योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-104, verse-8

यदादिसर्गजननं यत्कल्पान्तविवर्तनम् ।
यद्वा भुवनसंस्थानं तद्धि व्योम निराकृति ॥ ८ ॥

yadādisargajananaṃ yatkalpāntavivartanam ,
yadvā bhuvanasaṃsthānaṃ taddhi vyoma nirākṛti 8

8. yat ādi-sarga-jananam yat kalpa-anta-vivartanam
yat vā bhuvana-saṃsthānam tat hi vyoma nirākṛti

8. yat ādi-sarga-jananam,
yat kalpa-anta-vivartanam,
vā yat bhuvana-saṃsthānam,
tat hi nirākṛti vyoma.

8. Whatever is the generation of the primal creation, whatever is the transformation at the end of a cosmic age (kalpa), or whatever is the arrangement of the worlds – that, indeed, is the formless space (vyoma).

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which

• आदि-सर्ग-जननम् (ādi-sarga-jananam) - the generation of the primal creation

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which

• कल्प-अन्त-विवर्तनम् (kalpa-anta-vivartanam) - the transformation at the end of a cosmic age (kalpa)

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which

• वा (vā) - or

• भुवन-संस्थानम् (bhuvana-saṁsthānam) - the arrangement of the worlds, the structure of the worlds

• तत् (tat) - that

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• व्योम (vyoma) - space, ether, sky

• निराकृति (nirākṛti) - formless, shapeless

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever

आदि-सर्ग-जननम् (ādi-sarga-jananam) - the generation of the primal creation

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ādi-sarga-janana

ādi-sarga-janana - the generation of the primal creation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ādi+sarga+janana)

• ādi – primal, first, beginning
  adjective (masculine)
• sarga – creation, emission
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• janana – generation, birth, causing
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)

यत् (yat) - whatever, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever

कल्प-अन्त-विवर्तनम् (kalpa-anta-vivartanam) - the transformation at the end of a cosmic age (kalpa)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kalpa-anta-vivartana

kalpa-anta-vivartana - the transformation at the end of a cosmic age

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kalpa+anta+vivartana)

• kalpa – cosmic age, aeon
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• anta – end, limit
  noun (masculine)
• vivartana – transformation, change, revolving
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root vṛt with prefix vi.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

यत् (yat) - whatever, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

भुवन-संस्थानम् (bhuvana-saṁsthānam) - the arrangement of the worlds, the structure of the worlds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhuvana-saṃsthāna

bhuvana-saṁsthāna - arrangement of the worlds, structure of the worlds, constitution of the worlds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhuvana+saṃsthāna)

• bhuvana – world, existence, being
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• saṃsthāna – arrangement, structure, constitution, state
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root sthā with prefix sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sthā (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

व्योम (vyoma) - space, ether, sky

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - space, ether, sky

निराकृति (nirākṛti) - formless, shapeless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirākṛti

nirākṛti - formless, shapeless, devoid of form

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+ākṛti)

• nis – out, without, free from
  prefix
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

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