योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-36, verse-39

हयद्विपरथाकारैर्यद्वत्खे दृश्यतेऽम्बुदः ।
तद्वदालोक्यसे देव पदार्थशतविभ्रमैः ॥ ३९ ॥

hayadviparathākārairyadvatkhe dṛśyate'mbudaḥ ,
tadvadālokyase deva padārthaśatavibhramaiḥ 39

39. haya-dvipa-ratha-ākāraiḥ yadvat khe dṛśyate ambudaḥ
tadvat ālokyase deva padārtha-śata-vibhramaiḥ

39. yadvat ambudaḥ khe haya-dvipa-ratha-ākāraiḥ dṛśyate
tadvat deva padārtha-śata-vibhramaiḥ ālokyase

39. Just as a cloud in the sky appears in various forms like horses, elephants, and chariots, so too, O Lord (deva), you are perceived through hundreds of illusory appearances of objects.

39. כפי שענן בשמיים נראה בצורות של סוסים, פילים ומרכבות, כך אתה נראה, אלוהיי, דרך אשליותיהם של מאות עצמים שונים.

Words meanings summery:

• हय-द्विप-रथ-आकारैः (haya-dvipa-ratha-ākāraiḥ) - by the shapes of various animals and vehicles imagined from clouds (by forms of horses, elephants, and chariots)

• यद्वत् (yadvat) - introducing a comparison (just as, as, like)

• खे (khe) - the physical sky where clouds are seen (in the sky, in space)

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is perceived visually (is seen, appears)

• अम्बुदः (ambudaḥ) - a cloud, which changes shape (cloud (giver of water))

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - indicating the analogous situation (similarly, so, thus)

• आलोक्यसे (ālokyase) - you, the Supreme Self, are perceived (you are seen, you appear)

• देव (deva) - Addressing the Supreme Being (O God, O Lord, O divine one)

• पदार्थ-शत-विभ्रमैः (padārtha-śata-vibhramaiḥ) - by the manifold illusory perceptions of various phenomena (by hundreds of illusions of objects, by the delusions of a hundred categories)

Words meanings and morphology

हय-द्विप-रथ-आकारैः (haya-dvipa-ratha-ākāraiḥ) - by the shapes of various animals and vehicles imagined from clouds (by forms of horses, elephants, and chariots)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of haya-dvipa-ratha-ākāra

haya-dvipa-ratha-ākāra - having the shapes of horses, elephants, and chariots

Tatpuruṣa compound (dvandva of haya, dvipa, ratha, then tatpurusha with ākāra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (haya+dvipa+ratha+ākāra)

• haya – horse
  noun (masculine)
• dvipa – elephant (drinker with two mouths, i.e., trunk)
  noun (masculine)
• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• ākāra – shape, form, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā

Note: Qualifies 'ambudaḥ' implicitly, referring to the forms by which the cloud is seen

यद्वत् (yadvat) - introducing a comparison (just as, as, like)

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from yad

Note: Corresponds to 'tadvat'

खे (khe) - the physical sky where clouds are seen (in the sky, in space)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether, hole

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is perceived visually (is seen, appears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of dṛś

Present Indicative, Passive Voice, 3rd Person Singular

From root √dṛś (class 1), present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अम्बुदः (ambudaḥ) - a cloud, which changes shape (cloud (giver of water))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ambuda

ambuda - cloud (lit. water-giver)

Compound. From ambas (water) and da (giver, from √dā 'to give')

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (ambas+da)

• ambas – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giver, bestower
  noun (masculine)
  From root √dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Subject of 'dṛśyate'

तद्वत् (tadvat) - indicating the analogous situation (similarly, so, thus)

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from tad

आलोक्यसे (ālokyase) - you, the Supreme Self, are perceived (you are seen, you appear)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of lok

Present Indicative, Passive Voice, 2nd Person Singular

From root √lok (class 10), with prefix ā, forming ālok (to look at, perceive). Passive form, 2nd person singular

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

Note: Refers to the divine addressee (Deva)

देव (deva) - Addressing the Supreme Being (O God, O Lord, O divine one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine, lord

Vocative singular masculine of deva

पदार्थ-शत-विभ्रमैः (padārtha-śata-vibhramaiḥ) - by the manifold illusory perceptions of various phenomena (by hundreds of illusions of objects, by the delusions of a hundred categories)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of padārtha-śata-vibhrama

padārtha-śata-vibhrama - hundreds of illusions of objects; delusions of numerous categories

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (padārtha+śata+vibhrama)

• padārtha – object, category, meaning of a word, substance
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of pada (word) and artha (meaning)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• vibhrama – illusion, delusion, error, confusion, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix vi- + √bhram (to wander, to err)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Refers to the means by which the Lord is perceived

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