योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-25

काठिन्यमवनावेवमौष्ण्यमेव हुताशने ।
शैत्यमेष निशानाथे सत्ता चैष जगद्गणे ॥ २५ ॥

kāṭhinyamavanāvevamauṣṇyameva hutāśane ,
śaityameṣa niśānāthe sattā caiṣa jagadgaṇe 25

25. kāṭhinyam avanau evam auṣṇyam eva hutāśane
śaityam eṣa niśānāthe sattā ca eṣa jagadgaṇe

25. kāṭhinyam avanau evam; auṣṇyam eva hutāśane; eṣa śaityam niśānāthe; ca eṣa sattā jagadgaṇe.

25. Hardness (is) in the earth, and thus heat indeed (is) in fire. This (Lord/Self) is coolness in the moon, and this (Lord/Self) is existence (sattā) in the multitude of beings (jagadgaṇe).

Words meanings summery:

• काठिन्यम् (kāṭhinyam) - hardness (hardness, rigidity, difficulty)

• अवनौ (avanau) - in the earth (in the earth, on the ground, in the land)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so, indeed)

• औष्ण्यम् (auṣṇyam) - heat (heat, warmth)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, exactly)

• हुताशने (hutāśane) - in fire (in fire, in the fire-god)

• शैत्यम् (śaityam) - coolness (coolness, coldness)

• एष (eṣa) - This (Lord/Self) (this, this one, he)

• निशानाथे (niśānāthe) - in the moon (in the moon (lit. 'lord of night'), in the lord of the night)

• सत्ता (sattā) - existence (existence, being, reality, truth)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• एष (eṣa) - This (Lord/Self) (this, this one, he)

• जगद्गणे (jagadgaṇe) - in the multitude of beings (in the multitude of the world, in the aggregate of beings)

Words meanings and morphology

काठिन्यम् (kāṭhinyam) - hardness (hardness, rigidity, difficulty)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāṭhinya

kāṭhinya - hardness, rigidity, difficulty, stiffness

Derived from kaṭhina (hard) + ya (suffix for quality/state).

अवनौ (avanau) - in the earth (in the earth, on the ground, in the land)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of avani

avani - earth, ground, land

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so, indeed)

(indeclinable)

औष्ण्यम् (auṣṇyam) - heat (heat, warmth)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of auṣṇya

auṣṇya - heat, warmth

Derived from uṣṇa (hot) + ya (suffix for quality/state).

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, exactly)

(indeclinable)

Particle for emphasis.

हुताशने (hutāśane) - in fire (in fire, in the fire-god)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire, fire-god (lit. "eating oblations")

Compound: huta (oblation) + aśana (eating).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered, sacrificed, oblation
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root hu- (to offer, sacrifice)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food, that which eats
  noun (neuter)
  From root aś- (to eat)
  Root: aś (class 9)

शैत्यम् (śaityam) - coolness (coolness, coldness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śaitya

śaitya - coolness, coldness, frigidity

Derived from śīta (cold) + ya (suffix for quality/state).

एष (eṣa) - This (Lord/Self) (this, this one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that, he, she, it

निशानाथे (niśānāthe) - in the moon (in the moon (lit. 'lord of night'), in the lord of the night)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of niśānātha

niśānātha - moon (lit. "lord of night")

Compound: niśā (night) + nātha (lord).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (niśā+nātha)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• nātha – lord, master, protector
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nāth (class 1)

सत्ता (sattā) - existence (existence, being, reality, truth)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sattā

sattā - existence, being, reality, truth, entity

From root as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

एष (eṣa) - This (Lord/Self) (this, this one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that, he, she, it

जगद्गणे (jagadgaṇe) - in the multitude of beings (in the multitude of the world, in the aggregate of beings)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jagadgaṇa

jagadgaṇa - multitude of the world, aggregate of moving beings/entities

Compound: jagat (world, moving beings) + gaṇa (multitude, group).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+gaṇa)

• jagat – moving, living, the world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root gam- (to go) + śatṛ suffix
  Root: gam (class 1)
• gaṇa – group, multitude, collection, host
  noun (masculine)

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