योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-7, verse-64

रुद्राः केचन विद्यन्ते तस्मिंश्चित्परमे पुनः ।
तेऽपि यस्य निमेषेण भवन्ति न भवन्ति च ॥ ६४ ॥

rudrāḥ kecana vidyante tasmiṃścitparame punaḥ ,
te'pi yasya nimeṣeṇa bhavanti na bhavanti ca 64

64. rudrāḥ kecana vidyante tasmin citparame punaḥ
te api yasya nimeṣeṇa bhavanti na bhavanti ca

64. punaḥ kecana rudrāḥ tasmin citparame vidyante
yasya nimeṣeṇa te api bhavanti ca na bhavanti

64. Moreover, some Rudras exist within that Supreme Consciousness (cit). Even these Rudras come into existence and cease to exist with merely a blink of whose (the Supreme's) eye.

Words meanings summery:

• रुद्राः (rudrāḥ) - Rudras (a class of deities, often associated with Shiva)

• केचन (kecana) - some, certain ones

• विद्यन्ते (vidyante) - they are found, they exist

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, in him

• चित्परमे (citparame) - in the Supreme Consciousness (cit)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, but

• ते (te) - those Rudras (they)

• अपि (api) - even, also

• यस्य (yasya) - of the Supreme Consciousness mentioned earlier (of whom, by whose)

• निमेषेण (nimeṣeṇa) - by a blink, with a blink

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they come into being, they exist

• न (na) - not

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they come into being, they exist

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

रुद्राः (rudrāḥ) - Rudras (a class of deities, often associated with Shiva)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rudra

rudra - Rudra, roarer, a name of Shiva; a class of deities

Root: rud (class 2)

केचन (kecana) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, some, any

formed from kim (interrogative pronoun) + cid (indefinite particle)

विद्यन्ते (vidyante) - they are found, they exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, in him

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the supreme principle, agreeing with 'citparame'

चित्परमे (citparame) - in the Supreme Consciousness (cit)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of citparama

citparama - the supreme consciousness, ultimate consciousness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cit+parama)

• cit – consciousness, pure awareness
  noun (feminine)
• parama – supreme, ultimate, highest
  adjective (masculine)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, but

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those Rudras (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

यस्य (yasya) - of the Supreme Consciousness mentioned earlier (of whom, by whose)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Functions as a genitive of possession for 'nimeṣa' ('whose blink')

निमेषेण (nimeṣeṇa) - by a blink, with a blink

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nimeṣa

nimeṣa - a blink, twinkling of an eye, moment

Root: miṣ (class 4)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they come into being, they exist

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they come into being, they exist

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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