योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-37

मध्येतरपयोमात्रं कंचित्कालं चलाचलम् ।
आद्यन्तसौम्यते त्यक्त्वा वारि वीचितया यथा ॥ ३७ ॥

madhyetarapayomātraṃ kaṃcitkālaṃ calācalam ,
ādyantasaumyate tyaktvā vāri vīcitayā yathā 37

37. madhyetarapayas mātram kañcit kālam calācalam
ādyantasaumyate tyaktvā vāri vīcitayā yathā

37. yathā vāri,
ādyantasaumyate tyaktvā,
kañcit kālam madhyetarapayas mātram calācalam vīcitayā (bhavati)

37. Just as water, relinquishing its gentle state at both its beginning and end, exists for a certain period merely as a different form of water, both agitated and tranquil, in the form of a wave.

Words meanings summery:

• मध्येतरपयस् (madhyetarapayas) - a different form of water (in the middle, as a wave) (water that is different from the middle (state))

• मात्रम् (mātram) - only, merely

• कञ्चित् (kañcit) - some, a certain

• कालम् (kālam) - time, period

• चलाचलम् (calācalam) - moving and unmoving, agitated and tranquil

• आद्यन्तसौम्यते (ādyantasaumyate) - gentleness/serenity at beginning and end

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having left, having given up

• वारि (vāri) - water

• वीचितया (vīcitayā) - by means of a wave, in the form of a wave

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

Words meanings and morphology

मध्येतरपयस् (madhyetarapayas) - a different form of water (in the middle, as a wave) (water that is different from the middle (state))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madhyetarapayas

madhyetarapayas - water different from the middle state

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (madhya+itara+payas)

• madhya – middle, central
  noun (neuter)
• itara – other, different
  adjective
• payas – water, milk
  noun (neuter)

मात्रम् (mātram) - only, merely

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mātra

mātra - only, merely, measuring

Note: Qualifies the preceding compound 'madhyetarapayas'.

कञ्चित् (kañcit) - some, a certain

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kañcit

kañcit - some, a certain, any

Indefinite pronoun derived from 'kim'.

Note: Qualifies 'kālam'.

कालम् (kālam) - time, period

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

Note: Denotes duration of time.

चलाचलम् (calācalam) - moving and unmoving, agitated and tranquil

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of calācala

calācala - moving and still, agitated and tranquil

Compound type : dvandva (cala+acala)

• cala – moving, trembling
  adjective
  Derived from root cal (to move).
  Root: cal (class 1)
• acala – unmoving, still
  adjective
  Negation of cala (moving).
  Prefix: a
  Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied state of water.

आद्यन्तसौम्यते (ādyantasaumyate) - gentleness/serenity at beginning and end

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ādyantasaumyatā

ādyantasaumyatā - gentleness at beginning and end

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ādi+anta+saumyatā)

• ādi – beginning, first
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, limit
  noun (masculine)
• saumyatā – gentleness, serenity, mildness
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from 'saumya' (gentle, mild) with suffix -tā.

Note: Object of 'tyaktvā'.

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having left, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from root tyaj (to abandon) with suffix -tvā.

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Gerund.

वारि (vāri) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāri

vāri - water

वीचितया (vīcitayā) - by means of a wave, in the form of a wave

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vīcitā

vīcitā - state of being a wave, wavelike nature

Derived from 'vīci' (wave) with suffix -tā.

Note: Refers to the state or form of a wave.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

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