योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-113, verse-16

जडानपि स्पन्दमयान्कल्लोलाकोटकोटरान् ।
संसारानिव विस्तीर्णांश्चक्रावर्तदशाकुलान् ॥ १६ ॥

jaḍānapi spandamayānkallolākoṭakoṭarān ,
saṃsārāniva vistīrṇāṃścakrāvartadaśākulān 16

16. jaḍān api spandamayān kallolākoṭakoṭarān
saṃsārān iva vistīrṇān cakrāvartaśaśākulān

16. jaḍān api spandamayān kallolākoṭakoṭarān
saṃsārān iva vistīrṇān cakrāvartaśaśākulān

16. (Describing waves/oceanic beings) which, though seemingly inert, are pulsating with movement, having hollows like the curves of mighty waves; vast like the cycles of transmigration (saṃsāra), and agitated by the state of whirlpools.

16. אף שאינם חושבים, הם מפעפעים בתנועה, מלאים בנקיקים שחצבו הגלים, נרחבים כמו סבך הקיום התופעתי ומלאים במערבולות סוערות.

Words meanings summery:

• जडान् (jaḍān) - inert, dull, senseless, inanimate

• अपि (api) - though (even, also, though)

• स्पन्दमयान् (spandamayān) - full of movement, pulsating, vibrating

• कल्लोलाकोटकोटरान् (kallolākoṭakoṭarān) - having hollows/cavities like the curves/edges of great waves

• संसारान् (saṁsārān) - cycles of existence (saṃsāra), transmigrations

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• विस्तीर्णान् (vistīrṇān) - vast, extensive, spread out, wide

• चक्रावर्तशाकुलान् (cakrāvartaśākulān) - agitated by the state/condition of whirlpools

Words meanings and morphology

जडान् (jaḍān) - inert, dull, senseless, inanimate

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jaḍa

jaḍa - cold, stiff, inert, dull, foolish, inanimate

अपि (api) - though (even, also, though)

(indeclinable)

स्पन्दमयान् (spandamayān) - full of movement, pulsating, vibrating

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of spandamaya

spandamaya - full of motion, consisting of movement, vibrating

Formed with suffix -maya (consisting of)

Compound type : tatpurusha (spanda+maya)

• spanda – quivering, trembling, pulsation, movement
  noun (masculine)
  From root spand (to throb)
  Root: spand (class 1)
• maya – made of, full of, consisting of
  suffix

कल्लोलाकोटकोटरान् (kallolākoṭakoṭarān) - having hollows/cavities like the curves/edges of great waves

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kallolākoṭakoṭara

kallolākoṭakoṭara - having hollows like the curves/edges of mighty waves

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kallola+ākoṭa+koṭara)

• kallola – large wave, surge
  noun (masculine)
• ākoṭa – curve, bend, edge, side
  noun (masculine)
  From root kuṭ (to curve, bend) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kuṭ (class 6)
• koṭara – hollow, cavity, hole
  noun (neuter)

संसारान् (saṁsārān) - cycles of existence (saṃsāra), transmigrations

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - transmigration, cycle of rebirth, worldly existence, mundane life (saṃsāra)

From root sṛ (to move, flow) with prefix sam (together)

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

विस्तीर्णान् (vistīrṇān) - vast, extensive, spread out, wide

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vistīrṇa

vistīrṇa - spread out, extended, vast, extensive, wide

Past Passive Participle

From root stṛ (to spread) with prefix vi (apart)

Prefix: vi

Root: stṛ (class 5)

चक्रावर्तशाकुलान् (cakrāvartaśākulān) - agitated by the state/condition of whirlpools

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of cakrāvartaśākula

cakrāvartaśākula - disturbed by the condition of whirlpools

Compound type : tatpurusha (cakrāvarta+daśā+ākula)

• cakrāvarta – whirlpool, eddy
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of cakra (wheel) and āvarta (whirl)
  Prefix: ā
• daśā – condition, state, period of life
  noun (feminine)
• ākula – agitated, disturbed, filled with
  adjective
  Prefix: ā

Note: `śā` in `cakrāvartaśākulān` is `daśā` (state/condition) after sandhi. `cakrāvarta-daśā-ākulān`.

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