योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-159, verse-48

स्फुरतीयं जगद्रूपा वातश्रीः स्पन्दनादिव ।
न कश्चनेह म्रियते जायते न च कश्चन ॥ ४८ ॥

sphuratīyaṃ jagadrūpā vātaśrīḥ spandanādiva ,
na kaścaneha mriyate jāyate na ca kaścana 48

48. sphurati iyam jagadrūpā vātaśrīḥ spandanāt iva
na kaścana iha mriyate jāyate na ca kaścana

48. iyam jagadrūpā vātaśrīḥ spandanāt iva sphurati.
iha kaścana na mriyate,
ca kaścana na jāyate.

48. This world-form (jagadrūpā) manifests (sphurati) like the current of wind (vātaśrīḥ) arising from vibration. Here, no one dies, nor is anyone born.

Words meanings summery:

• स्फुरति (sphurati) - manifests, throbs, shines, appears

• इयम् (iyam) - this

• जगद्रूपा (jagadrūpā) - having the form of the world, world-shaped

• वातश्रीः (vātaśrīḥ) - the glory of the wind, the current of wind

• स्पन्दनात् (spandanāt) - from vibration, from throbbing, from movement

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• न (na) - not

• कश्चन (kaścana) - no one (in combination with 'na') (anyone, someone)

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this context

• म्रियते (mriyate) - dies

• जायते (jāyate) - is born

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• कश्चन (kaścana) - no one (in combination with 'na') (anyone, someone)

Words meanings and morphology

स्फुरति (sphurati) - manifests, throbs, shines, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sphur

Root: sphur

इयम् (iyam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

जगद्रूपा (jagadrūpā) - having the form of the world, world-shaped

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jagadrūpa

jagadrūpa - having the form of the world

Compound type : tatpurusha (jagat+rūpa)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)

वातश्रीः (vātaśrīḥ) - the glory of the wind, the current of wind

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vātaśrī

vātaśrī - stream/flow/glory of wind

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāta+śrī)

• vāta – wind
  noun (masculine)
• śrī – glory, splendor, beauty, stream, flow
  noun (feminine)

स्पन्दनात् (spandanāt) - from vibration, from throbbing, from movement

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of spandana

spandana - vibration, throbbing, movement

Derived from spand + ana suffix (action noun).

Root: spand

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

कश्चन (kaścana) - no one (in combination with 'na') (anyone, someone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścana

kaścana - anyone, someone

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this context

(indeclinable)

म्रियते (mriyate) - dies

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of mṛ

Root: mṛ

जायते (jāyate) - is born

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of jan

Root: jan

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

कश्चन (kaścana) - no one (in combination with 'na') (anyone, someone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścana

kaścana - anyone, someone

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