योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-140, verse-46

तदास्यं निर्गमद्वारमथ जानामि नो यदा ।
विस्तीर्णे भुवने यस्मिन्भूम्यब्ध्यद्रिसरिद्वृते ॥ ४६ ॥

tadāsyaṃ nirgamadvāramatha jānāmi no yadā ,
vistīrṇe bhuvane yasminbhūmyabdhyadrisaridvṛte 46

46. tat āsyam nirgamadvāram atha jānāmi no yadā
vistīrṇe bhuvane yasmin bhūmyabdhyadrisarid vṛte

46. yadā aham tat āsyam nirgamadvāram no jānāmi atha
yasmin bhūmyabdhyadrisaridvṛte vistīrṇe bhuvane

46. Then, when I did not know that its mouth was the exit gate, (I was) in that vast world (bhuvana), which was encompassed by lands, oceans, mountains, and rivers.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - refers to the Virāṭ's (cosmic being's) mouth (that, its)

• आस्यम् (āsyam) - mouth, face, opening

• निर्गमद्वारम् (nirgamadvāram) - exit gate, door for going out

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I understand

• नो (no) - not, nor, and not

• यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

• विस्तीर्णे (vistīrṇe) - vast, wide, extended, spread out

• भुवने (bhuvane) - in the world, in the realm, in the existence

• यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which, in whom

• भूम्यब्ध्यद्रिसरिद् (bhūmyabdhyadrisarid) - land, ocean, mountain, and river

• वृते (vṛte) - surrounded, encompassed, covered

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - refers to the Virāṭ's (cosmic being's) mouth (that, its)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Also accusative neuter singular.

आस्यम् (āsyam) - mouth, face, opening

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āsya

āsya - mouth, face, opening

Note: Also accusative neuter singular.

निर्गमद्वारम् (nirgamadvāram) - exit gate, door for going out

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirgamadvāra

nirgamadvāra - exit gate, door for going out

Compound type : tatpurusha (nirgama+dvāra)

• nirgama – going out, exit
  noun (masculine)
  From nir- + gam.
  Prefix: nis
  Root: gam (class 1)
• dvāra – door, gate, entrance
  noun (neuter)

Note: Also accusative neuter singular.

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I understand

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of jñā

Root of class 9.

Root: jñā (class 9)

नो (no) - not, nor, and not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negative particle, equivalent to 'na'.

यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with 'tadā' (implied by 'atha').

विस्तीर्णे (vistīrṇe) - vast, wide, extended, spread out

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vistīrṇa

vistīrṇa - vast, wide, extended, spread out

Past Passive Participle

From root tṝ 'to cross' with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: tṝ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'bhuvane'.

भुवने (bhuvane) - in the world, in the realm, in the existence

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhuvana

bhuvana - world, realm, existence, being

From root bhū 'to be'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which, in whom

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Agrees with 'bhuvane'.

भूम्यब्ध्यद्रिसरिद् (bhūmyabdhyadrisarid) - land, ocean, mountain, and river

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūmyabdhyadrisarit

bhūmyabdhyadrisarit - land, ocean, mountain, and river

Dvandva compound of bhūmi, abdhi, adri, sarit.

Compound type : dvandva (bhūmi+abdhi+adri+sarit)

• bhūmi – earth, land, ground
  noun (feminine)
• abdhi – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• adri – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• sarit – river
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: This is the object or agent of 'vṛte'. Compound form, but functions like a plural list of elements.

वृते (vṛte) - surrounded, encompassed, covered

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vṛta

vṛta - surrounded, encompassed, covered

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛ 'to cover, encompass'.

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'bhuvane'. The agent of surrounding is given by the preceding compound in instrumental sense.

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