योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-144, verse-41

तद्ब्रह्मैव निराकारं चिद्रूपत्वात्स्फुरद्वपुः ।
साकारमिव भातात्म भूत्वा स्थावरजंगमम् ॥ ४१ ॥

tadbrahmaiva nirākāraṃ cidrūpatvātsphuradvapuḥ ,
sākāramiva bhātātma bhūtvā sthāvarajaṃgamam 41

41. tad brahma eva nirākāram cit-rūpatvāt sphurat vapuḥ
sā-ākāram iva bhāta-ātma bhūtvā sthāvara-jaṅgamam

41. tad brahma eva nirākāram cit-rūpatvāt sphurat vapuḥ
bhūtvā sthāvara-jaṅgamam sā-ākāram iva bhāta-ātma

41. That very supreme reality (brahman), though formless because of its nature as consciousness, manifests as a radiant body. Having become the entire mobile and immobile creation, it appears as if endowed with form, shining forth as the self (ātman).

41. בְּרַהְמָן עצמו הוא ערמומי וחסר צורה, אך מכיוון שטבעו הוא תודעה טהורה, גופו הקורן מופיע כאילו הוא בעל צורה, והוא משתקף ככל הדומם והנע.

Words meanings summery:

• तद् (tad) - that, that one

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the ultimate reality, the absolute

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

• निराकारम् (nirākāram) - formless, without shape, bodiless

• चित्-रूपत्वात् (cit-rūpatvāt) - because of its nature as consciousness, due to being of the form of consciousness

• स्फुरत् (sphurat) - shining, throbbing, vibrating, manifesting

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure, essence

• सा-आकारम् (sā-ākāram) - with form, embodied, having a shape

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• भात-आत्म (bhāta-ātma) - whose self is shining, shining self, appearing as the self

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, having been

• स्थावर-जङ्गमम् (sthāvara-jaṅgamam) - the entire creation, comprising both stationary (plants, mountains) and moving (animals, humans) entities (immobile and mobile (creation), stationary and moving beings)

Words meanings and morphology

तद् (tad) - that, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, such

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the ultimate reality, the absolute

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the ultimate reality, the absolute, sacred word, Veda, prayer

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

(indeclinable)

निराकारम् (nirākāram) - formless, without shape, bodiless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirākāra

nirākāra - formless, bodiless, without specific shape

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nir+ākāra)

• nir – without, out of, free from
  indeclinable
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, figure
  noun (masculine)

चित्-रूपत्वात् (cit-rūpatvāt) - because of its nature as consciousness, due to being of the form of consciousness

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of cit-rūpatva

cit-rūpatva - the state of being of the form of consciousness

Compound type : tatpurusha (cit+rūpa+tva)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence, spirit
  noun (feminine)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, appearance
  noun (neuter)
• tva – state, condition, -ness, -hood
  suffix (neuter)
  Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives or nouns

स्फुरत् (sphurat) - shining, throbbing, vibrating, manifesting

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sphurat

sphurat - shining, throbbing, vibrating, flashing, manifesting

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √sphur (class 6, 'to throb, flash, manifest')

Root: sphur (class 6)

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure, essence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, essence, nature

सा-आकारम् (sā-ākāram) - with form, embodied, having a shape

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sākāra

sākāra - with form, having shape, embodied, concrete

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+ākāra)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, figure
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

भात-आत्म (bhāta-ātma) - whose self is shining, shining self, appearing as the self

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhātātman

bhātātman - whose self shines, having a shining self

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhāta+ātman)

• bhāta – shone, appeared, enlightened
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √bhā (class 2, 'to shine')
  Root: bhā (class 2)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, having been

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root √bhū ('to be, become') with suffix -tvā

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्थावर-जङ्गमम् (sthāvara-jaṅgamam) - the entire creation, comprising both stationary (plants, mountains) and moving (animals, humans) entities (immobile and mobile (creation), stationary and moving beings)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sthāvarajaṅgama

sthāvarajaṅgama - immobile and mobile; the whole creation (of stationary and moving beings)

Compound type : dvandva (sthāvara+jaṅgama)

• sthāvara – stationary, immobile, fixed (e.g., plants, mountains)
  adjective
• jaṅgama – moving, mobile, animate (e.g., animals, humans)
  adjective

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