योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-35, verse-19

स्थितेषु भ्रमबीजेषु कल्पनाजालकर्तृषु ।
सहस्रशतशाखेयमविद्योदेति पीवरी ॥ १९ ॥

sthiteṣu bhramabījeṣu kalpanājālakartṛṣu ,
sahasraśataśākheyamavidyodeti pīvarī 19

19. sthiteṣu bhramabījeṣu kalpanājālakartṛṣu
iyam avidyā udeti pīvarī

19. iyam pīvarī avidyā bhramabījeṣu
kalpanājālakartṛṣu sthiteṣu udeti

19. When the seeds of delusion, which are the creators of networks of imagination, are established, this vast ignorance, branched into thousands, arises.

Words meanings summery:

• स्थितेषु (sthiteṣu) - in those that are situated, established, existing

• भ्रमबीजेषु (bhramabījeṣu) - in the seeds of delusion, in the causes of error

• कल्पनाजालकर्तृषु (kalpanājālakartṛṣu) - in those that create networks of imagination, in the creators of illusory nets

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine singular)

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, nescience

• उदेति (udeti) - arises, appears, comes forth

• पीवरी (pīvarī) - fat, vast, abundant, extensive

Words meanings and morphology

स्थितेषु (sthiteṣu) - in those that are situated, established, existing

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of sthita

sthita - situated, standing, firm, fixed, established

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand) with suffix -ta.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'bhramabījeṣu' and 'kalpanājālakartṛṣu'.

भ्रमबीजेषु (bhramabījeṣu) - in the seeds of delusion, in the causes of error

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of bhramabīja

bhramabīja - seed of delusion, cause of error

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhrama+bīja)

• bhrama – delusion, error, wandering, confusion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• bīja – seed, origin, cause, germ
  noun (neuter)

कल्पनाजालकर्तृषु (kalpanājālakartṛṣu) - in those that create networks of imagination, in the creators of illusory nets

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of kalpanājālakartṛ

kalpanājālakartṛ - creator of networks of imagination

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kalpanājāla+kartṛ)

• kalpanājāla – network/net of imagination
  noun (neuter)
• kartṛ – creator, doer, agent
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'bhramabījeṣu'.

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, nescience

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

Derived from a- (privative) + vidyā (knowledge).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root vid (to know).
  Root: vid (class 2)

उदेति (udeti) - arises, appears, comes forth

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of udeti

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

पीवरी (pīvarī) - fat, vast, abundant, extensive

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pīvarī

pīvarī - fat, plump, vast, extensive, abundant

Feminine form of pīvan.

Note: Agrees with 'avidyā'.

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