योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-116, verse-27

आयान्ति यान्ति निपतन्ति तथोत्पतन्ति सर्गश्रियः कणघटा इव पावकोत्थाः ।
यत्रामलं तदहमेकमनादिमध्यं मन्ये खमेव न तु कारणमीश्वराख्यम् ॥ २७ ॥

āyānti yānti nipatanti tathotpatanti sargaśriyaḥ kaṇaghaṭā iva pāvakotthāḥ ,
yatrāmalaṃ tadahamekamanādimadhyaṃ manye khameva na tu kāraṇamīśvarākhyam 27

27. āyānti yānti nipatanti tathā utpatanti
sargaśriyaḥ kaṇaghaṭāḥ iva pāvakotthāḥ
yatra amalam tat aham ekam anādimadhyam
manye kham eva na tu kāraṇam īśvarākhyam

27. The glories of creation (sargaśriyaḥ) come, go, fall, and rise, just like collections of sparks (kaṇaghaṭāḥ) rising from fire (pāvaka). That pure, singular reality, which has neither beginning nor middle, I consider to be space (vyoma) itself, and not the cause called God (īśvara).

Words meanings summery:

• आयान्ति (āyānti) - they come, they arrive

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they move, they depart

• निपतन्ति (nipatanti) - they fall down, they alight, they perish

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, and, in that manner

• उत्पतन्ति (utpatanti) - they fly up, they rise, they spring up

• सर्गश्रियः (sargaśriyaḥ) - glories of creation, beauties of creation

• कणघटाः (kaṇaghaṭāḥ) - heaps of particles, collections of sparks

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पावकोत्थाः (pāvakotthāḥ) - arising from fire, born of fire

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place, wherein

• अमलम् (amalam) - pure, spotless, stainless, unblemished

• तत् (tat) - that

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एकम् (ekam) - one, singular, unique

• अनादिमध्यम् (anādimadhyam) - without beginning or middle (implying also without end)

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

• खम् (kham) - space (vyoma) (space, ether, sky, void)

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

• न (na) - not, no

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

• ईश्वराख्यम् (īśvarākhyam) - called God, named God

Words meanings and morphology

आयान्ति (āyānti) - they come, they arrive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ā-yā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they move, they depart

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

निपतन्ति (nipatanti) - they fall down, they alight, they perish

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ni-pat

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, and, in that manner

(indeclinable)

उत्पतन्ति (utpatanti) - they fly up, they rise, they spring up

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ut-pat

Prefix: ud

Root: pat (class 1)

सर्गश्रियः (sargaśriyaḥ) - glories of creation, beauties of creation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sargaśrī

sargaśrī - glory/beauty of creation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarga+śrī)

• sarga – creation, emission
  noun (masculine)
• śrī – glory, beauty, prosperity
  noun (feminine)

कणघटाः (kaṇaghaṭāḥ) - heaps of particles, collections of sparks

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaṇaghaṭa

kaṇaghaṭa - heap of particles, collection of sparks

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kaṇa+ghaṭa)

• kaṇa – particle, atom, spark
  noun (masculine)
• ghaṭa – pot, mass, collection, heap
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पावकोत्थाः (pāvakotthāḥ) - arising from fire, born of fire

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāvakottha

pāvakottha - arising from fire, produced from fire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāvaka+uttha)

• pāvaka – fire, pure
  noun (masculine)
• uttha – arising, standing up, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from the root `sthā` with prefix `ud-`.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: sthā (class 1)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place, wherein

(indeclinable)

अमलम् (amalam) - pure, spotless, stainless, unblemished

(adjective)

neuter, singular of amala

amala - pure, spotless, stainless, unblemished (a-mala: without impurity)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

एकम् (ekam) - one, singular, unique

(adjective)

neuter, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

अनादिमध्यम् (anādimadhyam) - without beginning or middle (implying also without end)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of anādimadhya

anādimadhya - without beginning or middle

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+ādi+madhya)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
  Negative prefix
• ādi – beginning, origin
  noun (masculine)
• madhya – middle, center
  noun (neuter)

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

खम् (kham) - space (vyoma) (space, ether, sky, void)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - space, ether, sky, void, zero

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

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

(indeclinable)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

ईश्वराख्यम् (īśvarākhyam) - called God, named God

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of īśvarākhya

īśvarākhya - called God, named God, having the name of God

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (īśvara+ākhya)

• īśvara – God, lord, master
  noun (masculine)
• ākhya – named, called, denominated
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from the root `khyā` with prefix `ā-` meaning 'to be called/named'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khyā (class 2)

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