योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-91, verse-4

जगत्काननमाक्रम्य स्थितायाः कृतजालकम् ।
ब्रह्मन्संसृतिमृद्वीकालताया वितताकृतेः ॥ ४ ॥

jagatkānanamākramya sthitāyāḥ kṛtajālakam ,
brahmansaṃsṛtimṛdvīkālatāyā vitatākṛteḥ 4

4. jagatkānanam ākramya sthitāyāḥ kṛtajālakam
brahman saṃsṛtimṛdvīkālatāyāḥ vitatākṛteḥ

4. brahman sthitāyāḥ vitatākṛteḥ saṃsṛtimṛdvīkālatāyāḥ
jagatkānanam ākramya kṛtajālakam

4. O Brahman, this (described structure) is a network created by the expansive vine of transmigration (saṃsāra), which resembles a grape-vine and has pervaded the forest of the world.

4. הו בְּרַהְמַן (חכם מבוסס אמת), מהו שורש גפן הקיום התופעתי הנרחבת, הפורשת את רשתה ומקיפה את יער היקום?

Words meanings summery:

• जगत्काननम् (jagatkānanam) - the forest of the world

• आक्रम्य (ākramya) - having pervaded, having overcome

• स्थितायाः (sthitāyāḥ) - of that which stands/exists, of the standing one

• कृतजालकम् (kṛtajālakam) - a network created, having formed a net

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman, O Lord

• संसृतिमृद्वीकालतायाः (saṁsṛtimṛdvīkālatāyāḥ) - of the vine-like world of cyclic existence (of the vine of transmigration (saṃsāra), which is like a grape-vine)

• वितताकृतेः (vitatākṛteḥ) - of expansive form, of vast appearance

Words meanings and morphology

जगत्काननम् (jagatkānanam) - the forest of the world

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagatkānana

jagatkānana - forest of the world, worldly forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+kānana)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
• kānana – forest, grove, wood
  noun (neuter)

आक्रम्य (ākramya) - having pervaded, having overcome

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

from root kram with upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

स्थितायाः (sthitāyāḥ) - of that which stands/exists, of the standing one

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, existing, firm, situated

Past Passive Participle

from root sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

कृतजालकम् (kṛtajālakam) - a network created, having formed a net

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛtajālaka

kṛtajālaka - a network created or formed; net-like structure

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṛta+jālaka)

• kṛta – made, done, created
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• jālaka – net, lattice, network
  noun (neuter)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman, O Lord

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute Reality, creator god; prayer

संसृतिमृद्वीकालतायाः (saṁsṛtimṛdvīkālatāyāḥ) - of the vine-like world of cyclic existence (of the vine of transmigration (saṃsāra), which is like a grape-vine)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of saṃsṛtimṛdvīkālatā

saṁsṛtimṛdvīkālatā - the vine of saṃsāra, like a grape-vine

Compound type : karmadhāraya (saṃsṛti+mṛdvīkā+latā)

• saṃsṛti – transmigration, worldly existence (saṃsāra), cyclic existence
  noun (feminine)
• mṛdvīkā – grape-vine, grape
  noun (feminine)
• latā – creeper, vine, tendril
  noun (feminine)

वितताकृतेः (vitatākṛteḥ) - of expansive form, of vast appearance

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of vitatākṛti

vitatākṛti - of expansive form, of vast appearance

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vitata+ākṛti)

• vitata – expanded, vast, spread out
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root tan with upasarga vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: tan (class 8)
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance, figure
  noun (feminine)

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