योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-140, verse-57

अन्य एवाचलास्तत्र वसुधान्या च संस्थिता ।
अन्य एव ककुब्भेदस्तथान्या भुवनस्थितिः ॥ ५७ ॥

anya evācalāstatra vasudhānyā ca saṃsthitā ,
anya eva kakubbhedastathānyā bhuvanasthitiḥ 57

57. anya eva acalāḥ tatra vasudhā anyā ca saṃsthitā
anya eva kakubbhedaḥ tathā anyā bhuvanasthitiḥ

57. tatra anya eva acalāḥ,
anyā ca vasudhā saṃsthitā; tathā anya eva kakubbhedaḥ,
anyā (eva) bhuvanasthitiḥ.

57. Indeed, other mountains and a different earth were situated there. Similarly, the divisions of the cardinal points were different, and so was the entire arrangement of the world.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्य (anya) - other (other, different, another)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• अचलाः (acalāḥ) - mountains (mountains, immovable ones)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, then, in that place)

• वसुधा (vasudhā) - earth (earth, ground)

• अन्या (anyā) - different (other, different (feminine))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• संस्थिता (saṁsthitā) - were situated (situated, established, placed)

• अन्य (anya) - different (other, different, another)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• ककुब्भेदः (kakubbhedaḥ) - divisions of the cardinal points (divisions of quarters, cardinal points)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, and so (similarly, thus, so, and)

• अन्या (anyā) - different (other, different (feminine))

• भुवनस्थितिः (bhuvanasthitiḥ) - entire arrangement of the world (state of the world, arrangement of the world, situation of beings)

Words meanings and morphology

अन्य (anya) - other (other, different, another)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another, distinct

Note: Qualifies 'acalāḥ'.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

अचलाः (acalāḥ) - mountains (mountains, immovable ones)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of acala

acala - immovable, stable, mountain, firm

Compound of 'a' (not) and 'cala' (moving), referring to mountains.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cala)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• cala – moving, shaking, unsteady
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'cal' (to move).
  Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence (with implied 'were').

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, then, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tat' (that) + 'tra' (suffix for location).

वसुधा (vasudhā) - earth (earth, ground)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - earth, ground, producer of wealth

From 'vasu' (wealth) + 'dhā' (to hold, to bear).

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Subject of the sentence (with implied 'were').

अन्या (anyā) - different (other, different (feminine))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another, distinct

Note: Qualifies 'vasudhā'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

संस्थिता (saṁsthitā) - were situated (situated, established, placed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsthita

saṁsthita - situated, established, placed, existing, standing together

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand) with upasarga 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

अन्य (anya) - different (other, different, another)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another, distinct

Note: Qualifies 'kakubbhedaḥ'.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

ककुब्भेदः (kakubbhedaḥ) - divisions of the cardinal points (divisions of quarters, cardinal points)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kakubbheda

kakubbheda - division of quarters, direction, cardinal point

Compound of 'kakubh' (quarter, direction) and 'bheda' (division).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kakubh+bheda)

• kakubh – quarter, direction, point of the compass
  noun (feminine)
• bheda – splitting, division, distinction, difference
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhid' (to break, to split).
  Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Subject of the clause (with implied 'were').

तथा (tathā) - similarly, and so (similarly, thus, so, and)

(indeclinable)

अन्या (anyā) - different (other, different (feminine))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another, distinct

Note: Qualifies 'bhuvanasthitiḥ'.

भुवनस्थितिः (bhuvanasthitiḥ) - entire arrangement of the world (state of the world, arrangement of the world, situation of beings)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhuvanasthiti

bhuvanasthiti - state of the world, arrangement of the world, existence of beings

Compound of 'bhuvana' (world) and 'sthiti' (state, existence, stability).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bhuvana+sthiti)

• bhuvana – world, universe, being, creature
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, to exist).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• sthiti – standing, state, condition, stability, existence, situation
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'sthā' (to stand).
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject of the clause (with implied 'was').

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