योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-116, verse-11

आन्दोलयस्यविरलं गगनार्कमङ्के नारायणं च शशिनं च तथेतराणि ।
तेजांसि भासुरतडित्प्रभृतीनि साधो चित्रं तथापि न जहासि यदान्ध्यमन्तः ॥ ११ ॥

āndolayasyaviralaṃ gaganārkamaṅke nārāyaṇaṃ ca śaśinaṃ ca tathetarāṇi ,
tejāṃsi bhāsurataḍitprabhṛtīni sādho citraṃ tathāpi na jahāsi yadāndhyamantaḥ 11

11. āndolayasi aviralam gagana-arkam aṅke
nārāyaṇam ca śaśinam ca tathā itarāṇi
tejāṃsi bhāsurataḍitprabhṛtīni sādho citram
tathā api na jahāsi yat āndhyam antaḥ

11. sādho! (tvam) aviralam gagana-arkam,
ca nārāyaṇam,
ca śaśinam,
tathā bhāsurataḍitprabhṛtīni itarāṇi tejāṃsi aṅke āndolayasi.
yat tathā api antaḥ āndhyam na jahāsi,
(tat) citram (asti).

11. O wise one! You ceaselessly swing the sun and Nārāyaṇa, the moon, and other radiant luminaries like lightning in your lap within the sky. It is truly astonishing that even with such grandeur, you still do not abandon the inner blindness.

Words meanings summery:

• आन्दोलयसि (āndolayasi) - you swing, you oscillate

• अविरलम् (aviralam) - unceasingly, constantly, continuously

• गगन-अर्कम् (gagana-arkam) - the sky-sun, the sun in the sky

• अङ्के (aṅke) - in the lap, in the embrace

• नारायणम् (nārāyaṇam) - Nārāyaṇa (name of Viṣṇu)

• च (ca) - and, also

• शशिनम् (śaśinam) - the moon

• च (ca) - and, also

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, likewise

• इतराणि (itarāṇi) - other, remaining

• तेजांसि (tejāṁsi) - luminaries, lights, splendors

• भासुरतडित्प्रभृतीनि (bhāsurataḍitprabhṛtīni) - shining lightning and the like

• साधो (sādho) - O wise one! O good one!

• चित्रम् (citram) - wonderful, astonishing, strange

• तथा (tathā) - thus, even so

• अपि (api) - even, also

• न (na) - not, no

• जहासि (jahāsi) - you abandon, you forsake

• यत् (yat) - that, which (introducing a clause)

• आन्ध्यम् (āndhyam) - blindness, ignorance

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - inner, internal, inside

Words meanings and morphology

आन्दोलयसि (āndolayasi) - you swing, you oscillate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of āndolay

Present Active (Causative/Denominative)

From root 'dul' (to swing) with prefix 'ā' and causative suffix 'aya'.

Prefix: ā

Root: dul (class 1)

अविरलम् (aviralam) - unceasingly, constantly, continuously

(indeclinable)

Negation 'a' + 'virala' (loose, rare).

Note: Used adverbially here.

गगन-अर्कम् (gagana-arkam) - the sky-sun, the sun in the sky

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gaganārka

gaganārka - the sun of the sky

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (gagana+arka)

• gagana – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• arka – sun, ray, crystal
  noun (masculine)
  Root: arc (class 1)

अङ्के (aṅke) - in the lap, in the embrace

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of aṅka

aṅka - lap, side, embrace, mark

नारायणम् (nārāyaṇam) - Nārāyaṇa (name of Viṣṇu)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nārāyaṇa

nārāyaṇa - Nārāyaṇa, a name of Viṣṇu, usually meaning 'resting on the waters' or 'path of man'

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शशिनम् (śaśinam) - the moon

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaśin

śaśin - moon (literally 'having a hare/rabbit mark')

From 'śaśa' (hare) + suffix 'in'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, likewise

(indeclinable)

इतराणि (itarāṇi) - other, remaining

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of itara

itara - other, another, different

तेजांसि (tejāṁsi) - luminaries, lights, splendors

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tejas

tejas - brilliance, light, energy, splendor, sharp edge

Root: tij (class 1)

भासुरतडित्प्रभृतीनि (bhāsurataḍitprabhṛtīni) - shining lightning and the like

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bhāsurataḍitprabhṛti

bhāsurataḍitprabhṛti - shining lightning and so on

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhāsura+taḍit+prabhṛti)

• bhāsura – shining, splendid, brilliant
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'bhās' (to shine).
  Root: bhās (class 1)
• taḍit – lightning
  noun (feminine)
  Root: taḍ (class 1)
• prabhṛti – beginning, source, and so on
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'bhṛ' (to bear) with prefix 'pra'.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

साधो (sādho) - O wise one! O good one!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, wise, holy man

Root: sādh (class 10)

चित्रम् (citram) - wonderful, astonishing, strange

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citra

citra - wonderful, astonishing, diverse, bright, picture

तथा (tathā) - thus, even so

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जहासि (jahāsi) - you abandon, you forsake

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of hā

Present Active

Root 'hā' (to abandon), 3rd conjugation, reduplicated form in present tense.

Root: hā (class 3)

यत् (yat) - that, which (introducing a clause)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that which

Note: Here used as a subordinating conjunction, meaning 'that' or 'the fact that'.

आन्ध्यम् (āndhyam) - blindness, ignorance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āndhya

āndhya - blindness, ignorance, infatuation

From 'andha' (blind) + suffix 'ya'.

अन्तः (antaḥ) - inner, internal, inside

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here adverbially, modifying 'āndhyam'.

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