योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-42, verse-17

न देशकालक्रमणं करोति च मनागपि ।
यथा संकल्पशैलेन देशकालाद्यनन्तकम् ॥ १७ ॥

na deśakālakramaṇaṃ karoti ca manāgapi ,
yathā saṃkalpaśailena deśakālādyanantakam 17

17. na deśa-kāla-kramaṇam karoti ca manāk api |
yathā saṅkalpa-śailena deśa-kāla-ādi-anantakam ||

17. ca manāk api (idam) deśa-kāla-kramaṇam na karoti yathā
saṅkalpa-śailena deśa-kāla-ādi-anantakam (bhavati)

17. It (this manifestation) does not traverse space or time even in the slightest. Just as a mountain generated by thought (saṅkalpa) can instantly create an infinity of space, time, and other such phenomena.

17. אין היא נעה במרחב ובזמן אפילו כמלוא הנימה, בדיוק כפי שהר שנוצר בדמיון מכיל בתוכו מרחב וזמן אינסופיים מבלי להתרחב באמת.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• देश-काल-क्रमणम् (deśa-kāla-kramaṇam) - traversing space and time, progression through space and time

• करोति (karoti) - does, makes, performs

• च (ca) - and, also

• मनाक् (manāk) - a little, slightly, even a little

• अपि (api) - also, even

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• सङ्कल्प-शैलेन (saṅkalpa-śailena) - by a conceptual mountain, by a mountain of thought

• देश-काल-आदि-अनन्तकम् (deśa-kāla-ādi-anantakam) - infinite in terms of space, time, and so forth

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

देश-काल-क्रमणम् (deśa-kāla-kramaṇam) - traversing space and time, progression through space and time

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of deśa-kāla-kramaṇa

deśa-kāla-kramaṇa - movement through space and time, traversal of space and time

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deśa+kāla+kramaṇa)

• deśa – space, place, region
  noun (masculine)
  Root: diś (class 6)
• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
• kramaṇa – stepping, moving, traversing, progression
  noun (neuter)
  from root kram (to step, go)
  Root: kram (class 1)

करोति (karoti) - does, makes, performs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of kṛ

present indicative

8th class verb, active voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मनाक् (manāk) - a little, slightly, even a little

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

सङ्कल्प-शैलेन (saṅkalpa-śailena) - by a conceptual mountain, by a mountain of thought

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of saṅkalpa-śaila

saṅkalpa-śaila - a mountain of thought/resolve, a conceptual mountain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṅkalpa+śaila)

• saṅkalpa – resolve, intention, thought-construct, imagination
  noun (masculine)
  from saṃ-kḷp (to resolve, imagine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
  derived from śilā (rock)

देश-काल-आदि-अनन्तकम् (deśa-kāla-ādi-anantakam) - infinite in terms of space, time, and so forth

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of deśa-kāla-ādi-anantaka

deśa-kāla-ādi-anantaka - infinite with respect to space, time, etc.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (deśa+kāla+ādi+anantaka)

• deśa – space, place, region
  noun (masculine)
  Root: diś (class 6)
• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so forth, etcetera
  indeclinable
• anantaka – endless, infinite, boundless
  adjective (neuter)
  from ananta (endless) + ka (suffix)
  Prefix: an

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