योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-76, verse-2

जगज्जालजलावर्तवृत्तयो ब्रह्मवारिधौ ।
संख्यातुं केन शक्यन्ते भासां च त्रसरेणवः ॥ २ ॥

jagajjālajalāvartavṛttayo brahmavāridhau ,
saṃkhyātuṃ kena śakyante bhāsāṃ ca trasareṇavaḥ 2

2. jagat-jāla-jala-āvarta-vṛttayaḥ brahma-vāridhau
saṅkhyātum kena śakyante bhāsām ca trasareṇavaḥ

2. brahma-vāridhau jagat-jāla-jala-āvarta-vṛttayaḥ
ca bhāsām trasareṇavaḥ kena saṅkhyātum śakyante

2. In the ocean of (brahman), the formations of the worlds are like a network of water-whirls. Just like motes of light (trasareṇavaḥ) in sunbeams, by whom can they be counted?

Words meanings summery:

• जगत्-जाल-जल-आवर्त-वृत्तयः (jagat-jāla-jala-āvarta-vṛttayaḥ) - having the nature of whirlpools in the water of the net of worlds

• ब्रह्म-वारिधौ (brahma-vāridhau) - in the ocean of Brahman

• सङ्ख्यातुम् (saṅkhyātum) - to count, to enumerate, to calculate

• केन (kena) - by whom, by what

• शक्यन्ते (śakyante) - they are able, they can be

• भासाम् (bhāsām) - of lights, of rays, of splendors

• च (ca) - and, also

• त्रसरेणवः (trasareṇavaḥ) - motes of dust in a sunbeam, tiny particles

Words meanings and morphology

जगत्-जाल-जल-आवर्त-वृत्तयः (jagat-jāla-jala-āvarta-vṛttayaḥ) - having the nature of whirlpools in the water of the net of worlds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jagat-jāla-jala-āvarta-vṛtti

jagat-jāla-jala-āvarta-vṛtti - having the nature of whirlpools in the water of the network of worlds

Bahuvrīhi compound describing the 'worlds'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jagat+jāla+jala+āvarta+vṛtti)

• jagat – world, universe, what moves, living beings
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle (substantivized)
  Derived from root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)
• jāla – net, trap, snare, network, multitude
  noun (neuter)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, rotation, circuit
  noun (masculine)
  From root vṛt (to turn) with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• vṛtti – nature, state, mode of existence, activity, function
  noun (feminine)
  From root vṛt (to turn, exist).
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

ब्रह्म-वारिधौ (brahma-vāridhau) - in the ocean of Brahman

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of brahma-vāridhi

brahma-vāridhi - the ocean of Brahman (the Absolute Reality)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+vāridhi)

• brahman – the Absolute Reality, the ultimate truth, universal spirit
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• vāridhi – ocean, sea (literally 'water-holder')
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of vāri (water) and dhī (holding).
  Root: dhā (class 3)

सङ्ख्यातुम् (saṅkhyātum) - to count, to enumerate, to calculate

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of the root khyā with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: khyā (class 2)

केन (kena) - by whom, by what

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

शक्यन्ते (śakyante) - they are able, they can be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of śak

Root: śak (class 5)

भासाम् (bhāsām) - of lights, of rays, of splendors

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of bhās

bhās - light, luster, splendor, ray

Root: bhās (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

त्रसरेणवः (trasareṇavaḥ) - motes of dust in a sunbeam, tiny particles

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of trasareṇu

trasareṇu - a mote in a sunbeam, a particle of dust, a very small particle

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