योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-13, verse-9

बृहद्ब्रह्मतरुप्रौढसत्ताव्रततिकोटिगम् ।
अहंकारमहावृन्तं समालोकसमुज्ज्वलम् ॥ ९ ॥

bṛhadbrahmataruprauḍhasattāvratatikoṭigam ,
ahaṃkāramahāvṛntaṃ samālokasamujjvalam 9

9. bṛhadbrahmataruprauḍhasattāvratatikoṭigam
ahaṃkāramahāvṛntam samālokasamujjvalam

9. bṛhadbrahmataruprauḍhasattāvratatikoṭigam
ahaṃkāramahāvṛntam samālokasamujjvalam

9. It encompasses millions of mature, creeper-like manifestations of existence stemming from the vast tree of Brahman. Its great stalk is the ego (ahaṅkāra), and it shines radiantly with universal perception.

9. הוא נתלה על גבעול אדיר של אַהַנְקָארָה (תחושת האגו), צמח על ענפי הקיום של עץ ה-בְּרַהְמַן הכביר, וזהר באור התפיסה.

Words meanings summery:

• बृहद्ब्रह्मतरुप्रौढसत्ताव्रततिकोटिगम् (bṛhadbrahmataruprauḍhasattāvratatikoṭigam) - extending to millions of fully developed creeper-like existences of the great tree of Brahman

• अहंकारमहावृन्तम् (ahaṁkāramahāvṛntam) - having the ego (ahaṅkāra) as its great stalk

• समालोकसमुज्ज्वलम् (samālokasamujjvalam) - shining brilliantly with universal light/perception

Words meanings and morphology

बृहद्ब्रह्मतरुप्रौढसत्ताव्रततिकोटिगम् (bṛhadbrahmataruprauḍhasattāvratatikoṭigam) - extending to millions of fully developed creeper-like existences of the great tree of Brahman

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bṛhadbrahmataruprauḍhasattāvratatikoṭiga

bṛhadbrahmataruprauḍhasattāvratatikoṭiga - that which extends to millions of mature creepers of existence from the great tree of Brahman (brahman)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bṛhat+brahman+taru+prauḍha+sattā+vratati+koṭi+ga)

• bṛhat – great, vast, large
  adjective
• brahman – the Absolute Reality, the ultimate truth (brahman)
  noun (neuter)
• taru – tree
  noun (masculine)
• prauḍha – mature, fully developed, strong
  adjective
  Derived from pra-√vah (to carry forward)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vah (class 1)
• sattā – existence, being, reality
  noun (feminine)
• vratati – creeper, climbing plant
  noun (feminine)
• koṭi – million, ten million, apex, extreme
  noun (feminine)
• ga – going, reaching, extending to
  adjective
  agent noun/suffix
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

अहंकारमहावृन्तम् (ahaṁkāramahāvṛntam) - having the ego (ahaṅkāra) as its great stalk

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ahaṃkāramahāvṛnta

ahaṁkāramahāvṛnta - that which has ego (ahaṅkāra) as its great stalk

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ahaṅkāra+mahā+vṛnta)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, sense of 'I-ness' (ahaṅkāra)
  noun (masculine)
• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• vṛnta – stalk, stem (of a flower or fruit)
  noun (neuter)

समालोकसमुज्ज्वलम् (samālokasamujjvalam) - shining brilliantly with universal light/perception

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of samālokasamujjvala

samālokasamujjvala - that which shines brightly with universal light

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (samāloka+samujjvala)

• samāloka – universal perception, full view, light
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from sam + ā + √lok (to see)
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: lok (class 10)
• samujjvala – shining brightly, radiant, resplendent
  adjective
  Derived from sam + ut + √jval (to shine)
  Prefixes: sam+ut
  Root: jval (class 1)

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