योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-46, verse-20

शङ्खपद्मादिकं लोकं पाषाणे लिख्यते यथा ।
भूतं भवद्भविष्यच्च शिलायां शालभञ्जिका ॥ २० ॥

śaṅkhapadmādikaṃ lokaṃ pāṣāṇe likhyate yathā ,
bhūtaṃ bhavadbhaviṣyacca śilāyāṃ śālabhañjikā 20

20. śaṅkhapadmādikam lokam pāṣāṇe likhyate yathā
bhūtam bhavat bhaviṣyat ca śilāyām śālabhañjikā

20. yathā śaṅkhapadmādikam lokam pāṣāṇe likhyate,
tathā bhūtam bhavat bhaviṣyat ca śālabhañjikā (iva) śilāyām (asti)

20. Just as images of conches, lotuses, and the like are carved on a stone, so too the past, present, and future exist within the stone, like a carved female figure (śālabhañjikā).

Words meanings summery:

• शङ्खपद्मादिकम् (śaṅkhapadmādikam) - referring to figures or motifs like conches, lotuses, etc. (conch, lotus, etc.)

• लोकम् (lokam) - a figure, an image, an artistic representation (world, region, people, sight, figure, appearance)

• पाषाणे (pāṣāṇe) - on a stone, in a stone

• लिख्यते (likhyate) - is written, is drawn, is carved

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• भूतम् (bhūtam) - the past time (past, what has been, an entity)

• भवत् (bhavat) - the present time (present, being, existing)

• भविष्यत् (bhaviṣyat) - the future time (future, what will be)

• च (ca) - and, also

• शिलायाम् (śilāyām) - in the stone, on the rock

• शालभञ्जिका (śālabhañjikā) - an artistic representation, a sculpture within the stone (a carved female figure, a statuette, a woman embracing a tree)

Words meanings and morphology

शङ्खपद्मादिकम् (śaṅkhapadmādikam) - referring to figures or motifs like conches, lotuses, etc. (conch, lotus, etc.)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śaṅkhapadmādika

śaṅkhapadmādika - starting with conch and lotus, and so on

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaṅkha+padma+ādika)

• śaṅkha – conch-shell, a conch
  noun (masculine)
• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• ādika – beginning with, and so on, etc.
  adjective

लोकम् (lokam) - a figure, an image, an artistic representation (world, region, people, sight, figure, appearance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people; a sight, view, figure, motif

पाषाणे (pāṣāṇe) - on a stone, in a stone

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pāṣāṇa

pāṣāṇa - stone, rock, pebble

लिख्यते (likhyate) - is written, is drawn, is carved

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of likh

Root: likh (class 6)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

भूतम् (bhūtam) - the past time (past, what has been, an entity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhūta

bhūta - past, happened, existed; an entity, creature

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

भवत् (bhavat) - the present time (present, being, existing)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhavat

bhavat - being, existing, present; your honor

Present Active Participle

Derived from root bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

भविष्यत् (bhaviṣyat) - the future time (future, what will be)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaviṣyat

bhaviṣyat - future, what will be; future participle

Future Active Participle

Derived from root bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शिलायाम् (śilāyām) - in the stone, on the rock

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of śilā

śilā - stone, rock, slab

शालभञ्जिका (śālabhañjikā) - an artistic representation, a sculpture within the stone (a carved female figure, a statuette, a woman embracing a tree)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śālabhañjikā

śālabhañjikā - a carved female figure, a statuette, a woman breaking a śāla branch (an artistic motif)

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