योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-35, verse-21

संपन्नदेशकालायाः क्रमः स्याद्वर्णनासु कः ।
ब्रह्मविष्णुहरादीनामतोऽयं परमः पिता ॥ २१ ॥

saṃpannadeśakālāyāḥ kramaḥ syādvarṇanāsu kaḥ ,
brahmaviṣṇuharādīnāmato'yaṃ paramaḥ pitā 21

21. sampannadeśakālāyāḥ kramaḥ syāt varṇanāsu kaḥ
brahmaviṣṇuharādīnām ataḥ ayam paramaḥ pitā

21. sampannadeśakālāyāḥ varṇanāsu kaḥ kramaḥ syāt
ataḥ ayam brahmaviṣṇuharādīnām paramaḥ pitā

21. For that [ignorance], which has fully manifested in time and space, what sequence of description could adequately capture it? Therefore, this [supreme principle] is the supreme father of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, and others.

21. כיצד ניתן לתאר בסדר כרונולוגי את הבורות הזו, שיצרה את המרחב והזמן? לפיכך, המקור העליון הזה הוא אביהם של בְּרַהְמָא, וִישְׁנוּ ושִׁיוָוה.

Words meanings summery:

• सम्पन्नदेशकालायाः (sampannadeśakālāyāḥ) - of that [ignorance] which has fully manifested in time and space (of that which has attained/fulfilled time and place (feminine))

• क्रमः (kramaḥ) - order, sequence, method, arrangement

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, would be, should be

• वर्णनासु (varṇanāsu) - in descriptions, in elaborations, in enumerations

• कः (kaḥ) - who? what?

• ब्रह्मविष्णुहरादीनाम् (brahmaviṣṇuharādīnām) - of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Hara (Śiva), and others

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, from this

• अयम् (ayam) - this [supreme principle] (this (masculine))

• परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• पिता (pitā) - father

Words meanings and morphology

सम्पन्नदेशकालायाः (sampannadeśakālāyāḥ) - of that [ignorance] which has fully manifested in time and space (of that which has attained/fulfilled time and place (feminine))

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sampannadeśakālā

sampannadeśakālā - endowed with proper time and place, having achieved specific time and place

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sampanna+deśakāla)

• sampanna – achieved, fulfilled, complete, endowed with
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root pad (to go) with prefix sam-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pad (class 4)
• deśakāla – place and time
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'tasyāḥ' (implied avidyāyāḥ) from previous verse.

क्रमः (kramaḥ) - order, sequence, method, arrangement

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krama

krama - step, order, sequence, method, proper course

Root: kram (class 1)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, would be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: as (class 2)

वर्णनासु (varṇanāsu) - in descriptions, in elaborations, in enumerations

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of varṇanā

varṇanā - description, praise, explanation, enumeration

Derived from root varṇ (to describe, color).

Root: varṇ (class 10)

कः (kaḥ) - who? what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

ब्रह्मविष्णुहरादीनाम् (brahmaviṣṇuharādīnām) - of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Hara (Śiva), and others

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of brahmaviṣṇuharādi

brahmaviṣṇuharādi - Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and so on

Compound type : dvandva / tatpuruṣa (brahmā+viṣṇu+hara+ādi)

• brahmā – Brahmā (the creator god)
  proper noun (masculine)
• viṣṇu – Viṣṇu (the preserver god)
  proper noun (masculine)
• hara – Hara (an epithet of Śiva, the destroyer god)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, from this

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this [supreme principle] (this (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to Mahādeva in the next verse.

परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, excellent

Note: Agrees with 'pitā'.

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

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