योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-46, verse-3

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
यथा ब्रह्माण्डकूश्माण्डमज्जामेर्वादिसंस्थितिः ।
तथा चिद्विल्वमज्जेयं ब्रह्माण्डादिजगत्स्थितिः ॥ ३ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
yathā brahmāṇḍakūśmāṇḍamajjāmervādisaṃsthitiḥ ,
tathā cidvilvamajjeyaṃ brahmāṇḍādijagatsthitiḥ 3

3. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca yathā brahmāṇḍakūṣmāṇḍamajjamervādisaṃsthitiḥ
tathā citvilvamajjā iyam brahmāṇḍādijagatsthitiḥ

3. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca yathā brahmāṇḍakūṣmāṇḍamajjamervādisaṃsthitiḥ
tathā iyam citvilvamajjā brahmāṇḍādijagatsthitiḥ

3. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Just as the arrangement of Mount Meru and other cosmic features exists within the pith of a cosmic gourd-like universe (brahmāṇḍa-kūṣmāṇḍa-majja), so also is this pith of the consciousness-bilva fruit (cit-bilva) the disposition of the universe (brahmāṇḍa) and the entire world.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• ब्रह्माण्डकूष्माण्डमज्जमेर्वादिसंस्थितिः (brahmāṇḍakūṣmāṇḍamajjamervādisaṁsthitiḥ) - the arrangement of Meru and others within the pith of a cosmic gourd-like universe

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too

• चित्विल्वमज्जा (citvilvamajjā) - the pith of the consciousness-bilva fruit

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• ब्रह्माण्डादिजगत्स्थितिः (brahmāṇḍādijagatsthitiḥ) - the arrangement of the world, starting with the cosmos (Brahmāṇḍa)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect tense, active voice

from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्माण्डकूष्माण्डमज्जमेर्वादिसंस्थितिः (brahmāṇḍakūṣmāṇḍamajjamervādisaṁsthitiḥ) - the arrangement of Meru and others within the pith of a cosmic gourd-like universe

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of brahmāṇḍakūṣmāṇḍamajjamervādisaṃsthiti

brahmāṇḍakūṣmāṇḍamajjamervādisaṁsthiti - the state of being arranged, starting with Meru, within the pith of the cosmic gourd-like universe (Brahmāṇḍa)

long compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahmāṇḍa+kūṣmāṇḍa+majja+meru+ādi+saṃsthiti)

• brahmāṇḍa – cosmic egg, universe (brahman)
  noun (neuter)
  brahman + aṇḍa (egg)
• kūṣmāṇḍa – pumpkin, gourd (often used metaphorically for a container)
  noun (neuter)
• majja – pith, marrow, essence
  noun (masculine/feminine)
• meru – Mount Meru (mythical cosmic mountain)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, first, etc., and so on
  noun/adjective (masculine/neuter)
• saṃsthiti – arrangement, state, situation, disposition
  noun (feminine)
  sam (together) + √sthā (to stand) + ti
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Predicate noun for an implied 'is'.

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too

(indeclinable)

चित्विल्वमज्जा (citvilvamajjā) - the pith of the consciousness-bilva fruit

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of citvilvamajjā

citvilvamajjā - the pith of the consciousness-bilva

compound of cit (consciousness), vilva (bilva fruit), majja (pith)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cit+vilva+majja)

• cit – consciousness, spirit
  noun (feminine)
• vilva – bilva fruit (Aegle marmelos)
  noun (neuter)
• majja – pith, marrow, essence
  noun (masculine/feminine)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, that

Note: Qualifies citvilvamajjā.

ब्रह्माण्डादिजगत्स्थितिः (brahmāṇḍādijagatsthitiḥ) - the arrangement of the world, starting with the cosmos (Brahmāṇḍa)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of brahmāṇḍādijagatsthiti

brahmāṇḍādijagatsthiti - the state of the world (jagat) beginning with the Brahmāṇḍa (cosmos)

compound of brahmāṇḍa, ādi, jagat, sthiti

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahmāṇḍa+ādi+jagat+sthiti)

• brahmāṇḍa – cosmic egg, universe (brahman)
  noun (neuter)
  brahman + aṇḍa (egg)
• ādi – beginning, first, etc., and so on
  noun/adjective (masculine/neuter)
• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  present active participle
  from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• sthiti – state, arrangement, existence, disposition
  noun (feminine)
  √sthā (to stand) + ti
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Predicate noun for iyam citvilvamajjā.

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