योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-113, verse-34

अमूर्तान्प्रतिबिम्बेन हृदयस्थजगत्र्त्रयान् ।
चतुरो व्योमविपुलान्दिक्षु नारायणानिव ॥ ३४ ॥

amūrtānpratibimbena hṛdayasthajagatrtrayān ,
caturo vyomavipulāndikṣu nārāyaṇāniva 34

34. amūrtān pratibimbena hṛdayasthajagattrayān
caturaḥ vyomavipulān dikṣu nārāyaṇān iva

34. amūrtān vyomavipulān dikṣu pratibimbena
hṛdayasthajagattrayān caturaḥ nārāyaṇān iva

34. [They appeared] like the four Nārāyaṇas who, though formless, hold the three worlds within their hearts through their reflection, and are vast as space, extending in all directions.

34. ללא צורה מוגדרת בשל ההשתקפויות, כשהם נושאים את שלושת העולמות בתוכם ונרחבים כחלל, הם דמו בארבעת הכיוונים לאל נָארָאיַנָה.

Words meanings summery:

• अमूर्तान् (amūrtān) - formless, bodiless, incorporeal

• प्रतिबिम्बेन (pratibimbena) - by reflection, by image, by shadow

• हृदयस्थजगत्त्रयान् (hṛdayasthajagattrayān) - having the three worlds situated in the heart

• चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four

• व्योमविपुलान् (vyomavipulān) - vast as the sky, wide as space

• दिक्षु (dikṣu) - in the directions, in the quarters, in all sides

• नारायणान् (nārāyaṇān) - Nārāyaṇas (plural of Nārāyaṇa)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

अमूर्तान् (amūrtān) - formless, bodiless, incorporeal

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of amūrta

amūrta - formless, bodiless, incorporeal, unmanifested

a (negation) + mūrta (formed, embodied)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mūrta)

• a – not, non, un-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• mūrta – formed, embodied, solid, concrete, manifested
  participle (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root mūrch (to solidify)
  Root: mūrch (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'Nārāyaṇas'.

प्रतिबिम्बेन (pratibimbena) - by reflection, by image, by shadow

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pratibimba

pratibimba - reflection, image, shadow, counterpart

prati (against, towards) + bimba (disk, image)

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (often treated as a single noun) (prati+bimba)

• prati – against, towards, in return, corresponding to
  indeclinable
  prefix/preposition
• bimba – disk, object, image, reflection
  noun (neuter)

हृदयस्थजगत्त्रयान् (hṛdayasthajagattrayān) - having the three worlds situated in the heart

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hṛdayasthajagattraya

hṛdayasthajagattraya - one in whose heart the three worlds are situated

bahuvrīhi compound: hṛdaya (heart) + stha (situated) + jagat (world) + traya (group of three)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hṛdaya+stha+jagat+traya)

• hṛdaya – heart, mind, soul
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, staying, situated, residing
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  derived from root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  present active participle from gam, used as a noun
  Root: gam (class 1)
• traya – group of three, triad
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'Nārāyaṇas'.

चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four

(numeral)

Note: Qualifies 'Nārāyaṇas'.

व्योमविपुलान् (vyomavipulān) - vast as the sky, wide as space

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vyomavipula

vyomavipula - vast as the sky, wide as space

compound of vyoman (sky, space) + vipula (vast, extensive)

Compound type : upamāna-pūrvapada karmadhāraya (vyoman+vipula)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)
• vipula – vast, extensive, wide, great
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Prefix: vi

Note: Qualifies 'Nārāyaṇas'.

दिक्षु (dikṣu) - in the directions, in the quarters, in all sides

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter, region, point of compass

Root: diś (class 6)

नारायणान् (nārāyaṇān) - Nārāyaṇas (plural of Nārāyaṇa)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nārāyaṇa

nārāyaṇa - Nārāyaṇa (epithet of Vishnu, literally 'resting on the waters' or 'refuge of man')

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

particle of comparison

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