योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-7, verse-61

कालमेघे स्फुरन्त्येताश्चित्प्रकाशवनोद्यमाः ।
प्रपतद्भूतविहगाः पतन्त्यविरतभ्रमाः ॥ ६१ ॥

kālameghe sphurantyetāścitprakāśavanodyamāḥ ,
prapatadbhūtavihagāḥ patantyaviratabhramāḥ 61

61. kālameghe sphuranti etāḥ citprakāśavanodyamāḥ
prapatadbhūtavihagāḥ patanti aviratabhramāḥ

61. etāḥ citprakāśavanodyamāḥ prapatadbhūtavihagāḥ
aviratabhramāḥ kālameghe sphuranti patanti

61. These (flashes of creation), whose striving resembles a forest of conscious light, flash within the cloud of time. They fall, with falling beings as their birds, and are characterized by incessant wandering.

Words meanings summery:

• कालमेघे (kālameghe) - in the cloud of time; in time's cloud

• स्फुरन्ति (sphuranti) - they flash; they gleam; they tremble

• एताः (etāḥ) - these flashes of creation (referring to sṛṣṭividyutaḥ from the previous verse) (these (feminine plural))

• चित्प्रकाशवनोद्यमाः (citprakāśavanodyamāḥ) - whose endeavors are like forests of conscious light; whose striving is a forest of the light of consciousness

• प्रपतद्भूतविहगाः (prapatadbhūtavihagāḥ) - whose birds are the falling beings; having falling beings as birds

• पतन्ति (patanti) - they fall; they descend

• अविरतभ्रमाः (aviratabhramāḥ) - whose wandering is incessant; characterized by ceaseless roaming

Words meanings and morphology

कालमेघे (kālameghe) - in the cloud of time; in time's cloud

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kālamegha

kālamegha - cloud of time

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (kāla+megha)

• kāla – time, death
  noun (masculine)
• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)

स्फुरन्ति (sphuranti) - they flash; they gleam; they tremble

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sphur

Root: sphur (class 6)

एताः (etāḥ) - these flashes of creation (referring to sṛṣṭividyutaḥ from the previous verse) (these (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

चित्प्रकाशवनोद्यमाः (citprakāśavanodyamāḥ) - whose endeavors are like forests of conscious light; whose striving is a forest of the light of consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of citprakāśavanodyama

citprakāśavanodyama - having as an endeavor a forest of conscious light

Compound type : bahuvrihi (cit+prakāśa+vana+udyama)

• cit – consciousness, pure thought, understanding
  noun (feminine)
• prakāśa – light, manifestation, clarity, radiance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• udyama – effort, exertion, endeavor, striving
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud

Note: Agrees with etāḥ

प्रपतद्भूतविहगाः (prapatadbhūtavihagāḥ) - whose birds are the falling beings; having falling beings as birds

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prapatadbhūtavihaga

prapatadbhūtavihaga - having falling beings as birds

Compound type : bahuvrihi (prapatat+bhūta+vihaga)

• prapatat – falling down, descending rapidly
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  derived from root pat (to fall) with upasarga pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: pat (class 1)
• bhūta – being, creature, element
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• vihaga – bird (literally 'moving in the sky')
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi

Note: Agrees with etāḥ

पतन्ति (patanti) - they fall; they descend

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

अविरतभ्रमाः (aviratabhramāḥ) - whose wandering is incessant; characterized by ceaseless roaming

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of aviratabhrama

aviratabhrama - having incessant wandering

Compound type : bahuvrihi (avirata+bhrama)

• avirata – incessant, continuous, uninterrupted
  adjective
• bhrama – wandering, roaming, error, delusion, revolution
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with etāḥ

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