योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-17, verse-12

अहंत्ववटधानान्तःस्थितदेहबृहद्द्रुमः ।
संसारशाखानिवहं यत्र तत्र तनोत्यलम् ॥ १२ ॥

ahaṃtvavaṭadhānāntaḥsthitadehabṛhaddrumaḥ ,
saṃsāraśākhānivahaṃ yatra tatra tanotyalam 12

12. ahantvavaṭadhānāntaḥsthitadehabṛhaddrumaḥ
saṃsāraśākhānivaham yatra tatra tanoti alam

12. ahantvavaṭadhānāntaḥsthitadehabṛhaddrumaḥ
saṃsāraśākhānivaham yatra tatra alam tanoti

12. The great tree of the body, situated within the seed-like core of the ego (ahaṅkāra)-banyan tree, amply spreads the multitude of (saṃsāra) branches everywhere.

Words meanings summery:

• अहन्त्ववटधानान्तःस्थितदेहबृहद्द्रुमः (ahantvavaṭadhānāntaḥsthitadehabṛhaddrumaḥ) - the great tree of the body, situated within the seed-like core of the ego (ahaṅkāra)-banyan tree

• संसारशाखानिवहम् (saṁsāraśākhānivaham) - a multitude of (saṃsāra) branches

• यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तनोति (tanoti) - spreads, extends, performs

• अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, amply, entirely, enough

Words meanings and morphology

अहन्त्ववटधानान्तःस्थितदेहबृहद्द्रुमः (ahantvavaṭadhānāntaḥsthitadehabṛhaddrumaḥ) - the great tree of the body, situated within the seed-like core of the ego (ahaṅkāra)-banyan tree

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahantvavaṭadhānāntaḥsthitadehabṛhaddruma

ahantvavaṭadhānāntaḥsthitadehabṛhaddruma - the great tree of the body, situated within the seed-like core of the ego (ahaṅkāra)-banyan tree

Compound type : tatpurusha (ahaṃtva+vaṭa+dhānā+antas+sthita+deha+bṛhat+druma)

• ahaṃtva – ego-ness, the nature of ego (ahaṅkāra)
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from aham (I) + tva (suffix for abstract noun)
• vaṭa – banyan tree
  noun (masculine)
• dhānā – seed, grain
  noun (feminine)
• antas – within, inside
  indeclinable
• sthita – situated, abiding
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• bṛhat – great, large, vast
  adjective
• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)

संसारशाखानिवहम् (saṁsāraśākhānivaham) - a multitude of (saṃsāra) branches

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃsāraśākhānivaha

saṁsāraśākhānivaha - multitude of (saṃsāra) branches

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃsāra+śākhā+nivaha)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cyclic existence, the world
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• śākhā – branch
  noun (feminine)
• nivaha – multitude, collection, heap
  noun (masculine)

यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

तनोति (tanoti) - spreads, extends, performs

(verb)

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

Root: tan (class 8)

अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, amply, entirely, enough

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage.

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