 10)

Note: Agent of vyāptā.

कियान् (kiyān) - how much? how great?

(interrogative adjective)

Note: Qualifies dehaḥ.

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, that

Note: Refers to bhuvaḥ.

भुवः (bhuvaḥ) - of the earth

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, place

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Possessive for dehaḥ.

देहः (dehaḥ) - body, extent, mass

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, mass, extent

From root dih (to smear, form).

Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Subject of the rhetorical question.

येन (yena) - by which, by whom (relative pronoun in instrumental)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Refers to dehaḥ.

उदारम् (udāram) - magnificent, noble, great things

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of udāra

udāra - noble, generous, magnificent, exalted, great

From ud (up) + root r̥ (to go, raise).

Prefix: ud

Root: r̥ (class 3)

Note: Object of prapūrayet.

प्रपूरयेत् (prapūrayet) - one would fill completely, one should fill completely

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of prapūr

Optative Mood

From pra (forth, completely) + root pṛ (to fill) in the causal form (pūrayati).

Prefix: pra

Root: pṛ (class 9)

Note: Implying 'one might/could fill'. The agent is an implicit general 'one'.

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