योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-35, verse-20

वेदवेदार्थवेदादिजीवजालजटावली ।
ततस्तस्या अनन्तायाः प्रसृतायाः पुनःपुनः ॥ २० ॥

vedavedārthavedādijīvajālajaṭāvalī ,
tatastasyā anantāyāḥ prasṛtāyāḥ punaḥpunaḥ 20

20. vedavedārthavedādijīvajālajaṭāvalī tataḥ
tasyāḥ anantāyāḥ prasṛtāyāḥ punaḥpunaḥ

20. vedavedārthavedādijīvajālajaṭāvalī tataḥ
anantāyāḥ prasṛtāyāḥ tasyāḥ punaḥpunaḥ

20. This [ignorance] is a dense, tangled mass encompassing the Vedas, their meanings, their origins, and the entire network of living beings. From that [ignorance], which is endless and perpetually expanding...

Words meanings summery:

• वेदवेदार्थवेदादिजीवजालजटावली (vedavedārthavedādijīvajālajaṭāvalī) - a dense mass of roots (like matted hair) consisting of the Vedas, their meanings, the primordial aspects of the Vedas, and the multitudes of living beings

• ततः (tataḥ) - from that, then, therefore

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of that [ignorance] (of that (feminine), from that (feminine))

• अनन्तायाः (anantāyāḥ) - of the endless [ignorance] (of the endless, of the infinite (feminine))

• प्रसृतायाः (prasṛtāyāḥ) - of the expanded [ignorance] (of the spread out, of the expanded (feminine))

• पुनःपुनः (punaḥpunaḥ) - again and again, repeatedly

Words meanings and morphology

वेदवेदार्थवेदादिजीवजालजटावली (vedavedārthavedādijīvajālajaṭāvalī) - a dense mass of roots (like matted hair) consisting of the Vedas, their meanings, the primordial aspects of the Vedas, and the multitudes of living beings

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vedavedārthavedādijīvajālajaṭāvalī

vedavedārthavedādijīvajālajaṭāvalī - mass of matted hair/roots of Veda, Veda-meaning, Veda-origin and multitude of living beings

Compound type : dvandva / tatpuruṣa (veda+vedārtha+vedādi+jīvajāla+jaṭāvalī)

• veda – Veda, sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vedārtha – meaning of the Veda
  noun (masculine)
• vedādi – beginning of the Veda, Veda and so forth
  noun (masculine)
• jīvajāla – multitude/network of living beings
  noun (neuter)
• jaṭāvalī – row/line of matted hair, dense mass of roots
  noun (feminine)

ततः (tataḥ) - from that, then, therefore

(indeclinable)

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of that [ignorance] (of that (feminine), from that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to 'avidyā' from the previous verse.

अनन्तायाः (anantāyāḥ) - of the endless [ignorance] (of the endless, of the infinite (feminine))

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of anantā

anantā - endless, infinite, boundless

Feminine form of ananta (a-privative + anta 'end').

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+anta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• anta – end, limit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'tasyāḥ'.

प्रसृतायाः (prasṛtāyāḥ) - of the expanded [ignorance] (of the spread out, of the expanded (feminine))

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of prasṛtā

prasṛtā - spread out, extended, diffused

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sṛ (to flow, to spread) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tasyāḥ'.

पुनःपुनः (punaḥpunaḥ) - again and again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Repetition of punaḥ (again).

Compound type : āvṛtti-samāsa (punaḥ+punaḥ)

• punaḥ – again, furthermore, but, on the other hand
  indeclinable

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