योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-22, verse-7

अल्पकातीतकालेषु किंचिद्दूरेषु केषुचित् ।
तथाद्यतनसर्गेषु स्मरणे गणनैव का ॥ ७ ॥

alpakātītakāleṣu kiṃciddūreṣu keṣucit ,
tathādyatanasargeṣu smaraṇe gaṇanaiva kā 7

7. alpakālātītakāleṣu kiñcit dūreṣu keṣucit
tathā adyatana sargeṣu smaraṇe gaṇanā eva kā

7. smaraṇe alpakālātītakāleṣu kiñcit dūreṣu
keṣucit tathā adyatana sargeṣu gaṇanā eva kā

7. What need is there for enumeration in memory concerning those brief past times, some that are somewhat distant, and similarly, even the creations (epochs) of the present day?

Words meanings summery:

• अल्पकालातीतकालेषु (alpakālātītakāleṣu) - in short past times; in times that passed a short while ago

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - somewhat, a little, a certain

• दूरेषु (dūreṣu) - in distant ones (referring to times/epochs)

• केषुचित् (keṣucit) - in some (cases/times/epochs)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, and

• अद्यतन (adyatana) - present-day, belonging to today

• सर्गेषु (sargeṣu) - in creations, in epochs, in world-systems

• स्मरणे (smaraṇe) - in memory, in recollection, in remembering

• गणना (gaṇanā) - enumeration, calculation, counting

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• का (kā) - what (is the use of), what kind of

Words meanings and morphology

अल्पकालातीतकालेषु (alpakālātītakāleṣu) - in short past times; in times that passed a short while ago

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of alpakālātītakāla

alpakālātītakāla - pertaining to times that are short and past; brief past period

Compound type : KarmaDhāraya (alpa+kāla+atīta+kāla)

• alpa – little, short, small
  adjective (masculine)
• kāla – time, period
  noun (masculine)
• atīta – past, gone, elapsed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'ati'.
  Prefix: ati
  Root: i (class 2)
• kāla – time, period
  noun (masculine)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - somewhat, a little, a certain

(indeclinable)

From interrogative pronoun 'kim' with suffix 'cit'.

दूरेषु (dūreṣu) - in distant ones (referring to times/epochs)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of dūra

dūra - distant, far

Note: Agrees with an implied noun like 'kāleṣu' or 'sargeṣu'.

केषुचित् (keṣucit) - in some (cases/times/epochs)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, which, what; some, certain (with 'cit')

Derived from the interrogative pronoun 'kim' with the suffix 'cit'.

Note: Functions as an indefinite pronoun.

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, and

(indeclinable)

अद्यतन (adyatana) - present-day, belonging to today

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of adyatana

adyatana - present-day, modern, current

Derived from 'adya' (today).

Note: Agrees with 'sargeṣu'.

सर्गेषु (sargeṣu) - in creations, in epochs, in world-systems

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, epoch, chapter, world-system

Root: sṛj (class 6)

स्मरणे (smaraṇe) - in memory, in recollection, in remembering

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of smaraṇa

smaraṇa - memory, recollection, act of remembering

Root: smṛ (class 1)

गणना (gaṇanā) - enumeration, calculation, counting

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gaṇanā

gaṇanā - enumeration, counting, calculation

Root: gaṇ (class 10)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

का (kā) - what (is the use of), what kind of

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, why, how

Note: Agrees in gender and number with 'gaṇanā'.

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