योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-46, verse-25

नोदेति नास्तमायाति यथा सर्गस्तथा चितौ ।
यथा पुरन्ध्र्यां मर्त्योऽन्तर्मज्जा वा बिल्वगा यथा ॥ २५ ॥

nodeti nāstamāyāti yathā sargastathā citau ,
yathā purandhryāṃ martyo'ntarmajjā vā bilvagā yathā 25

25. na udeti na astam āyāti yathā sargaḥ tathā citau
yathā purandhryām martyaḥ antaḥ majjā vā bilvagā yathā

25. yathā sargaḥ na udeti na astam āyāti,
tathā citau (saḥ asti).
yathā purandhryām martyaḥ antaḥ (asti),
vā yathā majjā bilvagā (asti).

25. Just as creation (sarga) neither arises nor perishes, so it is within consciousness (cit). Similarly, just as a mortal being (martya) exists implicitly within a pregnant woman, or marrow (majjā) exists within a bael fruit.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• उदेति (udeti) - rises, arises, appears

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्तम् (astam) - setting, disappearance, western horizon

• आयाति (āyāti) - goes to (setting), perishes (comes, arrives, goes to)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

• सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation, world

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• चितौ (citau) - in consciousness

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

• पुरन्ध्र्याम् (purandhryām) - in a pregnant woman

• मर्त्यः (martyaḥ) - mortal being, human

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, internal

• मज्जा (majjā) - marrow, pulp, essence

• वा (vā) - or, either... or

• बिल्वगा (bilvagā) - existing in a bael fruit, going to a bael fruit

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उदेति (udeti) - rises, arises, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of ud-i

present tense, parasmaipada

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्तम् (astam) - setting, disappearance, western horizon

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially with verb ā-yāti to mean 'to set' or 'to disappear'.

आयाति (āyāti) - goes to (setting), perishes (comes, arrives, goes to)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of ā-yā

present tense, parasmaipada

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation, world

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, discharge, world, chapter

From root sṛj (to emit, create)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

चितौ (citau) - in consciousness

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, understanding, mind, intelligence

Root: cit (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

पुरन्ध्र्याम् (purandhryām) - in a pregnant woman

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of purandhrī

purandhrī - a pregnant woman, a woman with many children, a matron

मर्त्यः (martyaḥ) - mortal being, human

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of martya

martya - mortal, human being, man

Root: mṛ (class 1)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, internal

(indeclinable)

मज्जा (majjā) - marrow, pulp, essence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of majjā

majjā - marrow, pulp, essential part, pith

वा (vā) - or, either... or

(indeclinable)

बिल्वगा (bilvagā) - existing in a bael fruit, going to a bael fruit

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bilvagā

bilvagā - going to a bael fruit, existing in a bael fruit

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (bilva+gā)

• bilva – bael fruit, Bengal quince tree
  noun (neuter)
• gā – going, moving, existing, situated in
  adjective (feminine)
  agent noun/suffix from root gam
  Root: gam (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

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