योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-159, verse-9

क्वचिदाजीवमेकत्र स्थितान्युपलदेहवत् ।
वांग्मात्रव्यवहाराणि भूतान्यालोकितानि खे ॥ ९ ॥

kvacidājīvamekatra sthitānyupaladehavat ,
vāṃgmātravyavahārāṇi bhūtānyālokitāni khe 9

9. kvacit ājīvam ekatra sthitāni upala-deha-vat
vāk-mātra-vyavahārāṇi bhūtāni ālokitāni khe

9. kvacit bhūtāni ājīvam ekatra upala-deha-vat
sthitāni vāk-mātra-vyavahārāṇi ālokitāni khe

9. Sometimes, in the sky (kha), beings (bhūta) were seen who remained in one place for a lifetime, like stone figures, their only activity being speech.

9. במקומות אחרים נראו בשמים יצורים העומדים במקום אחד כל חייהם כמו פסלי אבן, וכל תחרותם ותקשורתם אינה אלא דיבור בלבד.

Words meanings summery:

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

• आजीवम् (ājīvam) - throughout life, for a lifetime

• एकत्र (ekatra) - in one place, together

• स्थितानि (sthitāni) - standing, remaining, situated, abiding

• उपल-देह-वत् (upala-deha-vat) - like a body of stone, resembling a stone body

• वाक्-मात्र-व्यवहाराणि (vāk-mātra-vyavahārāṇi) - whose activity is merely speech, communicating only through speech

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

• आलोकितानि (ālokitāni) - seen, observed, perceived

• खे (khe) - in the sky, in space

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

आजीवम् (ājīvam) - throughout life, for a lifetime

(indeclinable)

Adverbial use of ājīva (life)

Note: Adverb of time.

एकत्र (ekatra) - in one place, together

(indeclinable)

From eka + -tra (suffix for place)

Note: Adverb of place.

स्थितानि (sthitāni) - standing, remaining, situated, abiding

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sthita

sthita - stood, situated, remaining

Past Passive Participle

From √sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies bhūtāni.

उपल-देह-वत् (upala-deha-vat) - like a body of stone, resembling a stone body

(indeclinable)

Compound noun with -vat suffix (like)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (upala+deha)

• upala – stone, gem
  noun (masculine)
• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, similar to
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating similarity

Note: Adverb modifying sthitāni.

वाक्-मात्र-व्यवहाराणि (vāk-mātra-vyavahārāṇi) - whose activity is merely speech, communicating only through speech

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vāk-mātra-vyavahāra

vāk-mātra-vyavahāra - whose activity is merely speech

Compound adjective: vāk (speech) + mātra (only) + vyavahāra (activity)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāk+mātra+vyavahāra)

• vāk – speech, word
  noun (feminine)
• mātra – only, mere, merely
  adjective (neuter)
• vyavahāra – activity, conduct, communication
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: vi+ava
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies bhūtāni.

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, what has been

Past Passive Participle

From √bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implicit verb of seeing/being observed.

आलोकितानि (ālokitāni) - seen, observed, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ālokita

ālokita - seen, observed

Past Passive Participle

From ā-√lok (to see)

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 1)

Note: Qualifies bhūtāni. Implies "they were seen".

खे (khe) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether

Note: Adverb of place.

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