योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-65, verse-2

नास्तमेति जगद्दुःखं यथा चित्रगतो रविः ।
आयात्यापदनन्तत्वं महार्णववदातता ॥ २ ॥

nāstameti jagadduḥkhaṃ yathā citragato raviḥ ,
āyātyāpadanantatvaṃ mahārṇavavadātatā 2

2. na astam eti jagat duḥkham yathā citragataḥ
raviḥ āyāti āpat anantatvam mahārṇavavat ātatatā

2. yathā citragataḥ raviḥ na astam eti jagat duḥkham
āpat anantatvam āyāti mahārṇavavat ātatatā

2. Worldly suffering does not disappear, just as a sun depicted in a painting does not set. Calamity attains endlessness, spreading out like a vast ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not

• अस्तम् (astam) - setting, disappearance, home, end

• एति (eti) - goes, reaches

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, pain, sorrow

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• चित्रगतः (citragataḥ) - situated in a painting, depicted in a picture

• रविः (raviḥ) - sun

• आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches, attains

• आपत् (āpat) - calamity, misfortune, distress

• अनन्तत्वम् (anantatvam) - endlessness, infinitude

• महार्णववत् (mahārṇavavat) - like a great ocean

• आततता (ātatatā) - vastness, pervasiveness, spreading out

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अस्तम् (astam) - setting, disappearance, home, end

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asta

asta - home, setting (of sun), disappearance, end, rest

Note: Used adverbially with 'eti' to mean 'to set' or 'to disappear'

एति (eti) - goes, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Present Active

root i, 3rd person singular, Present Tense, Active Voice

Root: i (class 2)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, all that moves, moving

Present Active Participle

Root gam, with reduplication, used as a noun

Root: gam (class 1)

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, pain, sorrow

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, sorrow, misery

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

चित्रगतः (citragataḥ) - situated in a painting, depicted in a picture

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of citragata

citragata - gone into a picture, existing in a painting, depicted

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citra+gata)

• citra – picture, painting, image, wonderful
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, situated in, reached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root gam, suffix kta (ta)
  Root: gam (class 1)

रविः (raviḥ) - sun

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ravi

ravi - sun, fire, a name of Sūrya

आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches, attains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of āyā

Present Active

root yā with upasarga ā, 3rd person singular, Present Tense, Active Voice

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

आपत् (āpat) - calamity, misfortune, distress

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āpad

āpad - calamity, misfortune, distress, adversity

अनन्तत्वम् (anantatvam) - endlessness, infinitude

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anantatva

anantatva - endlessness, infinitude, unlimitedness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ananta+tva)

• ananta – infinite, endless
  adjective (neuter)
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns (e.g., -ness, -hood)
  suffix (neuter)

महार्णववत् (mahārṇavavat) - like a great ocean

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahā+arṇava+vat)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, as, in the manner of
  suffix
  Suffix indicating comparison or resemblance

आततता (ātatatā) - vastness, pervasiveness, spreading out

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ātatatā

ātatatā - vastness, extensiveness, pervasiveness (from ātata + tā)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātata+tā)

• ātata – extended, vast, spread out
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root tan with upasarga ā, suffix kta (ta)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: tan (class 8)
• tā – suffix forming abstract feminine nouns (e.g., -ness, -ity)
  suffix (feminine)

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