योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-129, verse-39

अनिष्ठितान्ससंहारान्नानाकारांस्तु तान्बहून् ।
मिथः प्रोतान्मिथोदृश्यान्स्वरूपानिव पार्थिवान् ॥ ३९ ॥

aniṣṭhitānsasaṃhārānnānākārāṃstu tānbahūn ,
mithaḥ protānmithodṛśyānsvarūpāniva pārthivān 39

39. aniṣṭhitān saṃsahārān nānākārān tu tān bahūn
mithaḥ protān mithaḥ dṛśyān svarūpān iva pārthivān

39. tān bahūn nānākārān aniṣṭhitān saṃsahārān mithaḥ
protān mithaḥ dṛśyān svarūpān iva pārthivān tu

39. Those many, incomplete manifestations (saṃsahāra) of various forms, mutually interwoven and mutually visible, appear just like earthly beings in their own forms.

Words meanings summery:

• अनिष्ठितान् (aniṣṭhitān) - unfinished, incomplete, not established, not fully attained

• संसहारान् (saṁsahārān) - manifestations (manifestations, collections, aggregations, destructions, dissolutions)

• नानाकारान् (nānākārān) - of various forms, multiform

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

• तान् (tān) - those

• बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous

• मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, reciprocally, secretly

• प्रोतान् (protān) - interwoven, strung together, woven

• मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, reciprocally, secretly

• दृश्यान् (dṛśyān) - visible, to be seen, perceivable

• स्वरूपान् (svarūpān) - of their own form, having their own nature

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पार्थिवान् (pārthivān) - earthly beings, pertaining to earth, kings, rulers

Words meanings and morphology

अनिष्ठितान् (aniṣṭhitān) - unfinished, incomplete, not established, not fully attained

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of aniṣṭhita

aniṣṭhita - unfinished, incomplete, not established

Past Passive Participle

Formed from 'a' (negation) + 'ni' (prefix) + 'ṣṭhita' (from √sthā 'to stand', p.p.p.).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+niṣṭhita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• niṣṭhita – finished, established, standing in
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From ni + √sthā.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: sthā (class 1)

संसहारान् (saṁsahārān) - manifestations (manifestations, collections, aggregations, destructions, dissolutions)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of saṃsahāra

saṁsahāra - collection, aggregation, summary, destruction, dissolution, withdrawal

From 'sam' + 'sam' + '√hṛ' (to take, to bring).

Prefixes: sam+sam

Root: hṛ (class 1)

नानाकारान् (nānākārān) - of various forms, multiform

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nānākāra

nānākāra - having various forms or shapes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nānā+ākāra)

• nānā – various, manifold, diverse
  indeclinable
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)

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

(indeclinable)

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, reciprocally, secretly

(indeclinable)

प्रोतान् (protān) - interwoven, strung together, woven

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prota

prota - interwoven, strung together, woven, pierced

Past Passive Participle

From 'pra' (prefix) + '√ve' or '√vyā' (to weave, to pierce).

Prefix: pra

Root: ve (class 2)

मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, reciprocally, secretly

(indeclinable)

Note: The sandhi 'mitho' is undone to 'mithaḥ'.

दृश्यान् (dṛśyān) - visible, to be seen, perceivable

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, perceivable

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

From '√dṛś' (to see) + suffix '-ya'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

स्वरूपान् (svarūpān) - of their own form, having their own nature

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of svarūpa

svarūpa - one's own form, true nature, intrinsic nature

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+rūpa)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)

Note: Often used as an adjective 'having one's own form'. Here it functions adjectivally to describe 'pārthivān' or the 'saṃsahārān'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पार्थिवान् (pārthivān) - earthly beings, pertaining to earth, kings, rulers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, terrestrial, pertaining to the earth; an inhabitant of the earth, a king

Derived from 'pṛthivī' (earth).

Note: Refers to living beings on earth.

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