योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-18, verse-17

सौरभाणि समुह्यन्ते वाताङ्गस्थानि राघव ।
जगन्ति प्राणसंस्थानि व्योमात्मकमयानि तु ॥ १७ ॥

saurabhāṇi samuhyante vātāṅgasthāni rāghava ,
jaganti prāṇasaṃsthāni vyomātmakamayāni tu 17

17. saurabhāṇi samuhyante vātāṅgasthāni rāghava
jaganti prāṇasaṃsthāni vyomātmakamayāni tu

17. rāghava vātāṅgasthāni saurabhāṇi samuhyante
tu prāṇasaṃsthāni vyomātmakamayāni jaganti

17. O Rāghava, just as fragrances, dwelling within the very body of the wind, are carried along, so too are all the worlds, which subsist in the life-force (prāṇa) and are composed of the essence of space (vyoman).

17. הו רָאגְהָוָה, כשם שניחוחות נישאים כשהם מוכלים בגוף הרוח, כך העולמות, שמהותם היא המרחב הפתוח, מוכלים ברוחות החיים ונישאים עימן.

Words meanings summery:

• सौरभाणि (saurabhāṇi) - fragrances, sweet scents

• समुह्यन्ते (samuhyante) - are carried, are borne along, are conveyed

• वाताङ्गस्थानि (vātāṅgasthāni) - residing in the body of wind, borne by wind

• राघव (rāghava) - O descendant of Raghu, O Rāma

• जगन्ति (jaganti) - worlds, universes, moving things

• प्राणसंस्थानि (prāṇasaṁsthāni) - residing in the life-force (prāṇa), subsisting in prāṇa

• व्योमात्मकमयानि (vyomātmakamayāni) - consisting of the nature of space (vyoman), whose essence is space

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed, yet

Words meanings and morphology

सौरभाणि (saurabhāṇi) - fragrances, sweet scents

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of saurabha

saurabha - fragrance, scent, perfume; pleasant, sweet-smelling

From surabhi 'fragrant'

समुह्यन्ते (samuhyante) - are carried, are borne along, are conveyed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of √vah

Passive form of root vah with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: vah (class 1)

वाताङ्गस्थानि (vātāṅgasthāni) - residing in the body of wind, borne by wind

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vātāṅgastha

vātāṅgastha - dwelling in the body of wind

Compound adjective

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāta+aṅga+stha)

• vāta – wind, air, breath
  noun (masculine)
• aṅga – limb, body, part, component
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, abiding, existing, being in
  adjective (masculine)
  From root √sthā 'to stand'
  Root: sthā

राघव (rāghava) - O descendant of Raghu, O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu; an epithet for Rāma

Derivative from Raghu

जगन्ति (jaganti) - worlds, universes, moving things

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jagat

jagat - moving, living; the world, universe, people

Present Active Participle

From root √gam 'to go' with reduplication

Root: gam (class 1)

प्राणसंस्थानि (prāṇasaṁsthāni) - residing in the life-force (prāṇa), subsisting in prāṇa

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of prāṇasaṃstha

prāṇasaṁstha - standing in or residing in prāṇa

Compound adjective

Compound type : tatpurusha (prāṇa+saṃstha)

• prāṇa – life-force, vital breath, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• saṃstha – standing together, existing, abiding, resting in
  adjective (masculine)
  From sam- + √sthā 'to stand'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sthā

व्योमात्मकमयानि (vyomātmakamayāni) - consisting of the nature of space (vyoman), whose essence is space

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vyomātmakamaya

vyomātmakamaya - made of the self/essence of space

Compound adjective

Compound type : tatpurusha (vyoman+ātmakam+maya)

• vyoman – sky, space, ether, atmosphere
  noun (neuter)
• ātmakam – pertaining to the self (ātman), essential nature
  adjective (neuter)
  From ātman 'self' + suffix -ka
• maya – consisting of, made of, full of
  suffix/adjective (masculine)
  Suffix mayaṭ

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

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