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.

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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