योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-186, verse-77
वाय्वङ्गस्पन्दनवज्जलाङ्गद्रवभाववत् ।
यथा ब्रह्मणि ब्रह्मत्वं तथाजस्याङ्गं जगत् ॥ ७७ ॥
यथा ब्रह्मणि ब्रह्मत्वं तथाजस्याङ्गं जगत् ॥ ७७ ॥
vāyvaṅgaspandanavajjalāṅgadravabhāvavat ,
yathā brahmaṇi brahmatvaṃ tathājasyāṅgaṃ jagat 77
yathā brahmaṇi brahmatvaṃ tathājasyāṅgaṃ jagat 77
77.
vāyvaṅgaspandanavat jalāṅgadravabhāvavat yathā
brahmaṇi brahmatvam tathā ajasya aṅgam jagat
brahmaṇi brahmatvam tathā ajasya aṅgam jagat
77.
yathā vāyvaṅgaspandanavat,
yathā jalāṅgadravabhāvavat,
yathā brahmaṇi brahmatvam (asti),
tathā ajasya aṅgam jagat (asti).
yathā jalāṅgadravabhāvavat,
yathā brahmaṇi brahmatvam (asti),
tathā ajasya aṅgam jagat (asti).
77.
Just as the vibration pertains to the constituents of air and the liquid state to the constituents of water, and just as the quality of being the ultimate reality (brahmatva) belongs to Brahman, so too is the world (jagat) a part of the Unborn (aja).
Words meanings summery:
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- वाय्वङ्गस्पन्दनवत् (vāyvaṅgaspandanavat) - like the vibration of the parts of air, similar to the movement of air's components
- जलाङ्गद्रवभाववत् (jalāṅgadravabhāvavat) - like the liquid state of the parts of water, similar to water's components being in a fluid state
- यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that
- ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in Brahman (the ultimate reality)
- ब्रह्मत्वम् (brahmatvam) - the quality of being Brahman, the nature of Brahman
- तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way
- अजस्य (ajasya) - of the Unborn, of the eternal one
- अङ्गम् (aṅgam) - part, limb, constituent
- जगत् (jagat) - the world, universe
Words meanings and morphology
वाय्वङ्गस्पन्दनवत् (vāyvaṅgaspandanavat) - like the vibration of the parts of air, similar to the movement of air's components
(indeclinable)
Compound type : tatpurusha + vat suffix (vāyu+aṅga+spandana+vat)
- vāyu – air, wind
noun (masculine) - aṅga – part, limb, component
noun (neuter) - spandana – vibration, throbbing, movement
noun (neuter)
Root: spand (class 1) - vat – like, as, similar to, possessed of (suffix)
suffix
जलाङ्गद्रवभाववत् (jalāṅgadravabhāvavat) - like the liquid state of the parts of water, similar to water's components being in a fluid state
(indeclinable)
Compound type : tatpurusha + vat suffix (jala+aṅga+drava+bhāva+vat)
- jala – water
noun (neuter) - aṅga – part, limb, component
noun (neuter) - drava – flowing, liquid, fluid, melted
adjective
Root: dru (class 1) - bhāva – being, existence, state, condition, nature
noun (masculine)
Root: bhū (class 1) - vat – like, as, similar to, possessed of (suffix)
suffix
यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that
(indeclinable)
ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in Brahman (the ultimate reality)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of brahman
brahman - the ultimate reality, the Absolute, the Supreme Being, universal spirit
ब्रह्मत्वम् (brahmatvam) - the quality of being Brahman, the nature of Brahman
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of brahmatva
brahmatva - the state or quality of being Brahman (the ultimate reality)
Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+tva)
- brahman – the ultimate reality, the absolute
noun (neuter) - tva – suffix denoting abstract quality or state, -ness, -hood
suffix (neuter)
तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way
(indeclinable)
अजस्य (ajasya) - of the Unborn, of the eternal one
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of aja
aja - unborn, not born, eternal, a name for Brahman, Śiva, Viṣṇu, Kāma
अङ्गम् (aṅgam) - part, limb, constituent
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of aṅga
aṅga - limb, part, body, constituent
जगत् (jagat) - the world, universe
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat
jagat - moving, living, the world, universe, all that exists
Present Active Participle
Present participle of the root gam 'to go', used as a noun.
Root: gam (class 1)