योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-7, verse-15

कालः कवलितानन्तजगत्पक्वफलोऽप्ययम् ।
घस्मराचारजठरः कल्पैरपि न तृप्यति ॥ १५ ॥

kālaḥ kavalitānantajagatpakvaphalo'pyayam ,
ghasmarācārajaṭharaḥ kalpairapi na tṛpyati 15

15. kālaḥ kavalitānantajagatpakvaphalaḥ api ayam
ghasmarācārajatharaḥ kalpaiḥ api na tṛpyati

15. ayam kālaḥ kavalitānantajagatpakvaphalaḥ api
ghasmarācārajatharaḥ kalpaiḥ api na tṛpyati

15. Even this Time, which has consumed the ripe fruit of endless worlds and whose appetite is like the gluttonous behavior of a voracious eater, remains unsatisfied even after eons (kalpas).

Words meanings summery:

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time (as a destructive force) (time, period, black)

• कवलितानन्तजगत्पक्वफलः (kavalitānantajagatpakvaphalaḥ) - (Time) that has swallowed the ripe fruit of endless worlds (having consumed the ripe fruit of infinite worlds)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (referring to Time) (this)

• घस्मराचारजथरः (ghasmarācārajatharaḥ) - (Time) whose appetite is like the gluttonous behavior of a voracious eater (whose belly is characterized by gluttonous behavior)

• कल्पैः (kalpaiḥ) - even by eons (by kalpas, by eons)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तृप्यति (tṛpyati) - is satisfied (gets satisfied, is appeased)

Words meanings and morphology

कालः (kālaḥ) - time (as a destructive force) (time, period, black)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, black, death, Yama

Root: kal (class 1)

कवलितानन्तजगत्पक्वफलः (kavalitānantajagatpakvaphalaḥ) - (Time) that has swallowed the ripe fruit of endless worlds (having consumed the ripe fruit of infinite worlds)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kavalitānantajagatpakvaphala

kavalitānantajagatpakvaphala - having consumed the ripe fruit of infinite worlds

Bahuvrīhi compound, describing Time

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kavalita+ananta+jagat+pakva+phala)

• kavalita – swallowed, consumed, eaten
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kaval (to swallow, eat)
  Root: kaval (class 10)
• ananta – infinite, endless, limitless
  adjective (masculine)
  From a (negation) + anta (end)
  Prefix: a
• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• pakva – ripe, cooked, mature
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root pac (to cook, ripen)
  Root: pac (class 1)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)

Note: It's a large bahuvrīhi compound describing kāla.

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (referring to Time) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Nominative singular masculine form of 'idam'.

घस्मराचारजथरः (ghasmarācārajatharaḥ) - (Time) whose appetite is like the gluttonous behavior of a voracious eater (whose belly is characterized by gluttonous behavior)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghasmarācārajathara

ghasmarācārajathara - whose belly is characterized by gluttonous behavior

Bahuvrīhi compound, describing Time

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ghasmara+ācāra+jaṭhara)

• ghasmara – voracious, gluttonous, ravenous
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root ghas (to eat)
  Root: ghas (class 2)
• ācāra – conduct, custom, behavior, practice
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: car (class 1)
• jaṭhara – belly, stomach, womb
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes kāla. ghasmara-ācāra is a karmadhāraya compound within the larger bahuvrīhi, meaning 'gluttonous conduct'.

कल्पैः (kalpaiḥ) - even by eons (by kalpas, by eons)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kalpa

kalpa - eon, cosmic age, rule, procedure, a measure of time

Root: kḷp (class 1)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

तृप्यति (tṛpyati) - is satisfied (gets satisfied, is appeased)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of tṛp

Present active indicative

3rd person singular present active

Root: tṛp (class 4)

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