योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-166, verse-12

अस्ति योजनकोटीनां सहस्राणि प्रमाणतः ।
आनीलकुड्यकठिना विमला विपुला शिला ॥ १२ ॥

asti yojanakoṭīnāṃ sahasrāṇi pramāṇataḥ ,
ānīlakuḍyakaṭhinā vimalā vipulā śilā 12

12. asti yojana-koṭīnām sahasrāṇi pramāṇataḥ
ā-nīla-kuḍya-kaṭhinā vimalā vipulā śilā

12. vimalā vipulā śilā ā-nīla-kuḍya-kaṭhinā
pramāṇataḥ yojana-koṭīnām sahasrāṇi asti

12. There exists a pure, vast, immense rock, solid as a blue wall, whose measure is thousands of crores of yojanas.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्ति (asti) - There exists, indicating the presence of something. (is, exists)

• योजन-कोटीनाम् (yojana-koṭīnām) - of crores of yojanas

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• प्रमाणतः (pramāṇataḥ) - in measure, in extent, according to calculation

• आ-नील-कुड्य-कठिना (ā-nīla-kuḍya-kaṭhinā) - Describes the extreme hardness and solidity of the immense rock. (hard as a blue wall, solid like a blue wall)

• विमला (vimalā) - spotless, pure, clean

• विपुला (vipulā) - vast, extensive, immense

• शिला (śilā) - rock, stone, slab

Words meanings and morphology

अस्ति (asti) - There exists, indicating the presence of something. (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Indicative

3rd person singular present indicative form.

Root: as (class 2)

योजन-कोटीनाम् (yojana-koṭīnām) - of crores of yojanas

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of yojana-koṭi

yojana-koṭi - a crore (ten million) of yojanas (a traditional unit of distance).

Compound of yojana (unit of distance) and koṭi (crore, ten million).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yojana+koṭi)

• yojana – a measure of distance (approx. 8-15 km), yoking, union
  noun (neuter)
  From root yuj (to join).
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• koṭi – crore (ten million), end, point, highest degree
  noun (feminine)

Note: Dependent on `sahasrāṇi` ('thousands of').

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand; a thousand.

Note: Used here as a noun in the plural ('thousands').

प्रमाणतः (pramāṇataḥ) - in measure, in extent, according to calculation

(indeclinable)

From pramāṇa (measure, proof) + tas (suffix meaning 'from', 'by means of').

आ-नील-कुड्य-कठिना (ā-nīla-kuḍya-kaṭhinā) - Describes the extreme hardness and solidity of the immense rock. (hard as a blue wall, solid like a blue wall)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ā-nīla-kuḍya-kaṭhina

ā-nīla-kuḍya-kaṭhina - hard as a blue wall, solid like a blue wall.

Compound of ā (like, up to) + nīla (blue) + kuḍya (wall) + kaṭhina (hard).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ā+nīla-kuḍya+kaṭhina)

• ā – up to, until, near, like, a particle meaning 'quite'
  indeclinable
  Prefix/indeclinable often used for comparison or extent.
• nīla-kuḍya – blue wall
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of nīla (blue) and kuḍya (wall).
• kaṭhina – hard, stiff, difficult, harsh
  adjective (feminine)

Note: Agrees with `śilā`.

विमला (vimalā) - spotless, pure, clean

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vimala

vimala - spotless, pure, clean, clear, stainless.

From vi (without) + mala (dirt, impurity).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+mala)

• vi – without, apart, away
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating negation or separation.
• mala – dirt, impurity, stain, defect
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with `śilā`.

विपुला (vipulā) - vast, extensive, immense

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vipula

vipula - wide, broad, large, extensive, abundant, vast, immense.

From vi-pul (to expand, swell).

Prefix: vi

Root: pul (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `śilā`.

शिला (śilā) - rock, stone, slab

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śilā

śilā - rock, stone, slab, a large flat stone.

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