योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-105, verse-16

आलोक एवैति तमो यन्निद्रा स्वप्नवासरा ।
वसुधैव भवेद्व्योम श्वभ्रादिपतने यथा ॥ १६ ॥

āloka evaiti tamo yannidrā svapnavāsarā ,
vasudhaiva bhavedvyoma śvabhrādipatane yathā 16

16. ālokaḥ eva eti tamaḥ yat nidrā svapnavāsarā
vasudhā eva bhavet vyoma śvabhrādipatane yathā

16. ālokaḥ eva eti tamaḥ yat nidrā svapnavāsarā
vasudhā eva vyoma bhavet yathā śvabhrādipatane

16. Light itself becomes darkness, which is characterized by sleep, dreams, and days. The Earth itself would become the sky, just as in the case of falling into pits and the like.

Words meanings summery:

• आलोकः (ālokaḥ) - light, luster, vision, sight

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

• एति (eti) - goes, comes, approaches, obtains

• तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness, gloom, ignorance

• यत् (yat) - which, what, that

• निद्रा (nidrā) - sleep, slumber

• स्वप्नवासरा (svapnavāsarā) - dreams and days, the state of dream-days

• वसुधा (vasudhā) - earth, ground

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

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may become, should be, would be

• व्योम (vyoma) - sky, space, atmosphere

• श्वभ्रादिपतने (śvabhrādipatane) - in falling into pits etc., in the fall of pits and the like

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

Words meanings and morphology

आलोकः (ālokaḥ) - light, luster, vision, sight

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āloka

āloka - light, luster, vision, sight

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

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

(indeclinable)

एति (eti) - goes, comes, approaches, obtains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of i

Root: i (class 2)

तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness, gloom, ignorance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance

यत् (yat) - which, what, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

निद्रा (nidrā) - sleep, slumber

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nidrā

nidrā - sleep, slumber

स्वप्नवासरा (svapnavāsarā) - dreams and days, the state of dream-days

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of svapnavāsara

svapnavāsara - dream and day

Compound type : dvandva (svapna+vāsara)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• vāsara – day
  noun (masculine)

वसुधा (vasudhā) - earth, ground

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - earth, ground, world

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

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may become, should be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

व्योम (vyoma) - sky, space, atmosphere

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, space, atmosphere

श्वभ्रादिपतने (śvabhrādipatane) - in falling into pits etc., in the fall of pits and the like

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śvabhrādipatana

śvabhrādipatana - falling into pits etc.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śvabhrādi+patana)

• śvabhrādi – pits and the like, beginning with pits
  noun (neuter)
• patana – falling, descent, a fall
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pat (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

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