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7,133

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-133, verse-23

अथ पश्याम्यहं यावदसौ मांसमयोऽचलः ।
न माति सप्तद्वीपायां भुवि तस्याङ्गमेककम् ॥ २३ ॥
atha paśyāmyahaṃ yāvadasau māṃsamayo'calaḥ ,
na māti saptadvīpāyāṃ bhuvi tasyāṅgamekakam 23
23. atha paśyāmi aham yāvat asau māṃsamayaḥ acalaḥ
na māti sapta-dvīpāyām bhuvi tasya aṅgam ekakam
23. atha aham yāvat paśyāmi,
asau māṃsamayaḥ acalaḥ [asti].
tasya ekakam aṅgam api sapta-dvīpāyām bhuvi na māti.
23. Then, as I watched, that mountain-like mass of flesh appeared. A single limb of it could not fit on the earth with its seven continents.

Words meanings summery:

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  • अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover
  • पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold
  • अहम् (aham) - I
  • यावत् (yāvat) - as long as I (was watching), while I (was watching) (as long as, while, as far as)
  • असौ (asau) - that (masculine, nominative)
  • मांसमयः (māṁsamayaḥ) - made of flesh, fleshy
  • अचलः (acalaḥ) - a mountain-like (object), an immovable (object) (mountain, immovable (thing))
  • (na) - not, no
  • माति (māti) - fits, measures, is contained
  • सप्त-द्वीपायाम् (sapta-dvīpāyām) - on the seven-continent (earth)
  • भुवि (bhuvi) - on the earth, in the world
  • तस्य (tasya) - of him, of it
  • अङ्गम् (aṅgam) - limb, body part, component
  • एककम् (ekakam) - a single (one)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover
(indeclinable)
पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of paś
Present tense, first person singular
Root dṛś- (to see), with substituted stem 'paśya' for present/imperfect forms.
Root: dṛś (class 1)
अहम् (aham) - I
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of aham
asmad - I, me
First person singular pronoun
यावत् (yāvat) - as long as I (was watching), while I (was watching) (as long as, while, as far as)
(indeclinable)
असौ (asau) - that (masculine, nominative)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of adas
adas - that, this
Demonstrative pronoun
मांसमयः (māṁsamayaḥ) - made of flesh, fleshy
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of māṃsamaya
māṁsamaya - made of flesh, fleshy
Derived from māṃsa (flesh) with suffix -maya (made of)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māṃsa+maya)
  • māṃsa – flesh, meat
    noun (neuter)
  • maya – made of, consisting of
    suffix
    forms adjectives indicating material or abundance
अचलः (acalaḥ) - a mountain-like (object), an immovable (object) (mountain, immovable (thing))
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of acala
acala - immovable, mountain
Negation of 'cala' (moving); a mountain is immovable.
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cala)
  • a – not, non-, un-
    prefix
  • cala – moving, shaking, inconstant
    adjective (masculine)
    Derived from root cal- (to move)
    Root: cal (class 1)
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
माति (māti) - fits, measures, is contained
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of mā
Present tense, third person singular
Root mā- (to measure, contain)
Root: mā (class 2)
सप्त-द्वीपायाम् (sapta-dvīpāyām) - on the seven-continent (earth)
(adjective)
Locative, feminine, singular of sapta-dvīpā
sapta-dvīpā - having seven islands/continents (an epithet of the earth)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saptan+dvīpa)
  • saptan – seven
    numeral
  • dvīpa – island, continent
    noun (masculine)
भुवि (bhuvi) - on the earth, in the world
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of bhū
bhū - earth, ground, world, place
तस्य (tasya) - of him, of it
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, it, he
Demonstrative pronoun
अङ्गम् (aṅgam) - limb, body part, component
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of aṅga
aṅga - limb, body, part, member, component
Note: Also accusative singular neuter.
एककम् (ekakam) - a single (one)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ekaka
ekaka - single, one, alone
Derived from eka (one) with suffix -ka
Note: Also accusative singular neuter.