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

क्वचिन्मृन्मयदेहानि सर्वभूतानि राघव ।
भान्ति चेतन्ति चोपन्ति पर्वतप्रतिमानि च ॥ ७ ॥

kvacinmṛnmayadehāni sarvabhūtāni rāghava ,
bhānti cetanti copanti parvatapratimāni ca 7

7. kvacit mṛnmaya-dehāni sarva-bhūtāni rāghava
bhānti cetanti ca upanti parvata-pratimāni ca

7. rāghava kvacit sarva-bhūtāni mṛnmaya-dehāni
bhānti cetanti ca upanti ca parvata-pratimāni

7. O Rāghava, sometimes all beings (bhūta) manifest with clay bodies, become conscious, come into existence, and resemble mountains.

7. הוֹ רָאגְהַוָוה, במקומות מסוימים כל היצורים מופיעים כבעלי גופים העשויים חימר, נכונים לתודעה, נעים ודומים להרים אדירים.

Words meanings summery:

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place

• मृन्मय-देहानि (mṛnmaya-dehāni) - bodies made of clay/earth

• सर्व-भूतानि (sarva-bhūtāni) - all beings (all beings, all creatures, all elements)

• राघव (rāghava) - O descendent of Raghu, O Rama

• भान्ति (bhānti) - they shine, they appear, they seem

• चेतन्ति (cetanti) - they become conscious, they perceive, they understand

• च (ca) - and

• उपन्ति (upanti) - they come into being (they approach, they attain, they exist, they come into being)

• पर्वत-प्रतिमानि (parvata-pratimāni) - resembling mountains, mountain-like

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place

(indeclinable)

मृन्मय-देहानि (mṛnmaya-dehāni) - bodies made of clay/earth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mṛnmaya-deha

mṛnmaya-deha - body made of clay/earth

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛnmaya+deha)

• mṛnmaya – made of earth/clay
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from mṛt (earth, clay) + -maya (made of)
• deha – body
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies bhūtāni.

सर्व-भूतानि (sarva-bhūtāni) - all beings (all beings, all creatures, all elements)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarva-bhūta

sarva-bhūta - all beings, all creatures

Compound noun

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every
  pronoun (neuter)
• bhūta – being, creature, element, what has been
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of the verbs.

राघव (rāghava) - O descendent of Raghu, O Rama

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendent of Raghu, Rama

Patronymic from Raghu

भान्ति (bhānti) - they shine, they appear, they seem

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

चेतन्ति (cetanti) - they become conscious, they perceive, they understand

(verb)

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

Root: cit (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects cetanti and upanti.

उपन्ति (upanti) - they come into being (they approach, they attain, they exist, they come into being)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of upa-i

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

Note: The form upanti is often interpreted as upayanti from upa + √i.

पर्वत-प्रतिमानि (parvata-pratimāni) - resembling mountains, mountain-like

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of parvata-pratimā

parvata-pratimā - resembling mountains, mountain-like

Compound adjective

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parvata+pratimā)

• parvata – mountain
  noun (masculine)
• pratimā – likeness, image, resemblance
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies bhūtāni.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects upanti and parvata-pratimāni.

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