योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-82, verse-7

आधारनाडीनिर्हीना व्योमस्थैवावशिष्यते ।
शक्तिः कुण्डलिनी वह्नेर्धूमलेखेव निर्गता ॥ ७ ॥

ādhāranāḍīnirhīnā vyomasthaivāvaśiṣyate ,
śaktiḥ kuṇḍalinī vahnerdhūmalekheva nirgatā 7

7. ādhāranāḍīnirhīnā vyomasthā eva avaśiṣyate |
śaktiḥ kuṇḍalinī vahneḥ dhūmalekhā iva nirgatā ||

7. ādhāranāḍīnirhīnā kuṇḍalinī śaktiḥ,
vahneḥ dhūmalekhā iva nirgatā (satī),
vyomasthā eva avaśiṣyate

7. The Kundalinī (kuṇḍalinī) power (śakti), having emerged like a column of smoke from fire and deprived of the base channel (nāḍī), remains solely situated in space.

7. כשהיא משתחררת מערוץ הַנָּאדִ'י הבסיסי, עוצמת הַקּוּנְדַלִינִי נותרת בחלל החופשי, כמו שרשרת עשן העולה מן האש.

Words meanings summery:

• आधारनाडीनिर्हीना (ādhāranāḍīnirhīnā) - deprived of the mūlādhāra (root support) channel or energy pathway. (deprived of the base-nāḍī (channel))

• व्योमस्था (vyomasthā) - situated in space, existing in the ether

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• अवशिष्यते (avaśiṣyate) - remains, is left over

• शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power (śakti), energy, force, divine feminine principle

• कुण्डलिनी (kuṇḍalinī) - Kundalinī (kuṇḍalinī)

• वह्नेः (vahneḥ) - of fire

• धूमलेखा (dhūmalekhā) - a column of smoke, a wisp of smoke

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• निर्गता (nirgatā) - issued forth, emerged, gone out

Words meanings and morphology

आधारनाडीनिर्हीना (ādhāranāḍīnirhīnā) - deprived of the mūlādhāra (root support) channel or energy pathway. (deprived of the base-nāḍī (channel))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ādhāranāḍīnirhīna

ādhāranāḍīnirhīna - deprived of the base channel

Bahuvrīhi compound, meaning 'one who is deprived of the ādhāranāḍī'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ādhāranāḍī+nirhīna)

• ādhāranāḍī – base channel, foundational conduit
  noun (feminine)
  Tatpuruṣa compound: ādhāra (base, support) + nāḍī (channel).
• nirhīna – deprived of, devoid of, left without
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from root 'hā' (to abandon, forsake) with upasarga 'nir-'.
  Prefix: nir
  Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'śaktiḥ kuṇḍalinī'.

व्योमस्था (vyomasthā) - situated in space, existing in the ether

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyomastha

vyomastha - situated in space/sky/ether

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'vyoman' (sky/space) + 'stha' (standing/situated).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vyoman+stha)

• vyoman – sky, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, staying, situated
  adjective
  Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand).
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śaktiḥ kuṇḍalinī'.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

अवशिष्यते (avaśiṣyate) - remains, is left over

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of avaśiṣ

Root 'śiṣ' (to leave) with upasarga 'ava-'. Used in a passive sense.

Prefix: ava

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power (śakti), energy, force, divine feminine principle

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, capability, strength, energy, the divine feminine principle (śakti)

कुण्डलिनी (kuṇḍalinī) - Kundalinī (kuṇḍalinī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kuṇḍalinī

kuṇḍalinī - Kundalini, the coiled serpent power, a spiritual energy (kuṇḍalinī)

वह्नेः (vahneḥ) - of fire

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, Agni (god of fire)

धूमलेखा (dhūmalekhā) - a column of smoke, a wisp of smoke

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhūmalekhā

dhūmalekhā - line of smoke, column of smoke, wisp of smoke

Tatpuruṣa compound: dhūma (smoke) + lekhā (line).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhūma+lekhā)

• dhūma – smoke, vapor
  noun (masculine)
• lekhā – line, streak, column, writing
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

निर्गता (nirgatā) - issued forth, emerged, gone out

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nirgata

nirgata - issued forth, emerged, gone out, departed

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the root 'gam' (to go) with the upasarga 'nir-'.

Prefix: nir

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śaktiḥ kuṇḍalinī'.

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