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.

23. וכאשר התבוננתי, ראיתי כי אותו הר העשוי בשר היה כה עצום, שאפילו איבר אחד מגופו לא יכול היה להכיל את עצמו על פני הארץ עם שבעת יבשותיה.

Words meanings summery:

• 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))

• न (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)

न (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.

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