योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-157, verse-16

ब्रह्मणो निर्विकारस्य विकारिण इव प्रभो ।
जातयो जीवतापत्तौ कलिता विविधाभिधाः ॥ १६ ॥

brahmaṇo nirvikārasya vikāriṇa iva prabho ,
jātayo jīvatāpattau kalitā vividhābhidhāḥ 16

16. brahmaṇaḥ nirvikārasya vikāriṇaḥ iva prabhoḥ
jātayaḥ jīvatāpattau kalitāḥ vividhābhidhāḥ

16. jīvatāpattau brahmaṇaḥ nirvikārasya vikāriṇaḥ
prabhoḥ iva vividhābhidhāḥ jātayaḥ kalitāḥ

16. In the attainment of the state of being a living being (jīva), various species (jāti) with diverse designations (abhidhā) are attributed to the immutable (nirvikāra) Brahman, as if to a mutable Lord (prabhu).

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of the supreme reality (brahman) (of Brahman, of the Absolute)

• निर्विकारस्य (nirvikārasya) - of the unchangeable (brahman) (of the unchangeable, of the immutable)

• विकारिणः (vikāriṇaḥ) - of the changeable (Lord) (of the changeable, of the mutable)

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

• प्रभोः (prabhoḥ) - of the Lord (prabhu) (of the lord, of the master, of the powerful one)

• जातयः (jātayaḥ) - various species (jāti) (species, classes, births)

• जीवतापत्तौ (jīvatāpattau) - in the attainment of the state of being a living being (jīva) (in the attainment of the state of being a living being)

• कलिताः (kalitāḥ) - are reckoned, are attributed (reckoned, assumed, imagined, designated)

• विविधाभिधाः (vividhābhidhāḥ) - having diverse designations (abhidhā) (having various names/designations)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of the supreme reality (brahman) (of Brahman, of the Absolute)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality

Root: bṛh (class 1)

निर्विकारस्य (nirvikārasya) - of the unchangeable (brahman) (of the unchangeable, of the immutable)

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of nirvikāra

nirvikāra - unchangeable, immutable, without modification

Compound type : avyayibhava (nis+vikāra)

• nis – without, out, forth
  indeclinable
  prefix
• vikāra – change, modification, alteration
  noun (masculine)
  from kṛ with vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies 'brahmaṇaḥ'.

विकारिणः (vikāriṇaḥ) - of the changeable (Lord) (of the changeable, of the mutable)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vikārin

vikārin - changeable, mutable, subject to change

suffix -in from vikāra

Note: Modifies 'prabhoḥ'.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as it were)

(indeclinable)

प्रभोः (prabhoḥ) - of the Lord (prabhu) (of the lord, of the master, of the powerful one)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, powerful, ruler

from root bhū with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

जातयः (jātayaḥ) - various species (jāti) (species, classes, births)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jāti

jāti - birth, species, class, lineage, type

derived from root jan

Root: jan (class 4)

जीवतापत्तौ (jīvatāpattau) - in the attainment of the state of being a living being (jīva) (in the attainment of the state of being a living being)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of jīvatāpatti

jīvatāpatti - attainment of the state of a living being

Compound type : tatpurusha (jīvatā+āpatti)

• jīvatā – state of being a living being, life
  noun (feminine)
  suffix -tā to jīva
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• āpatti – attainment, acquisition, occurrence
  noun (feminine)
  from pad with ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: pad (class 4)

कलिताः (kalitāḥ) - are reckoned, are attributed (reckoned, assumed, imagined, designated)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kalita

kalita - reckoned, grasped, considered, endowed with

Past Passive Participle

from root kal

Root: kal (class 10)

Note: Acts as the predicate for 'jātayaḥ'.

विविधाभिधाः (vividhābhidhāḥ) - having diverse designations (abhidhā) (having various names/designations)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vividhābhidhā

vividhābhidhā - having various names, of diverse appellations

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vividha+abhidhā)

• vividha – various, diverse, manifold
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
• abhidhā – name, appellation, designation
  noun (feminine)
  from dhā with abhi
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Modifies 'jātayaḥ'.

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