योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-46, verse-37

यथा शिलान्तरब्जानां स्पन्दास्पन्दभवाभवाः ।
विषयत्वं न गच्छन्ति कर्तारो जगतस्तथा ॥ ३७ ॥

yathā śilāntarabjānāṃ spandāspandabhavābhavāḥ ,
viṣayatvaṃ na gacchanti kartāro jagatastathā 37

37. yathā śilā antara abjānām spanda aspanda bhava
abhavāḥ viṣayatvam na gacchanti kartāraḥ jagataḥ tathā

37. yathā śilā antara abjānām spanda aspanda bhava abhavāḥ viṣayatvam na gacchanti,
tathā jagataḥ kartāraḥ (na gacchanti).

37. Just as the movements and stillness, or the arising and ceasing, of lotuses embedded within a stone do not become objects of perception, so too the creators of the world do not experience these dualities.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• शिला (śilā) - stone, rock

• अन्तर (antara) - inner, internal, middle, within

• अब्जानाम् (abjānām) - of lotuses

• स्पन्द (spanda) - motion, vibration, tremor

• अस्पन्द (aspanda) - non-motion, stillness

• भव (bhava) - existence, being, arising

• अभवाः (abhavāḥ) - non-existence, absence of being

• विषयत्वम् (viṣayatvam) - the state of being an object, object-ness

• न (na) - not

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they become, they attain (the state of being) (they go, they attain, they become)

• कर्तारः (kartāraḥ) - creators, doers, agents

• जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world (of the world, from the world)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

शिला (śilā) - stone, rock

(noun)

feminine, singular of śilā

śilā - stone, rock, slab

Note: Part of compound 'śilāntarābja'.

अन्तर (antara) - inner, internal, middle, within

(noun)

neuter, singular of antara

antara - inner, internal, middle, space, interval, within

Note: Part of compound 'śilāntarābja'.

अब्जानाम् (abjānām) - of lotuses

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of abja

abja - lotus, born from water

from ap (water) + jan (born)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (ap+ja)

• ap – water
  noun (feminine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  suffix -ja from root √jan
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: The compound 'śilāntarābja' is a Tatpurusha: "lotus within a stone." The genitive plural 'abjānām' applies to this compound.

स्पन्द (spanda) - motion, vibration, tremor

(noun)

masculine, singular of spanda

spanda - motion, vibration, tremor, throb

from root √spad (to move)

Root: spad (class 1)

Note: First part of the Dvandva compound.

अस्पन्द (aspanda) - non-motion, stillness

(noun)

masculine, singular of aspanda

aspanda - non-motion, stillness, motionless

Negative prefix 'a-' + spanda

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+spanda)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• spanda – motion, vibration, tremor, throb
  noun (masculine)
  from root √spad (to move)
  Root: spad (class 1)

Note: Second part of the Dvandva compound.

भव (bhava) - existence, being, arising

(noun)

masculine, singular of bhava

bhava - existence, being, arising, birth, world

from root √bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Third part of the Dvandva compound.

अभवाः (abhavāḥ) - non-existence, absence of being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abhava

abhava - non-existence, absence of being, destruction

Negative prefix 'a-' + bhava

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhava)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• bhava – existence, being, arising, birth, world
  noun (masculine)
  from root √bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: The entire compound 'spandāspandabhavābhavāḥ' is a Dvandva compound, meaning "motions, non-motions, existences, and non-existences." It is the subject of the first clause, masculine nominative plural.

विषयत्वम् (viṣayatvam) - the state of being an object, object-ness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viṣayatva

viṣayatva - object-ness, the state of being an object, subject matter

derived from viṣaya (object) + -tva (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Object of 'gacchanti'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'gacchanti'.

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they become, they attain (the state of being) (they go, they attain, they become)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Present Active Indicative

root √gam, 1st class, Parasmaipada

Root: gam (class 1)

कर्तारः (kartāraḥ) - creators, doers, agents

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kartṛ

kartṛ - creator, doer, agent, author

agent noun

from root √kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world (of the world, from the world)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

Present Active Participle

from root √gam (to go), used as noun

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Possessive of 'kartāraḥ'.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative to 'yathā'.

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