योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-124, verse-4

एकलोहमया एव यथादर्शाः परस्परम् ।
तथैते प्रतिबिम्बन्ति पदार्थाः पारमार्थिकाः ॥ ४ ॥

ekalohamayā eva yathādarśāḥ parasparam ,
tathaite pratibimbanti padārthāḥ pāramārthikāḥ 4

4. ekalohamayāḥ eva yathā ādarśāḥ parasparam
tathā ete pratibimbanti padārthāḥ pāramārthikāḥ

4. yathā ekalohamayāḥ ādarśāḥ eva parasparam pratibimbanti
tathā ete pāramārthikāḥ padārthāḥ pratibimbanti

4. Just as mirrors made solely of a single metal indeed reflect one another, so too do these ultimately real entities reflect each other.

4. כשם שמראות העשויות מאותה מתכת משתקפות זו בזו, כך משתקפות זו בזו הישויות הרוחניות והמהויות העליונות.

Words meanings summery:

• एकलोहमयाः (ekalohamayāḥ) - made of a single metal

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

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• आदर्शाः (ādarśāḥ) - mirrors

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, reciprocally, one another

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

• एते (ete) - these

• प्रतिबिम्बन्ति (pratibimbanti) - reflect

• पदार्थाः (padārthāḥ) - objects, entities, categories (of existence)

• पारमार्थिकाः (pāramārthikāḥ) - ultimately real, absolute, supreme, true

Words meanings and morphology

एकलोहमयाः (ekalohamayāḥ) - made of a single metal

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ekalohamaya

ekalohamaya - made of one kind of metal, consisting of a single metal

Compound of 'eka' (one), 'loha' (metal), and 'maya' (made of)

Compound type : tatpurusha (eka+loha+maya)

• eka – one, single
  numeral
• loha – metal, iron
  noun (neuter)
• maya – made of, consisting of
  suffix

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

आदर्शाः (ādarśāḥ) - mirrors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ādarśa

ādarśa - mirror, reflection, model, ideal

Prefix: ā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, reciprocally, one another

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

प्रतिबिम्बन्ति (pratibimbanti) - reflect

(verb)

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

Prefix: prati

Root: bimb (class 1)

पदार्थाः (padārthāḥ) - objects, entities, categories (of existence)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of padārtha

padārtha - meaning of a word, object, category of existence, thing

Compound of 'pada' (word) and 'artha' (meaning, object)

Compound type : tatpurusha (pada+artha)

• pada – word, foot, step
  noun (neuter)
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, thing
  noun (masculine)

पारमार्थिकाः (pāramārthikāḥ) - ultimately real, absolute, supreme, true

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāramārthika

pāramārthika - ultimately real, pertaining to the highest truth or reality (paramārtha), absolute

Derived from 'paramārtha' with '-ika' suffix

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