योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-148, verse-32

तथानन्ये परे सर्गाः स्फुरन्त्यस्फुरिता अपि ।
शिलाकोशान्तलेखावज्जाग्रत्स्वापादि तत्र किम् ॥ ३२ ॥

tathānanye pare sargāḥ sphurantyasphuritā api ,
śilākośāntalekhāvajjāgratsvāpādi tatra kim 32

32. tathā ananye pare sargāḥ sphuranti asphuritāḥ
api śilākośāntalekhavat jāgratsvāpādi tatra kim

32. tathā ananye pare sargāḥ asphuritāḥ api
śilākośāntalekhavat sphuranti tatra jāgratsvāpādi kim

32. Similarly, these supreme emanations (sarga), which are non-different [from the ultimate reality], manifest even when they are unmanifested, just like carvings existing within the interior of a rock. In that context, what then is the relevance of states such as waking and sleeping?

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, in that manner, similarly)

• अनन्ये (ananye) - non-different [from the ultimate reality] (non-different, not other, identical)

• परे (pare) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate, transcendent)

• सर्गाः (sargāḥ) - emanations (sarga) (creations, emanations, productions, world)

• स्फुरन्ति (sphuranti) - manifest (they manifest, they flash, they throb, they appear)

• अस्फुरिताः (asphuritāḥ) - unmanifested (unmanifested, unappeared, not flashed forth)

• अपि (api) - even when (even, also, too, despite)

• शिलाकोशान्तलेखवत् (śilākośāntalekhavat) - like carvings existing within the interior of a rock (like a carving within the interior of a rock)

• जाग्रत्स्वापादि (jāgratsvāpādi) - states such as waking and sleeping (waking, sleeping, and so forth; states like waking and sleeping)

• तत्र (tatra) - in that context (there, in that, in that context)

• किम् (kim) - what then is the relevance? (what?, why?, what is the use?)

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, in that manner, similarly)

(indeclinable)

अनन्ये (ananye) - non-different [from the ultimate reality] (non-different, not other, identical)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ananya

ananya - not other, not different, identical, sole

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+anya)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• anya – other, different, another
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifies `sargāḥ`

परे (pare) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate, transcendent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of para

para - other, foreign, supreme, highest, ultimate, transcendent

Note: Qualifies `sargāḥ`

सर्गाः (sargāḥ) - emanations (sarga) (creations, emanations, productions, world)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, production, discharge, chapter

from root sṛj- 'to create'

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Subject of the sentence

स्फुरन्ति (sphuranti) - manifest (they manifest, they flash, they throb, they appear)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sphur

Root: sphur (class 6)

Note: Predicate for `sargāḥ`

अस्फुरिताः (asphuritāḥ) - unmanifested (unmanifested, unappeared, not flashed forth)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asphurita

asphurita - unmanifested, unappeared

Past Passive Participle

Negative prefix 'a' + root 'sphur' + suffix 'ita'

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+sphurita)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• sphurita – manifested, flashed, appeared
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root sphur-
  Root: sphur (class 6)

Note: Qualifies `sargāḥ`

अपि (api) - even when (even, also, too, despite)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with `asphuritāḥ` to mean "even when unmanifested"

शिलाकोशान्तलेखवत् (śilākośāntalekhavat) - like carvings existing within the interior of a rock (like a carving within the interior of a rock)

(indeclinable)

compound ending in -vat (like)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śilā+kośa+anta+lekhā+vat)

• śilā – rock, stone
  noun (feminine)
• kośa – sheath, treasury, interior, bud
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, interior, proximity
  noun (masculine)
• lekhā – line, drawing, carving, writing
  noun (feminine)
  from root likh- 'to write, scratch'
  Root: likh (class 6)
• vat – like, as if
  indeclinable
  suffix indicating similitude

Note: Adverbial usage

जाग्रत्स्वापादि (jāgratsvāpādi) - states such as waking and sleeping (waking, sleeping, and so forth; states like waking and sleeping)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāgratsvāpādi

jāgratsvāpādi - waking, sleeping, etc.

compound with ādi

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (jāgrat+svāpa+ādi)

• jāgrat – waking, awake
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  from root jāgṛ- 'to wake'
  Root: jāgṛ (class 2)
• svāpa – sleep, sleeping
  noun (masculine)
  from root svap- 'to sleep'
  Root: svap (class 2)
• ādi – beginning, and so forth, etc.
  indeclinable

Note: Subject of the interrogative sentence

तत्र (tatra) - in that context (there, in that, in that context)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial

किम् (kim) - what then is the relevance? (what?, why?, what is the use?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, why?, what is it?

Note: Interrogative pronoun

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