योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-48, verse-47

दैर्घ्यादैर्घ्येऽस्य कालस्य शरीरस्य भवाभवाः ।
कथमन्तस्थिता न स्युर्मदीयैः श्वपचभ्रमैः ॥ ४७ ॥

dairghyādairghye'sya kālasya śarīrasya bhavābhavāḥ ,
kathamantasthitā na syurmadīyaiḥ śvapacabhramaiḥ 47

47. dairghyādairghye asya kālasya śarīrasya bhavābhavāḥ
katham antasthitāḥ na syuḥ madīyaiḥ śvapacabhramaiḥ

47. asya kālasya dairghyādairghye,
śarīrasya bhavābhavāḥ (saṃsāra),
madīyaiḥ śvapacabhramaiḥ (māyā) katham antasthitāḥ na syuḥ?

47. How is it that the extended and brief durations of this time, and the cycles of birth and death (saṃsāra) of this body, are not contained within, or created by, my own base illusions (māyā)?

Words meanings summery:

• दैर्घ्यादैर्घ्ये (dairghyādairghye) - in long and short durations, in length and non-length

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• कालस्य (kālasya) - of time

• शरीरस्य (śarīrasya) - of the body

• भवाभवाः (bhavābhavāḥ) - cycles of birth and death (saṃsāra) (existences and non-existences, births and deaths, cycles of becoming and non-becoming)

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

• अन्तस्थिताः (antasthitāḥ) - situated within, inherent, contained internally

• न (na) - not, no

• स्युः (syuḥ) - should be, could be, may be

• मदीयैः (madīyaiḥ) - by my own, by those belonging to me

• श्वपचभ्रमैः (śvapacabhramaiḥ) - by my own base illusions (māyā) (by illusions of a dog-eater, by base illusions)

Words meanings and morphology

दैर्घ्यादैर्घ्ये (dairghyādairghye) - in long and short durations, in length and non-length

(noun)

Locative, neuter, dual of dairghyādairghya

dairghyādairghya - length and non-length, long and short durations

Compound type : dvandva (dairghya+adairghya)

• dairghya – length, duration
  noun (neuter)
  From dīrgha (long)
• adairghya – non-length, brevity
  noun (neuter)
  a- (not) + dairghya (length)

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Demonstrative pronoun

कालस्य (kālasya) - of time

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, duration

शरीरस्य (śarīrasya) - of the body

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body

भवाभवाः (bhavābhavāḥ) - cycles of birth and death (saṃsāra) (existences and non-existences, births and deaths, cycles of becoming and non-becoming)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhavābhava

bhavābhava - existence and non-existence, birth and death

Compound type : dvandva (bhava+abhava)

• bhava – being, existence, birth, becoming
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be, to become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abhava – non-existence, non-becoming, death
  noun (masculine)
  a- (not) + bhava (existence)

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

अन्तस्थिताः (antasthitāḥ) - situated within, inherent, contained internally

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of antasthita

antasthita - situated within, inherent, internal

Past Passive Participle (from sthā with anta)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (antas+sthita)

• antas – within, inside
  indeclinable
• sthita – standing, situated, existing
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्युः (syuḥ) - should be, could be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मदीयैः (madīyaiḥ) - by my own, by those belonging to me

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of madīya

madīya - my own, belonging to me

Derived from mad (I) with suffix -īya

श्वपचभ्रमैः (śvapacabhramaiḥ) - by my own base illusions (māyā) (by illusions of a dog-eater, by base illusions)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śvapacabhrama

śvapacabhrama - illusion of a dog-eater, delusion of an outcaste

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śvapaca+bhrama)

• śvapaca – dog-eater, outcaste, one of the lowest classes
  noun (masculine)
• bhrama – illusion, delusion, error, wandering
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhram (to wander, be confused)
  Root: bhram (class 1)

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