योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-68, verse-17

उत्पत्त्योत्पत्त्य लीयन्ते तरङ्गिणि तरङ्गवत् ।
भूतानि यदनन्तानि तत्संसक्तिविजृम्भितम् ॥ १७ ॥

utpattyotpattya līyante taraṅgiṇi taraṅgavat ,
bhūtāni yadanantāni tatsaṃsaktivijṛmbhitam 17

17. utpattya utpattya līyante taraṅgiṇi taraṅgavat
bhūtāni yat anantāni tat saṃsakti-vijṛmbhitam

17. taraṅgiṇi yat anantāni bhūtāni utpattya utpattya
taraṅgavat līyante tat saṃsakti-vijṛmbhitam

17. O river, just as waves repeatedly arise and dissolve, so do countless beings continually appear and disappear. This entire process is an expansion (vijṛmbhitam) of clinging (saṃsakti).

17. כך שביצורים אינספור עולים שוב ושוב ונמוגים כמו גלים בנהר – זוהי התגלמותה של ההיקשרות.

Words meanings summery:

• उत्पत्त्य (utpattya) - having arisen, having originated

• उत्पत्त्य (utpattya) - having arisen, having originated

• लीयन्ते (līyante) - they dissolve, they merge, they cling

• तरङ्गिणि (taraṅgiṇi) - O river, O wavy one

• तरङ्गवत् (taraṅgavat) - like waves, wavy

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures, elements

• यत् (yat) - which, that which, because, that (conjunction)

• अनन्तानि (anantāni) - endless, infinite, countless

• तत् (tat) - that, this, it

• संसक्ति-विजृम्भितम् (saṁsakti-vijṛmbhitam) - manifestation of attachment, expansion of clinging

Words meanings and morphology

उत्पत्त्य (utpattya) - having arisen, having originated

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from prefix ut- and root √pad (to go, to move) in causative sense, then forming an absolutive.

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Used in repetition for 'repeatedly'.

उत्पत्त्य (utpattya) - having arisen, having originated

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from prefix ut- and root √pad (to go, to move) in causative sense, then forming an absolutive.

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Repetition indicates 'again and again' or 'repeatedly'.

लीयन्ते (līyante) - they dissolve, they merge, they cling

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of lī

Present Passive

From root √lī, ātmanepada, 3rd person plural, present tense.

Root: lī (class 4)

तरङ्गिणि (taraṅgiṇi) - O river, O wavy one

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of taraṅgiṇī

taraṅgiṇī - a river, a wavy (female) being

Derived from taraṅga (wave) + -in (possessive suffix) + -ī (feminine suffix).

तरङ्गवत् (taraṅgavat) - like waves, wavy

(indeclinable)

Derived from taraṅga (wave) with the suffix -vat, indicating resemblance or possession.

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures, elements

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - a being, a creature, an element, what has been

Past Passive Participle

From root √bhū (to be, to become). Used as a noun here.

Root: bhū (class 1)

यत् (yat) - which, that which, because, that (conjunction)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that which, because, since

Note: Functions as a relative pronoun introducing a clause.

अनन्तानि (anantāni) - endless, infinite, countless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ananta

ananta - endless, infinite, boundless

Compound of 'an-' (negative prefix) and 'anta' (end).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+anta)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'bhūtāni'.

तत् (tat) - that, this, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Refers back to the entire phenomenon described in the preceding clause.

संसक्ति-विजृम्भितम् (saṁsakti-vijṛmbhitam) - manifestation of attachment, expansion of clinging

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsakti-vijṛmbhita

saṁsakti-vijṛmbhita - expansion/manifestation of attachment or clinging

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (saṃsakti+vijṛmbhita)

• saṃsakti – attachment, clinging, connection, contact
  noun (feminine)
  From saṃ-√sañj (to attach, cling).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sañj (class 1)
• vijṛmbhita – expanded, manifested, developed, yawned
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi-√jṛmbh (to open wide, expand, yawn). Used as a noun here meaning 'manifestation' or 'expansion'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jṛmbh (class 1)

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