योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-57, verse-47

आत्मतत्त्वमहाम्भोधिवीचयः सर्गराजयः ।
अनुत्तमपदाम्भोदवृष्टयः शास्त्रदृष्टयः ॥ ४७ ॥

ātmatattvamahāmbhodhivīcayaḥ sargarājayaḥ ,
anuttamapadāmbhodavṛṣṭayaḥ śāstradṛṣṭayaḥ 47

47. ātmatattvamahāmbhodhivīcayaḥ sargarājayaḥ
anuttamapadāmbhodavṛṣṭayaḥ śāstradṛṣṭayaḥ

47. sargarājayaḥ ātmatattvamahāmbhodhivīcayaḥ
śāstradṛṣṭayaḥ anuttamapadāmbhodavṛṣṭayaḥ

47. The various series of creations are like waves on the great ocean that is the true nature of the self (ātman). The insights gained from the scriptures are like showers from the clouds of the supreme state.

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मतत्त्वमहाम्भोधिवीचयः (ātmatattvamahāmbhodhivīcayaḥ) - waves of the great ocean of the reality of the self

• सर्गराजयः (sargarājayaḥ) - series of creations, successions of emanation

• अनुत्तमपदाम्भोदवृष्टयः (anuttamapadāmbhodavṛṣṭayaḥ) - rains from the clouds of the supreme state

• शास्त्रदृष्टयः (śāstradṛṣṭayaḥ) - insights from scriptures, scriptural views/visions

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मतत्त्वमहाम्भोधिवीचयः (ātmatattvamahāmbhodhivīcayaḥ) - waves of the great ocean of the reality of the self

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ātmatattvamahāmbhodhivīci

ātmatattvamahāmbhodhivīci - waves of the great ocean of the reality of the self

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+tattva+mahat+ambhodhi+vīci)

• ātman – self, soul, essential nature
  noun (masculine)
• tattva – reality, truth, essence, principle
  noun (neuter)
• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• ambhodhi – ocean (lit. 'water-receptacle')
  noun (masculine)
• vīci – wave, ripple
  noun (masculine)

Note: Predicate in an appositive construction.

सर्गराजयः (sargarājayaḥ) - series of creations, successions of emanation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sargarāji

sargarāji - series of creations, successions of emanation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarga+rāji)

• sarga – creation, emanation, chapter
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root sṛj (to create)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• rāji – line, row, series, succession
  noun (masculine/feminine)

Note: Subject of the first implied sentence.

अनुत्तमपदाम्भोदवृष्टयः (anuttamapadāmbhodavṛṣṭayaḥ) - rains from the clouds of the supreme state

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anuttamapadāmbhodavṛṣṭi

anuttamapadāmbhodavṛṣṭi - rains from the clouds of the supreme state

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anuttama+pada+ambhodha+vṛṣṭi)

• anuttama – unsurpassed, supreme, excellent
  adjective (neuter)
  'an' (negation) + 'uttama' (best)
• pada – state, condition, foot, word, step
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pad (class 4)
• ambhodha – cloud (lit. 'water-bearer')
  noun (masculine)
  From 'ambhas' (water) + root 'dhā' (to bear)
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• vṛṣṭi – rain, shower
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'vṛṣ' (to rain)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Predicate in an appositive construction.

शास्त्रदृष्टयः (śāstradṛṣṭayaḥ) - insights from scriptures, scriptural views/visions

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śāstradṛṣṭi

śāstradṛṣṭi - insights from scriptures, scriptural views/visions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śāstra+dṛṣṭi)

• śāstra – scripture, treatise, instruction, rule
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'śās' (to teach, instruct)
  Root: śās (class 2)
• dṛṣṭi – sight, vision, insight, view
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'dṛś' (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject of the second implied sentence.

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