योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-136, verse-10

असुरो नाम तत्रासीत्प्राणी मानी बभूव ह ।
असत्यप्रतिभासात्म पितृमातृपितामहः ॥ १० ॥

asuro nāma tatrāsītprāṇī mānī babhūva ha ,
asatyapratibhāsātma pitṛmātṛpitāmahaḥ 10

10. asuraḥ nāma tatra āsīt prāṇī mānī babhūva
ha asatyapratibhāsātma pitṛmātṛpitāmahaḥ

10. tatra asuraḥ nāma prāṇī āsīt saḥ mānī babhūva
ha asatyapratibhāsātma pitṛmātṛpitāmahaḥ

10. There, a living being (prāṇī) named Asura existed. He was indeed a proud (mānī) one, whose very nature (ātman) was the appearance of unreality. He became the progenitor of fathers, mothers, and grandfathers (pitṛmātṛpitāmaha).

10. שם נוצרה ישות חיה שנקראה אַסוּרָה (שד), גאה ויהירה, שכל קיומה התבסס על אשליה, והיו לה אב, אם וסב.

Words meanings summery:

• असुरः (asuraḥ) - a powerful, non-divine being, often associated with ego or illusion in philosophical texts (demon, titan, a powerful being)

• नाम (nāma) - named, by the name of (name, by name, indeed)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (in that created world) (there, in that place)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - he existed, he came into being (he/she/it was)

• प्राणी (prāṇī) - an animate entity, a living creature (a living being, creature, animate)

• मानी (mānī) - proud, egoistic, possessing a mind (proud, arrogant, having self-esteem, having intellect)

• बभूव (babhūva) - he came to be, he manifested (he became, he was)

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (indeed, surely)

• असत्यप्रतिभासात्म (asatyapratibhāsātma) - whose essential being (ātman) is characterized by the manifestation of unreality (whose nature is unreal appearance, whose self is illusory manifestation)

• पितृमातृपितामहः (pitṛmātṛpitāmahaḥ) - the original progenitor, the ancestor of fathers, mothers, and grandfathers (father, mother, and grandfather (collectively), or progenitor of these)

Words meanings and morphology

असुरः (asuraḥ) - a powerful, non-divine being, often associated with ego or illusion in philosophical texts (demon, titan, a powerful being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asura

asura - demon, titan, powerful being, spiritual being (sometimes older meaning)

Possibly from a (not) + sura (god) or asu (breath, life) + ra (giving).

Note: Subject of āsīt

नाम (nāma) - named, by the name of (name, by name, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Can also be a noun (name). Here used adverbially.

तत्र (tatra) - there (in that created world) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad (that) + trā suffix (place)

आसीत् (āsīt) - he existed, he came into being (he/she/it was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect active, 3rd person singular

Root as (class 2)

Root: as (class 2)

प्राणी (prāṇī) - an animate entity, a living creature (a living being, creature, animate)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāṇin

prāṇin - living being, animate creature, having breath (prāṇa)

From prāṇa (life breath) + in (possessing)

Note: Qualifies asuraḥ

मानी (mānī) - proud, egoistic, possessing a mind (proud, arrogant, having self-esteem, having intellect)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānin

mānin - proud, conceited, having a mind, self-esteeming

From root man (to think, to pride oneself) + in suffix.

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Qualifies asuraḥ

बभूव (babhūva) - he came to be, he manifested (he became, he was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhū

Perfect active, 3rd person singular

Root bhū (class 1)

Root: bhū (class 1)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (indeed, surely)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

असत्यप्रतिभासात्म (asatyapratibhāsātma) - whose essential being (ātman) is characterized by the manifestation of unreality (whose nature is unreal appearance, whose self is illusory manifestation)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asatyapratibhāsātman

asatyapratibhāsātman - whose self is unreal appearance, whose nature is illusory manifestation

Bahuvrīhi compound: asatya (unreal) + pratibhāsa (appearance) + ātman (self/nature).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (asatya+pratibhāsa+ātman)

• asatya – untrue, unreal, false
  adjective
  From a (not) + satya (true, real)
• pratibhāsa – appearance, manifestation, splendor
  noun (masculine)
  From prati + bhā (to shine, appear)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: bhā (class 2)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, the ultimate reality (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Qualifies asuraḥ

पितृमातृपितामहः (pitṛmātṛpitāmahaḥ) - the original progenitor, the ancestor of fathers, mothers, and grandfathers (father, mother, and grandfather (collectively), or progenitor of these)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛmātṛpitāmaha

pitṛmātṛpitāmaha - the ancestor of fathers, mothers, and grandfathers; primordial ancestor

Dvandva compound listing pitṛ (father), mātṛ (mother), pitāmaha (grandfather).

Compound type : dvandva (pitṛ+mātṛ+pitāmaha)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• pitāmaha – grandfather (father's father), ancestor
  noun (masculine)
  pitā (father) + maha (great/chief) or derivative.

Note: Qualifies asuraḥ

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