योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-71, verse-50

क्वचिदस्पन्दरूपात्मा स्थितस्तेषु महेश्वरः ।
तरङ्गत्वमयातेषु जलभावो जलेष्विव ॥ ५० ॥

kvacidaspandarūpātmā sthitasteṣu maheśvaraḥ ,
taraṅgatvamayāteṣu jalabhāvo jaleṣviva 50

50. kvacit aspandarūpātmā sthitaḥ teṣu maheśvaraḥ
taraṅgatvam ayāteṣu jalabhāvaḥ jaleṣu iva

50. kvacit maheśvaraḥ aspandarūpātmā teṣu sthitaḥ
iva jalabhāvaḥ taraṅgatvam ayāteṣu jaleṣu

50. At other times, the Great Lord (Maheśvara), whose nature is stillness (non-vibration), abides within those phenomena. This is comparable to the intrinsic nature of water remaining in water that has not yet formed into waves.

Words meanings summery:

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - at times, in some place, sometimes

• अस्पन्दरूपात्मा (aspandarūpātmā) - whose self (ātman) is of the nature of non-vibration; whose nature is stillness

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - situated, existing, abiding

• तेषु (teṣu) - in those phenomena (from previous verses) (in them, among them)

• महेश्वरः (maheśvaraḥ) - Maheśvara (referring to the Supreme Being or Śiva) (the Great Lord, Maheśvara)

• तरङ्गत्वम् (taraṅgatvam) - wave-ness, the state of being a wave

• अयातेषु (ayāteṣu) - not having attained, not having reached, not having gone to

• जलभावः (jalabhāvaḥ) - the nature of water, the state of water

• जलेषु (jaleṣu) - in the waters

• इव (iva) - like, as, just as

Words meanings and morphology

क्वचित् (kvacit) - at times, in some place, sometimes

(indeclinable)

अस्पन्दरूपात्मा (aspandarūpātmā) - whose self (ātman) is of the nature of non-vibration; whose nature is stillness

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aspandarūpātman

aspandarūpātman - whose nature (ātman) is non-vibration; having stillness as its form/essence

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+spanda+rūpa+ātman)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• spanda – vibration, throb, movement
  noun (masculine)
  Root: spad (class 1)
• rūpa – form, nature, appearance, essence
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self (ātman), soul, essence, nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - situated, existing, abiding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, abiding, existing

Past Passive Participle

From root √sthā (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

तेषु (teṣu) - in those phenomena (from previous verses) (in them, among them)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

महेश्वरः (maheśvaraḥ) - Maheśvara (referring to the Supreme Being or Śiva) (the Great Lord, Maheśvara)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maheśvara

maheśvara - great lord, a name of Śiva, the Supreme God

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+īśvara)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler, god
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)

तरङ्गत्वम् (taraṅgatvam) - wave-ness, the state of being a wave

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of taraṅgatva

taraṅgatva - wave-ness, the quality of being a wave

Derived from taraṅga + -tva (suffix for abstract noun).

अयातेषु (ayāteṣu) - not having attained, not having reached, not having gone to

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of ayāta

ayāta - not gone, not attained, unreached

Negative Past Passive Participle

Derived from 'a' (not) + 'yāta' (PPP of √yā, to go, attain).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+yāta)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• yāta – gone, attained, reached
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √yā (to go).
  Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'jaleṣu'.

जलभावः (jalabhāvaḥ) - the nature of water, the state of water

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jalabhāva

jalabhāva - the nature/state of water, water-essence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+bhāva)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• bhāva – being, existence, state, nature, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

जलेषु (jaleṣu) - in the waters

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of jala

jala - water

इव (iva) - like, as, just as

(indeclinable)

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