योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-18, verse-6

धूलिलेखामहावर्तं स्वच्छपावकसंभवम् ।
परमाणुमयं भस्म यस्य ज्ञानजलं सितम् ॥ ६ ॥

dhūlilekhāmahāvartaṃ svacchapāvakasaṃbhavam ,
paramāṇumayaṃ bhasma yasya jñānajalaṃ sitam 6

6. dhūlilekhāmahāvartam svacchapāvakasaṃbhavam
paramāṇumayam bhasma yasya jñānajalam sitam

6. yasya bhasma dhūlilekhāmahāvartam
svacchapāvakasaṃbhavam paramāṇumayam sitam jñānajalam

6. Whose sacred ash (bhasma), which is like a great whirlpool of dust lines, generated from pure fire, and consisting of atoms, is his pure water of knowledge (jñānajala).

6. האפר הלבן שלו, שנולד מאש טהורה ועשוי מחלקיקים מעודנים, מתערבל כאבק ומהווה כביכול מי חכמה זכים וצחורים.

Words meanings summery:

• धूलिलेखामहावर्तम् (dhūlilekhāmahāvartam) - a great whirlpool of lines of dust

• स्वच्छपावकसंभवम् (svacchapāvakasaṁbhavam) - born from pure fire

• परमाणुमयम् (paramāṇumayam) - consisting of atoms, atomic

• भस्म (bhasma) - ash, sacred ash

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

• ज्ञानजलम् (jñānajalam) - water of knowledge

• सितम् (sitam) - white, pure

Words meanings and morphology

धूलिलेखामहावर्तम् (dhūlilekhāmahāvartam) - a great whirlpool of lines of dust

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhūlilekhāmahāvarta

dhūlilekhāmahāvarta - a great whirlpool of lines of dust

Compound type : Tatpurusha (dhūli+lekhā+mahā+āvarta)

• dhūli – dust, powder
  noun (feminine)
• lekhā – line, streak, drawing
  noun (feminine)
• mahā – great, large, vast
  adjective
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, vortex
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root vṛt (to turn) with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

स्वच्छपावकसंभवम् (svacchapāvakasaṁbhavam) - born from pure fire

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svacchapāvakasaṃbhava

svacchapāvakasaṁbhava - born from pure fire, origin from pure fire

Compound type : Tatpurusha (svaccha+pāvaka+saṃbhava)

• svaccha – pure, clear, clean
  adjective
• pāvaka – fire, purifier
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root pū (to purify).
  Root: pū (class 1)
• saṃbhava – origin, birth, production, arising from
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhū (to be, become) with prefix sam-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)

परमाणुमयम् (paramāṇumayam) - consisting of atoms, atomic

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of paramāṇumaya

paramāṇumaya - consisting of atoms, made of atoms

Formed with the suffix -maya, indicating 'made of' or 'consisting of'.

Compound type : Tatpurusha (paramāṇu+maya)

• paramāṇu – atom, smallest particle
  noun (masculine)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  suffix
  A Krit suffix (pratyaya) forming adjectives indicating material composition.

भस्म (bhasma) - ash, sacred ash

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhasman

bhasman - ash, residue of fire, sacred ash (bhasma)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which

ज्ञानजलम् (jñānajalam) - water of knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñānajala

jñānajala - water of knowledge

Compound type : Tatpurusha (jñāna+jala)

• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root jñā (to know).
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)

सितम् (sitam) - white, pure

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sita

sita - white, pure, bright

Past Passive Participle

From root śvit (to be white) or śi (to bind). Here, likely 'śvit'.

Root: śvit

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