योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-23, verse-2

यत्र नाम्भोधयो नापि सागरा वा न चाद्रयः ।
न वनानि न तीर्थानि न नद्यो न सरांसि च ॥ २ ॥

yatra nāmbhodhayo nāpi sāgarā vā na cādrayaḥ ,
na vanāni na tīrthāni na nadyo na sarāṃsi ca 2

2. yatra na ambhodhayaḥ na api sāgarāḥ vā na ca adrayaḥ
na vanāni na tīrthāni na nadyaḥ na sarāṃsi ca

2. yatra ambhodhayaḥ na api sāgarāḥ vā na ca adrayaḥ
na vanāni na tīrthāni na nadyaḥ na sarāṃsi ca na

2. Where there are neither oceans, nor seas, nor mountains; neither forests, nor holy places, nor rivers, nor lakes.

Words meanings summery:

• यत्र (yatra) - where

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• अम्भोधयः (ambhodhayaḥ) - oceans, seas

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• अपि (api) - (with 'na') nor (also, even, moreover, indeed)

• सागराः (sāgarāḥ) - oceans, seas

• वा (vā) - or (or, either, and)

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• च (ca) - (with 'na') nor (and, also, moreover)

• अद्रयः (adrayaḥ) - mountains, rocks

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• वनानि (vanāni) - forests, woods

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - holy places, pilgrimage sites, sacred waters

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• सरांसि (sarāṁsi) - lakes, large ponds

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

Words meanings and morphology

यत्र (yatra) - where

(indeclinable)

adverb of place derived from pronoun 'ya'

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

अम्भोधयः (ambhodhayaḥ) - oceans, seas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ambhodhi

ambhodhi - ocean, sea, cloud

compound of ambha (water) + dhi (holding)

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (ambhas+dhā)

• ambhas – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhā – holding, placing, receptacle
  noun (masculine)
  from root dhā 'to place, hold'
  Root: dhā (class 3)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - (with 'na') nor (also, even, moreover, indeed)

(indeclinable)

सागराः (sāgarāḥ) - oceans, seas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea (son of Sagara)

related to Sagara, a mythical king whose sons dug out the ocean

वा (vā) - or (or, either, and)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - (with 'na') nor (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अद्रयः (adrayaḥ) - mountains, rocks

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adri

adri - mountain, rock, stone

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

वनानि (vanāni) - forests, woods

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - holy places, pilgrimage sites, sacred waters

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tīrtha

tīrtha - ford, bathing place, sacred place, holy place, place of pilgrimage

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nadī

nadī - river

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

सरांसि (sarāṁsi) - lakes, large ponds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

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