योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-130, verse-17
अर्कबिम्ब इवादित्यश्चन्द्रबिम्ब इवोडुपः ।
महाम्भसीव वरुणः संध्याभ्र इव वा शशी ॥ १७ ॥
महाम्भसीव वरुणः संध्याभ्र इव वा शशी ॥ १७ ॥
arkabimba ivādityaścandrabimba ivoḍupaḥ ,
mahāmbhasīva varuṇaḥ saṃdhyābhra iva vā śaśī 17
mahāmbhasīva varuṇaḥ saṃdhyābhra iva vā śaśī 17
17.
arkabimbaḥ iva ādityaḥ candrabimbaḥ iva uḍupaḥ
mahāmbhasi iva varuṇaḥ sandhyābhraḥ iva vā śaśī
mahāmbhasi iva varuṇaḥ sandhyābhraḥ iva vā śaśī
17.
ādityaḥ arkabimbaḥ iva uḍupaḥ candrabimbaḥ iva
varuṇaḥ mahāmbhasi iva vā śaśī sandhyābhraḥ iva
varuṇaḥ mahāmbhasi iva vā śaśī sandhyābhraḥ iva
17.
He (appeared) like the sun-god (Āditya) in the solar disc, or like the moon (uḍupa) in the lunar disc; or like Varuṇa in the great waters, or even like the moon (śaśī) in a twilight cloud.
Words meanings summery:
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- अर्कबिम्बः (arkabimbaḥ) - solar disc, disc of the sun
- इव (iva) - like, as, as if
- आदित्यः (ādityaḥ) - the sun-god, the sun
- चन्द्रबिम्बः (candrabimbaḥ) - lunar disc, disc of the moon
- इव (iva) - like, as, as if
- उडुपः (uḍupaḥ) - the moon (literally, 'lord of stars')
- महाम्भसि (mahāmbhasi) - in the great waters, in the ocean
- इव (iva) - like, as, as if
- वरुणः (varuṇaḥ) - Varuṇa (Vedic deity, god of cosmic order, waters)
- सन्ध्याभ्रः (sandhyābhraḥ) - twilight cloud
- इव (iva) - like, as, as if
- वा (vā) - or, either
- शशी (śaśī) - the moon
Words meanings and morphology
अर्कबिम्बः (arkabimbaḥ) - solar disc, disc of the sun
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of arkabimba
arkabimba - solar disc, orb of the sun
Compound type : tatpurusha (arka+bimba)
- arka – sun, ray, praise
noun (masculine) - bimba – disc, orb, reflected image
noun (neuter)
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
आदित्यः (ādityaḥ) - the sun-god, the sun
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of āditya
āditya - son of Aditi, a deity, the sun, sun-god
चन्द्रबिम्बः (candrabimbaḥ) - lunar disc, disc of the moon
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of candrabimba
candrabimba - lunar disc, orb of the moon
Compound type : tatpurusha (candra+bimba)
- candra – moon, lunar
noun (masculine) - bimba – disc, orb, reflected image
noun (neuter)
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
उडुपः (uḍupaḥ) - the moon (literally, 'lord of stars')
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of uḍupa
uḍupa - the moon (lit. 'lord of stars')
Compound type : tatpurusha (uḍu+pa)
- uḍu – star, constellation
noun (neuter) - pa – protector, guardian, lord, drinking
noun (masculine)
महाम्भसि (mahāmbhasi) - in the great waters, in the ocean
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of mahāmbhas
mahāmbhas - great waters, ocean
Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ambhas)
- mahā – great, large, mighty
adjective - ambhas – water, liquid, ocean
noun (neuter)
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
वरुणः (varuṇaḥ) - Varuṇa (Vedic deity, god of cosmic order, waters)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of varuṇa
varuṇa - Varuṇa (a prominent Vedic deity, god of waters, cosmic order, and justice)
सन्ध्याभ्रः (sandhyābhraḥ) - twilight cloud
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sandhyābhra
sandhyābhra - twilight cloud, cloud of evening
Compound type : tatpurusha (sandhyā+abhra)
- sandhyā – twilight, evening, junction of day and night
noun (feminine) - abhra – cloud, sky, air
noun (neuter)
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
वा (vā) - or, either
(indeclinable)
शशी (śaśī) - the moon
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śaśin
śaśin - the moon (lit. 'hare-marked')