योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-149, verse-34

एवमेव प्रवर्तन्ते जगत्यावलयन्ति च ।
चक्रकाणीव नभसि चिरसंप्रेक्षणादृशा ॥ ३४ ॥

evameva pravartante jagatyāvalayanti ca ,
cakrakāṇīva nabhasi cirasaṃprekṣaṇādṛśā 34

34. evam eva pravartante jagatyā āvalayanti ca
cakrakāṇi iva nabhasi cirasaṃprekṣaṇādṛśā

34. jagatyā pravartante āvalayanti ca cakrakāṇi
iva nabhasi cirasaṃprekṣaṇādṛśā evam eva

34. Just as circular patterns seem to arise and revolve in the sky when one gazes intently for a long time, similarly do things manifest and undergo cycles in the world.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - just so, in the same way (thus, in this manner, just so)

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

• प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they arise, they manifest (they proceed, they act, they occur, they arise)

• जगत्या (jagatyā) - in the world (in the world, in the universe)

• आवलयन्ति (āvalayanti) - they revolve, they undergo cycles (they whirl, they revolve, they encompass)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• चक्रकाणि (cakrakāṇi) - circular patterns, illusory wheels (wheels, circles, circular patterns, illusory wheels)

• इव (iva) - like, as (like, as, as if)

• नभसि (nabhasi) - in the sky (in the sky, in the atmosphere)

• चिरसंप्रेक्षणादृशा (cirasaṁprekṣaṇādṛśā) - by an eye that gazes intently for a long time (by an eye/gaze of prolonged observation)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - just so, in the same way (thus, in this manner, just so)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they arise, they manifest (they proceed, they act, they occur, they arise)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of pravṛt

present tense

present indicative, middle voice, 3rd person plural

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

जगत्या (jagatyā) - in the world (in the world, in the universe)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of jagatī

jagatī - the earth, the world, the universe

आवलयन्ति (āvalayanti) - they revolve, they undergo cycles (they whirl, they revolve, they encompass)

(verb)

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

present tense

present indicative, active voice, 3rd person plural

Prefix: ā

Root: val (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

चक्रकाणि (cakrakāṇi) - circular patterns, illusory wheels (wheels, circles, circular patterns, illusory wheels)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of cakrakāṇa

cakrakāṇa - a small wheel, a circular pattern, an illusory circle

diminutive of cakra

इव (iva) - like, as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

नभसि (nabhasi) - in the sky (in the sky, in the atmosphere)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, ether

चिरसंप्रेक्षणादृशा (cirasaṁprekṣaṇādṛśā) - by an eye that gazes intently for a long time (by an eye/gaze of prolonged observation)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of cirasaṃprekṣaṇādṛś

cirasaṁprekṣaṇādṛś - an eye or sight characterized by prolonged observation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cira+saṃprekṣaṇa+dṛś)

• cira – long, lasting a long time
  adjective
• saṃprekṣaṇa – deep observation, intense gazing, seeing well
  noun (neuter)
  gerundive noun
  From sam + pra + īkṣ (to see)
  Prefixes: sam+pra
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)
• dṛś – eye, sight, vision
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

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