योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-86, verse-57

प्राणानिलस्तथा स्पन्दं विशत्वद्य प्रभञ्जनम् ।
विशन्त्वाकाशकुहरं शब्दश्रवणशक्तयः ॥ ५७ ॥

prāṇānilastathā spandaṃ viśatvadya prabhañjanam ,
viśantvākāśakuharaṃ śabdaśravaṇaśaktayaḥ 57

57. prāṇānilaḥ tathā spandam viśatu adya prabhañjanam
viśantu ākāśakuharam śabdaśravaṇaśaktayaḥ

57. tathā prāṇānilaḥ spandam prabhañjanam adya
viśatu śabdaśravaṇaśaktayaḥ ākāśakuharam viśantu

57. Similarly, let the vital breath (prāṇa-anila) and its pulsation merge into the great wind. Let the faculties (śakti) of hearing sounds merge into the cavity of space.

57. ישוב רוח הנשימה והתנועה אל הרוח הגדולה הנושבת! ישובו כוחות שמיעת הצלילים אל חלל המרחב השמיימי!

Words meanings summery:

• प्राणानिलः (prāṇānilaḥ) - life-wind, vital breath-wind

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, in that manner

• स्पन्दम् (spandam) - vibration, tremor, pulsation, movement

• विशतु (viśatu) - let it enter, let it penetrate, let it merge

• अद्य (adya) - today, now, at present

• प्रभञ्जनम् (prabhañjanam) - destroyer, great wind, hurricane

• विशन्तु (viśantu) - let them enter, let them penetrate, let them merge

• आकाशकुहरम् (ākāśakuharam) - the cavity of space, the hollow of the sky

• शब्दश्रवणशक्तयः (śabdaśravaṇaśaktayaḥ) - powers of hearing sounds, faculties of audition

Words meanings and morphology

प्राणानिलः (prāṇānilaḥ) - life-wind, vital breath-wind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāṇānila

prāṇānila - life-wind, vital breath-wind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāṇa+anila)

• prāṇa – life, breath, vital air
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)
• anila – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, in that manner

(indeclinable)

स्पन्दम् (spandam) - vibration, tremor, pulsation, movement

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of spanda

spanda - vibration, tremor, pulsation, movement

derived from root √spand

Root: spand (class 1)

Note: Could be neuter, but masculine is also common. Grammatically fits accusative singular of either.

विशतु (viśatu) - let it enter, let it penetrate, let it merge

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of viś

imperative

3rd person singular imperative active

Root: viś (class 6)

अद्य (adya) - today, now, at present

(indeclinable)

प्रभञ्जनम् (prabhañjanam) - destroyer, great wind, hurricane

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prabhañjana

prabhañjana - destroyer, great wind, hurricane

from pra-√bhañj (to break forth, destroy)

Prefix: pra

Root: bhañj (class 7)

Note: Could be neuter accusative singular as well. Given prāṇānila (masc), prabhañjana (masc) as the object of merging is plausible.

विशन्तु (viśantu) - let them enter, let them penetrate, let them merge

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of viś

imperative

3rd person plural imperative active

Root: viś (class 6)

आकाशकुहरम् (ākāśakuharam) - the cavity of space, the hollow of the sky

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākāśakuhara

ākāśakuhara - cavity of space, hollow of the sky

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+kuhara)

• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)
• kuhara – cavity, hollow, cave
  noun (neuter)

शब्दश्रवणशक्तयः (śabdaśravaṇaśaktayaḥ) - powers of hearing sounds, faculties of audition

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śabdaśravaṇaśakti

śabdaśravaṇaśakti - powers of hearing sounds, faculties of audition

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śabda+śravaṇa+śakti)

• śabda – sound, word
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śabd (class 1)
• śravaṇa – hearing, listening, ear
  noun (neuter)
  nominalized form of root śru
  Root: śru (class 5)
• śakti – power, faculty, energy, strength (śakti)
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Feminine nominative plural of śabdaśravaṇaśakti

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