योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-43, verse-30

आत्मन्येव हि तिष्ठामि मन्दराद्रिरिवाभ्रमः ।
कणशः कीर्णत्रिजगत्क्षीरसागरसंसृतिः ॥ ३० ॥

ātmanyeva hi tiṣṭhāmi mandarādririvābhramaḥ ,
kaṇaśaḥ kīrṇatrijagatkṣīrasāgarasaṃsṛtiḥ 30

30. ātmani eva hi tiṣṭhāmi mandarā-adriḥ iva abhramaḥ
| kaṇaśaḥ kīrṇa-tri-jagat-kṣīra-sāgara-saṃsṛtiḥ ||

30. hi eva ātmani tiṣṭhāmi abhramaḥ mandarā-adriḥ iva kaṇaśaḥ kīrṇa-tri-jagat-kṣīra-sāgara-saṃsṛtiḥ.

30. Indeed, I remain steadfast in the Self (ātman), like Mount Mandara, which is unshaken even while the ocean-like cycle of existence (saṃsāra) of the three worlds is scattered into countless particles by its churning.

30. אני שוכן בָּעַצְמִי בלבד, איתן כהר מַנְדָרַה, בשעה שסבך הקיום של שלושת העולמות, הדומה לאוקיינוס החלב, מותז לכל עבר כרסיסים.

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self, in oneself

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because, surely

• तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand, I remain, I reside

• मन्दरा-अद्रिः (mandarā-adriḥ) - Mount Mandara

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अभ्रमः (abhramaḥ) - unshaken, firm, steady, motionless

• कणशः (kaṇaśaḥ) - particle by particle, bit by bit, piecemeal

• कीर्ण-त्रि-जगत्-क्षीर-सागर-संसृतिः (kīrṇa-tri-jagat-kṣīra-sāgara-saṁsṛtiḥ) - Qualifies Mount Mandara as the entity that churns and scatters the world's saṃsāra. (that by which the three worlds' ocean-like cycle of existence (saṃsāra) is scattered or dispersed)

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self, in oneself

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature, individual soul, the Supreme Soul (Brahman)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because, surely

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic or causal particle.

तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand, I remain, I reside

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Present Active

Root sthā, Class 1, Parasmaipada, Present Tense

Root: sthā (class 1)

मन्दरा-अद्रिः (mandarā-adriḥ) - Mount Mandara

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mandarā-adri

mandarā-adri - Mount Mandara (mythological mountain used for churning the milk ocean)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mandara+adri)

• mandara – Mandara (name of a mythical mountain)
  proper noun (masculine)
• adri – mountain, rock, cloud
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the mythical mountain.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

अभ्रमः (abhramaḥ) - unshaken, firm, steady, motionless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhrama

abhrama - unshaken, firm, steady, motionless, free from error

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+bhrama)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• bhrama – wandering, moving, delusion, error
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject 'I' or Mandara.

कणशः (kaṇaśaḥ) - particle by particle, bit by bit, piecemeal

(indeclinable)

Formed from kaṇa (particle) with the suffix -śaḥ

Note: Adverbial form.

कीर्ण-त्रि-जगत्-क्षीर-सागर-संसृतिः (kīrṇa-tri-jagat-kṣīra-sāgara-saṁsṛtiḥ) - Qualifies Mount Mandara as the entity that churns and scatters the world's saṃsāra. (that by which the three worlds' ocean-like cycle of existence (saṃsāra) is scattered or dispersed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kīrṇa-tri-jagat-kṣīra-sāgara-saṃsṛti

kīrṇa-tri-jagat-kṣīra-sāgara-saṁsṛti - one by whom the cycle of existence (saṃsāra) of the three worlds, like the ocean of milk, is scattered

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kīrṇa+tri-jagat+kṣīra-sāgara+saṃsṛti)

• kīrṇa – scattered, dispersed, strewn
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṝ (to scatter, strew)
  Root: kṝ (class 6)
• tri-jagat – the three worlds (heaven, earth, and netherworld)
  noun (neuter)
• kṣīra-sāgara – milk ocean
  noun (masculine)
• saṃsṛti – flow, current, continuous movement, the cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra), turning, revolving
  noun (feminine)
  From root sṛ (to flow, go) with prefix sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Mount Mandara.

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