योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-160, verse-16

न किंचिद्रूपिणी पीना नानाभुवनपूरिणी ।
भूताकुला निरालोका सुदीर्घेव तमोमयी ॥ १६ ॥

na kiṃcidrūpiṇī pīnā nānābhuvanapūriṇī ,
bhūtākulā nirālokā sudīrgheva tamomayī 16

16. na kiñcit rūpiṇī pīnā nānābhuvana pūriṇī
bhūtākulā nirālokā sudīrghā iva tamomayī

16. na kiñcit rūpiṇī pīnā nānābhuvana pūriṇī
bhūtākulā nirālokā sudīrghā iva tamomayī

16. It has no specific form, is immense, and fills various realms. Teeming with living beings, it is without light, appearing exceedingly vast and consisting entirely of darkness (tamas).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - any (form) (something, anything, a little)

• रूपिणी (rūpiṇī) - having a specific form (having form, endowed with form)

• पीना (pīnā) - immense, vast (stout, plump, dense, vast)

• नानाभुवन पूरिणी (nānābhuvana pūriṇī) - filling various realms (filling various worlds/realms)

• भूताकुला (bhūtākulā) - teeming with living beings (teeming with beings/elements)

• निरालोका (nirālokā) - without light (without light, dark)

• सुदीर्घा (sudīrghā) - exceedingly vast (very long, very vast)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• तमोमयी (tamomayī) - consisting entirely of darkness (tamas) (consisting of darkness (tamas), dark)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - any (form) (something, anything, a little)

(indeclinable)

रूपिणी (rūpiṇī) - having a specific form (having form, endowed with form)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rūpiṇ

rūpiṇ - having a form, beautiful, personified

Feminine nominative singular of rūpiṇ

पीना (pīnā) - immense, vast (stout, plump, dense, vast)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pīna

pīna - stout, plump, dense, vast, fat

Feminine nominative singular of pīna

नानाभुवन पूरिणी (nānābhuvana pūriṇī) - filling various realms (filling various worlds/realms)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nānābhuvana pūriṇ

nānābhuvana pūriṇ - filling diverse worlds

Feminine nominative singular of the compound adjective nānābhuvana pūriṇ

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nānā+bhuvana+pūriṇ)

• nānā – various, manifold
  indeclinable
• bhuvana – world, realm, existence, being
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• pūriṇ – filling, fulfilling
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root pṛ ('to fill')
  Root: pṛ (class 9)

भूताकुला (bhūtākulā) - teeming with living beings (teeming with beings/elements)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūtākula

bhūtākula - agitated by beings, crowded with elements

Feminine nominative singular of the compound adjective bhūtākula

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+ākula)

• bhūta – being, creature, element
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū ('to be')
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ākula – full of, crowded with, agitated
  adjective (masculine)

निरालोका (nirālokā) - without light (without light, dark)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nirāloka

nirāloka - without light, dark, unperceived

Feminine nominative singular of nirāloka

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+āloka)

• nis – out, without
  indeclinable
• āloka – light, sight, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lok (class 10)

सुदीर्घा (sudīrghā) - exceedingly vast (very long, very vast)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sudīrgha

sudīrgha - very long, very extensive, very deep

Feminine nominative singular of sudīrgha

Compound type : praadi (su+dīrgha)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• dīrgha – long, tall, extended
  adjective (masculine)

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

तमोमयी (tamomayī) - consisting entirely of darkness (tamas) (consisting of darkness (tamas), dark)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tamomaya

tamomaya - consisting of darkness, dark

Feminine nominative singular of the compound adjective tamomaya

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tamas+maya)

• tamas – darkness, gloom, ignorance, quality of inertia
  noun (neuter)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  suffix (masculine)

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