योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-36, verse-11

गर्भीकृतमहाकल्पो निमेषोऽसावुदाहृतः ।
आक्रान्तकल्पेनानेन न संत्यक्ता निमेषता ॥ ११ ॥

garbhīkṛtamahākalpo nimeṣo'sāvudāhṛtaḥ ,
ākrāntakalpenānena na saṃtyaktā nimeṣatā 11

11. garbhīkṛtamahākalpaḥ nimeṣaḥ asau udāhṛtaḥ |
ākrāntakalpena anena na saṃtyaktā nimeṣatā ||

11. asau garbhīkṛtamahākalpaḥ nimeṣaḥ udāhṛtaḥ
anena ākrāntakalpena nimeṣatā na saṃtyaktā

11. This being, within whom a great cosmic cycle (mahākalpa) is contained, is spoken of as a mere moment (nimeṣa). Even though an entire cosmic cycle (kalpa) is pervaded by this one, its momentary nature (nimeṣatā) is not given up.

11. הרף עין אחד מתואר כמי שמכיל בתוכו עידן קוסמי שלם (מַהָא-כַּלְפָּה); ואף שהוא מקיף את העידן כולו, אינו מאבד את היותו הרף עין.

Words meanings summery:

• गर्भीकृतमहाकल्पः (garbhīkṛtamahākalpaḥ) - one who has contained a great cosmic cycle (mahākalpa)

• निमेषः (nimeṣaḥ) - a blink, a moment

• असौ (asau) - refers to the Supreme Being (Brahman) or the subject of discussion (this one, he)

• उदाहृतः (udāhṛtaḥ) - is declared, is spoken of

• आक्रान्तकल्पेन (ākrāntakalpena) - by whom a cosmic cycle (kalpa) is pervaded or contained

• अनेन (anena) - by this (Supreme Being) (by this (one))

• न (na) - not

• संत्यक्ता (saṁtyaktā) - abandoned, given up

• निमेषता (nimeṣatā) - the state of being a moment

Words meanings and morphology

गर्भीकृतमहाकल्पः (garbhīkṛtamahākalpaḥ) - one who has contained a great cosmic cycle (mahākalpa)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of garbhīkṛtamahākalpa

garbhīkṛtamahākalpa - one who has made a great cosmic cycle (mahākalpa) contained or absorbed; one in whom a great cosmic cycle is contained

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (garbhīkṛta+mahākalpa)

• garbhīkṛta – made to be within, made pregnant, contained, absorbed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from `garbha` (womb, inside) + `kṛ` (to do, to make), with a suffix for participle formation. `garbhī-` is a denominative stem.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• mahākalpa – a great cosmic cycle, a grand eon
  noun (masculine)

निमेषः (nimeṣaḥ) - a blink, a moment

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nimeṣa

nimeṣa - a blink of an eye, a moment, twinkling, winking

Prefix: ni

Root: miṣ

असौ (asau) - refers to the Supreme Being (Brahman) or the subject of discussion (this one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - this, that, he, she, it (often used for something distant or important)

उदाहृतः (udāhṛtaḥ) - is declared, is spoken of

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udāhṛta

udāhṛta - declared, spoken, mentioned, quoted

Past Passive Participle

Formed from `ud-ā-√hṛ` + `kta` suffix

Prefixes: ud+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

आक्रान्तकल्पेन (ākrāntakalpena) - by whom a cosmic cycle (kalpa) is pervaded or contained

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ākrāntakalpa

ākrāntakalpa - one by whom a cosmic cycle (kalpa) is pervaded, overwhelmed, or occupied

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ākrānta+kalpa)

• ākrānta – pervaded, overwhelmed, attacked, occupied
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from `ā-√kram` + `kta` suffix
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kram (class 1)
• kalpa – a cosmic cycle, an eon, a long period of time
  noun (masculine)

अनेन (anena) - by this (Supreme Being) (by this (one))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

संत्यक्ता (saṁtyaktā) - abandoned, given up

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃtyakta

saṁtyakta - abandoned, given up, renounced, completely cast off

Past Passive Participle

Formed from `sam-√tyaj` + `kta` suffix

Prefix: sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)

निमेषता (nimeṣatā) - the state of being a moment

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nimeṣatā

nimeṣatā - the state or quality of being a moment/blink, momentary nature

From `nimeṣa` + `tā` (abstract suffix)

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