योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-35, verse-18

कणास्तप्तायस इव वारिधेरिव बिन्दवः ।
तेष्विव भ्रमभूतेषु जातेष्विव परात्पदात् ॥ १८ ॥

kaṇāstaptāyasa iva vāridheriva bindavaḥ ,
teṣviva bhramabhūteṣu jāteṣviva parātpadāt 18

18. kaṇāḥ taptāyasaḥ iva vāridheḥ iva bindavaḥ
teṣu iva bhramabhūteṣu jāteṣu iva parāt padāt

18. te (devāḥ) taptāyasaḥ kaṇāḥ iva,
vāridheḥ bindavaḥ iva (santi) parāt padāt jāteṣu,
teṣu bhramabhūteṣu iva (dṛśyante) ।

18. These (deities) are like sparks from heated iron, or like drops from the ocean. They are born from the Supreme state (pada), appearing as if they are illusory beings.

Words meanings summery:

• कणाः (kaṇāḥ) - particles, specks, atoms

• तप्तायसः (taptāyasaḥ) - of heated iron

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• वारिधेः (vāridheḥ) - of the ocean

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• बिन्दवः (bindavaḥ) - drops

• तेषु (teṣu) - in them

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• भ्रमभूतेषु (bhramabhūteṣu) - in those that have become illusions, in illusory beings/forms

• जातेषु (jāteṣu) - in those who are born/have arisen

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• परात् (parāt) - from the Supreme, from the Highest

• पदात् (padāt) - from the state, from the abode

Words meanings and morphology

कणाः (kaṇāḥ) - particles, specks, atoms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaṇa

kaṇa - grain, particle, atom, spark

तप्तायसः (taptāyasaḥ) - of heated iron

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of taptāyasa

taptāyasa - heated iron, glowing iron

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tapta+ayasa)

• tapta – heated, hot, glowing
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: tap (class 1)
• ayasa – iron
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

वारिधेः (vāridheḥ) - of the ocean

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vāridhi

vāridhi - ocean, sea (literally, 'bearer of water')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāri+dhā)

• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhā – holding, bearing, containing
  adjective
  Derived from root dhā (to place, put, hold)
  Root: dhā (class 3)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

बिन्दवः (bindavaḥ) - drops

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bindu

bindu - drop, point, dot

तेषु (teṣu) - in them

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

भ्रमभूतेषु (bhramabhūteṣu) - in those that have become illusions, in illusory beings/forms

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of bhramabhūta

bhramabhūta - having become an illusion, being illusory

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhrama+bhūta)

• bhrama – delusion, illusion, error
  noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, being, existing, element
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: bhū (class 1)

जातेषु (jāteṣu) - in those who are born/have arisen

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

Root: jan (class 4)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

परात् (parāt) - from the Supreme, from the Highest

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, transcendent; other, next; also noun meaning 'the Supreme Being'

पदात् (padāt) - from the state, from the abode

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, state, condition, abode, word

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