योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-144, verse-3

यद्यथा पुरसंस्थानं चिरैरेति तदन्यताम् ।
जगदप्येवमनिशं वार्यावर्तविवर्तवत् ॥ ३ ॥

yadyathā purasaṃsthānaṃ ciraireti tadanyatām ,
jagadapyevamaniśaṃ vāryāvartavivartavat 3

3. yat yathā purasaṃsthānam ciraiḥ eti tat anyatām
jagat api evam aniśam vāryāvartavivartavat

3. yat purasaṃsthānam ciraiḥ yathā anyatām eti
jagat api evam aniśam vāryāvartavivartavat

3. Just as the structure of a city, over long periods of time, attains a different state, so also the world incessantly transforms, like the continuous swirling of whirlpools.

3. כשם שמבנה של עיר משתנה עם הזמן ולובש צורה אחרת, כך גם העולם נעדר מנוחה ומשתנה ללא הרף, כמו מערבולת מים.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - whatever (which, whatever, that which)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in what manner)

• पुरसंस्थानम् (purasaṁsthānam) - the structure of a city (city structure, urban arrangement)

• चिरैः (ciraiḥ) - over long periods of time (by long periods, by ages)

• एति (eti) - attains, undergoes (goes, comes, attains, reaches)

• तत् (tat) - it (the city structure) (that, it)

• अन्यताम् (anyatām) - a different state, transformation (to otherness, to a different state)

• जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving)

• अपि (api) - also (also, too, even)

• एवम् (evam) - so (too) (thus, in this manner, so)

• अनिशम् (aniśam) - incessantly (incessantly, continuously, day and night)

• वार्यावर्तविवर्तवत् (vāryāvartavivartavat) - like the continuous swirling of whirlpools (like the turning of water-whirlpools, having the nature of a water-whirlpool's turning)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, whatever, that which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever, that which

Note: Subject of the 'yathā' clause.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction for comparison.

पुरसंस्थानम् (purasaṁsthānam) - the structure of a city (city structure, urban arrangement)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of purasaṃsthāna

purasaṁsthāna - city structure, urban arrangement, form of a city

Tatpuruṣa compound: purasya saṃsthānam

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pura+saṃsthāna)

• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)
• saṃsthāna – form, shape, structure, configuration, arrangement
  noun (neuter)
  from root 'sthā' with prefix 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject.

चिरैः (ciraiḥ) - over long periods of time (by long periods, by ages)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of cira

cira - long time, ancient, old

Note: Indicates duration or means.

एति (eti) - attains, undergoes (goes, comes, attains, reaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

present indicative, 3rd person singular

root 'i' (class 2), present indicative, parasmaipada

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Verb for the transformation.

तत् (tat) - it (the city structure) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

Note: Refers back to 'purasaṃsthānam'.

अन्यताम् (anyatām) - a different state, transformation (to otherness, to a different state)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anyatā

anyatā - otherness, difference, alteration, a different state

from 'anya' (other) + suffix '-tā'

Note: Object of 'eti' in the sense of 'attains'.

जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

present active participle (from gam), used as noun

from root 'gam' (to go), neuter singular nominative.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of the main clause.

अपि (api) - also (also, too, even)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic or connective particle.

एवम् (evam) - so (too) (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of manner, referring to the comparison.

अनिशम् (aniśam) - incessantly (incessantly, continuously, day and night)

(indeclinable)

adverbial form of 'aniśa' (without night)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (a+niśā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)

Note: Adverb of time.

वार्यावर्तविवर्तवत् (vāryāvartavivartavat) - like the continuous swirling of whirlpools (like the turning of water-whirlpools, having the nature of a water-whirlpool's turning)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāryāvartavivartavat

vāryāvartavivartavat - like the turning/transformation of water-whirlpools, having the likeness of a water-whirlpool's revolution

adjective formed by adding the suffix '-vat' to the compound 'vāryāvartavivarta'

Compound type : pratyayānta (adjective) (vāryāvartavivarta+vat)

• vāryāvartavivarta – the turning of water-whirlpools
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpuruṣa compound meaning 'turning of water-whirlpools'
• vat – like, similar to
  indeclinable
  suffix indicating comparison

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