योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-12, verse-17

दारुणि क्रकचच्छेदे यथावर्तादिकं तथा ।
अदिगादौ परे सर्गस्तदतद्रूपवानयम् ॥ १७ ॥

dāruṇi krakacacchede yathāvartādikaṃ tathā ,
adigādau pare sargastadatadrūpavānayam 17

17. dāruṇi krakaca-cchede yathā āvartādikam tathā
a-dig-ādau pare sargaḥ tat-a-tat-rūpavān ayam

17. yathā dāruṇi krakaca-cchede āvartādikam tathā
a-dig-ādau pare sargaḥ ayam tat-a-tat-rūpavān

17. Just as patterns like whirls (āvartādi-kam) appear when wood (dāruṇi) is cut by a saw (krakaca-cchede), so too this creation (sarga), which is supreme (pare) and without beginning (adigādau), is endowed with both the real and the unreal (tat-a-tat-rūpavān) forms.

Words meanings summery:

• दारुणि (dāruṇi) - in wood, on timber

• क्रकच-च्छेदे (krakaca-cchede) - in the cutting by a saw, during sawing

• यथा (yathā) - just as, in the manner that

• आवर्तादिकम् (āvartādikam) - patterns like whirls (whirls and so on, beginning with whirls)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• अ-दिग्-आदौ (a-dig-ādau) - in the beginningless, in the un-directional origin

• परे (pare) - in the supreme, in the highest, in the next

• सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation

• तत्-अ-तत्-रूपवान् (tat-a-tat-rūpavān) - possessing forms that are real and unreal

• अयम् (ayam) - this (one), he

Words meanings and morphology

दारुणि (dāruṇi) - in wood, on timber

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dāru

dāru - wood, timber, log

क्रकच-च्छेदे (krakaca-cchede) - in the cutting by a saw, during sawing

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of krakaca-ccheda

krakaca-ccheda - cutting by a saw, act of sawing

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (krakaca+ccheda)

• krakaca – saw
  noun (masculine)
• ccheda – cutting, division, incision, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  From root chid (to cut) with prefix c- (internal sandhi from chid).
  Root: chid (class 7)

यथा (yathā) - just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

आवर्तादिकम् (āvartādikam) - patterns like whirls (whirls and so on, beginning with whirls)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āvarta-ādika

āvarta-ādika - beginning with whirls, whirls and so forth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āvarta+ādika)

• āvarta – whirl, eddy, turn
  noun (masculine)
  From root vṛt (to turn) with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• ādika – beginning with, and so on, etc.
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from ādi (beginning) with suffix -ka.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

अ-दिग्-आदौ (a-dig-ādau) - in the beginningless, in the un-directional origin

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of a-dig-ādi

a-dig-ādi - without beginning, without directions, beginningless

Compound of a (negation) + diś (direction/quarter) + ādi (beginning).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+diś+ādi)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
  Negative prefix.
• diś – direction, quarter (of the sky)
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, origin, first
  noun (masculine)

परे (pare) - in the supreme, in the highest, in the next

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, utmost; other, subsequent, opposite

सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, production; chapter, section; discharge, giving up

From root sṛj (to emit, create) with suffix -a.

Root: sṛj (class 6)

तत्-अ-तत्-रूपवान् (tat-a-tat-rūpavān) - possessing forms that are real and unreal

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tat-a-tat-rūpavat

tat-a-tat-rūpavat - possessing the forms of both 'that' (real) and 'not-that' (unreal)

Bahuvrīhi compound, literally 'having the forms of that and not-that'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tat+a-tat+rūpavat)

• tat – that, real, existing
  pronoun (neuter)
• a-tat – not that, unreal, non-existent
  adjective (neuter)
  Negation of tat with 'a-' prefix.
  Prefix: a
• rūpavat – possessing form, beautiful, handsome
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from rūpa (form) with the possessive suffix -vat.

अयम् (ayam) - this (one), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here