योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-7

नित्यस्पन्दमयो नित्यमपि देवात्सदागतेः ।
स्थाणोरप्यक्रियो नित्यमाकाशादप्यलेपकः ॥ ७ ॥

nityaspandamayo nityamapi devātsadāgateḥ ,
sthāṇorapyakriyo nityamākāśādapyalepakaḥ 7

7. nitya-spanda-mayaḥ nityam api devāt sadā-gateḥ
sthāṇoḥ api akriyaḥ nityam ākāśāt api alepakaḥ

7. saḥ nitya-spanda-mayaḥ api nityam devāt sadā-gateḥ
api sthāṇoḥ api nityam akriyaḥ ākāśāt api alepakaḥ

7. He is eternally full of vibration, yet also eternal. More so than even the ever-moving deity (Wind) or the immobile (sthāṇu), he is eternally actionless. And more so than space itself, he is untainted.

7. הוא פועם תמיד יותר מהרוח השמימית הנושבת תמיד, חסר פעולה יותר מגזע עץ או אבן, ונקי וטהור מכל זיקה יותר מהחלל השמימי (אָאקָאשָׁה).

Words meanings summery:

• नित्य-स्पन्द-मयः (nitya-spanda-mayaḥ) - consisting of eternal vibration/motion, full of constant movement

• नित्यम् (nityam) - eternally, constantly, always

• अपि (api) - even, also, although

• देवात् (devāt) - from a god, from a deity

• सदा-गतेः (sadā-gateḥ) - from Vāyu, the Wind-god (who is constantly moving) (from the ever-moving one, from the wind-god)

• स्थाणोः (sthāṇoḥ) - from the unmoving (referring to a pillar or a representation of Śiva as the immobile principle) (from the immobile one, from a post/pillar, from Śiva)

• अपि (api) - even, also, although

• अक्रियः (akriyaḥ) - actionless, inactive, without action

• नित्यम् (nityam) - eternally, constantly, always

• आकाशात् (ākāśāt) - from space, from ether

• अपि (api) - even, also, although

• अलेपकः (alepakaḥ) - untainted, unattached, not smeared, pure

Words meanings and morphology

नित्य-स्पन्द-मयः (nitya-spanda-mayaḥ) - consisting of eternal vibration/motion, full of constant movement

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nitya-spanda-maya

nitya-spanda-maya - consisting of constant vibration, full of eternal movement

Formed by suffix -maya (consisting of) to the compound nitya-spanda

Compound type : tatpuruṣa-with-suffix (nitya+spanda+maya)

• nitya – eternal, constant, perpetual
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• spanda – vibration, tremor, motion, throb
  noun (masculine)
  Root: spad
• maya – consisting of, made of, full of
  suffix (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  A secondary suffix forming adjectives

नित्यम् (nityam) - eternally, constantly, always

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, although

(indeclinable)

देवात् (devāt) - from a god, from a deity

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div

Note: Used for comparison, 'more than the god'.

सदा-गतेः (sadā-gateḥ) - from Vāyu, the Wind-god (who is constantly moving) (from the ever-moving one, from the wind-god)

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of sadā-gati

sadā-gati - ever-moving, constant motion (name of Wind-god, Vāyu)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sadā+gati)

• sadā – always, ever, perpetually
  indeclinable
• gati – movement, going, motion, course
  noun (feminine)
  Root: gam

Note: Used for comparison, 'more than the ever-moving one'.

स्थाणोः (sthāṇoḥ) - from the unmoving (referring to a pillar or a representation of Śiva as the immobile principle) (from the immobile one, from a post/pillar, from Śiva)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sthāṇu

sthāṇu - post, pillar, anything immobile or fixed, Śiva

Root: sthā

अपि (api) - even, also, although

(indeclinable)

अक्रियः (akriyaḥ) - actionless, inactive, without action

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akriya

akriya - actionless, inactive, free from action

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+kriyā)

• a – not, without
  indeclinable
• kriyā – action, activity, rite
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṛ

नित्यम् (nityam) - eternally, constantly, always

(indeclinable)

आकाशात् (ākāśāt) - from space, from ether

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky

Root: kāś

अपि (api) - even, also, although

(indeclinable)

अलेपकः (alepakaḥ) - untainted, unattached, not smeared, pure

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of alepaka

alepaka - untainted, not smeared, unattached, pure

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+lepaka)

• a – not, without
  indeclinable
• lepaka – smeared, tainted, one who smears
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Derived from root lip (to smear, to taint)
  Root: lip

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