योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-10, verse-8

अतः शिलोदराभोऽसि व्योमकोशोपमोपि च ।
ब्रह्मैकघनरूपत्वादजोऽनवयवोऽसि च ॥ ८ ॥

ataḥ śilodarābho'si vyomakośopamopi ca ,
brahmaikaghanarūpatvādajo'navayavo'si ca 8

8. ataḥ śilodara ābhaḥ asi vyomakośa upamaḥ api ca
brahma eka ghana rūpatvāt ajaḥ anavayavaḥ asi ca

8. ataḥ asi śilodara ābhaḥ ca api vyomakośa upamaḥ
brahma eka ghana rūpatvāt ca asi ajaḥ anavayavaḥ

8. Therefore, you are like the interior of a stone and also comparable to a void of space. Because you are, by nature, the singular, dense form of Brahman, you are unborn (aja) and without any constituents.

Words meanings summery:

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

• शिलोदर (śilodara) - interior of a stone, hollow of a rock

• आभः (ābhaḥ) - resembling, shining, like

• असि (asi) - you are

• व्योमकोश (vyomakośa) - sheath of space, spatial hollow

• उपमः (upamaḥ) - resembling, comparable, like

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• च (ca) - and, also

• ब्रह्मैकघनरूपत्वात् (brahmaikaghanarūpatvāt) - due to the nature of being the singular, dense form of Brahman

• अजः (ajaḥ) - unborn

• अनवयवः (anavayavaḥ) - without parts, partless

• असि (asi) - you are

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

(indeclinable)

Ablative form of 'idam'

शिलोदर (śilodara) - interior of a stone, hollow of a rock

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śilodara

śilodara - interior of a stone, hollow of a rock

Compound type : tatpurusha (śilā+udara)

• śilā – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• udara – belly, interior, cavity
  noun (neuter)

Note: First part of a simile, here in the form of the nominative singular of the compound base.

आभः (ābhaḥ) - resembling, shining, like

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ābha

ābha - resembling, shining, like

From ā + bhā (to shine)

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Used here as part of a tatpurusha compound 'śilodarābha'.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Tense, Active Voice

Root as, class 2, active voice present indicative second person singular

Root: as (class 2)

व्योमकोश (vyomakośa) - sheath of space, spatial hollow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyomakośa

vyomakośa - sheath of space, spatial hollow, void of space

Compound type : tatpurusha (vyoman+kośa)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)
• kośa – sheath, cover, treasury, bud
  noun (masculine)

Note: First part of a simile, here in the form of the nominative singular of the compound base.

उपमः (upamaḥ) - resembling, comparable, like

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upama

upama - resembling, comparable, like, highest

Note: Used here as part of a tatpurusha compound 'vyomakośopama'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्मैकघनरूपत्वात् (brahmaikaghanarūpatvāt) - due to the nature of being the singular, dense form of Brahman

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of brahmaikaghanarūpatva

brahmaikaghanarūpatva - the state of being the singular, dense form of Brahman

Compound: brahman + eka + ghana + rūpa + tva

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+eka+ghana+rūpa+tva)

• brahman – Brahman, the Absolute
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• eka – one, single, alone
  adjective (neuter)
• ghana – dense, solid, compact
  adjective (masculine)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature
  noun (neuter)
• tva – -ness, -hood (suffix forming abstract nouns)
  suffix (neuter)

अजः (ajaḥ) - unborn

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aja

aja - unborn, not born

From a + jan

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+jan)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• jan – birth, origin
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

अनवयवः (anavayavaḥ) - without parts, partless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anavayava

anavayava - without parts, partless, indivisible

From an + avayava

Compound type : bahuvrihi (an+avayava)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• avayava – part, limb, component
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: yu (class 2)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Tense, Active Voice

Root as, class 2, active voice present indicative second person singular

Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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