योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-187, verse-17
चिदुर्वी सलिलं तेजः स्पन्दः शून्यत्वमेव च ।
प्रत्येकमाकरस्त्वेषां तानि स्वप्न इवाम्बरम् ॥ १७ ॥
प्रत्येकमाकरस्त्वेषां तानि स्वप्न इवाम्बरम् ॥ १७ ॥
cidurvī salilaṃ tejaḥ spandaḥ śūnyatvameva ca ,
pratyekamākarastveṣāṃ tāni svapna ivāmbaram 17
pratyekamākarastveṣāṃ tāni svapna ivāmbaram 17
17.
cit urvī salilam tejaḥ spandaḥ śūnyatvam eva ca
pratyekam ākaraḥ tu eṣām tāni svapne iva ambaram
pratyekam ākaraḥ tu eṣām tāni svapne iva ambaram
17.
cit,
urvī,
salilam,
tejaḥ,
spandaḥ,
śūnyatvam eva ca.
pratyekam tu eṣām ākaraḥ.
tāni svapne iva ambaram.
urvī,
salilam,
tejaḥ,
spandaḥ,
śūnyatvam eva ca.
pratyekam tu eṣām ākaraḥ.
tāni svapne iva ambaram.
17.
Consciousness, earth, water, fire, vibration, and indeed emptiness – each of these is a source for various phenomena, yet they are all like the sky seen in a dream.
Words meanings summery:
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- चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure thought
- उर्वी (urvī) - earth, land
- सलिलम् (salilam) - water
- तेजः (tejaḥ) - fire, light, energy, splendor
- स्पन्दः (spandaḥ) - vibration, pulsation, movement
- शून्यत्वम् (śūnyatvam) - emptiness, voidness, nothingness
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly
- च (ca) - and, also
- प्रत्येकम् (pratyekam) - each one, individually
- आकरः (ākaraḥ) - source, mine, origin, repository
- तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand
- एषाम् (eṣām) - of these (masculine/neuter plural)
- तानि (tāni) - they (neuter plural nominative)
- स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream
- इव (iva) - as if, like
- अम्बरम् (ambaram) - sky, space, atmosphere
Words meanings and morphology
चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure thought
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of cit
cit - consciousness, thought, understanding, spirit
Root: cit (class 1)
उर्वी (urvī) - earth, land
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of urvī
urvī - earth, land, world, wide
सलिलम् (salilam) - water
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of salila
salila - water
तेजः (tejaḥ) - fire, light, energy, splendor
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tejas
tejas - fire, light, energy, splendor, might, brilliance
स्पन्दः (spandaḥ) - vibration, pulsation, movement
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of spanda
spanda - vibration, pulsation, throbbing, movement
Root: spand (class 1)
शून्यत्वम् (śūnyatvam) - emptiness, voidness, nothingness
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnyatva
śūnyatva - emptiness, voidness, nothingness
Derived from śūnya with the abstract noun suffix -tva.
Compound type : tatpurusha (śūnya+tva)
- śūnya – empty, void, hollow
adjective - tva – -ness, -hood (suffix for abstract nouns)
suffix
एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly
(indeclinable)
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
प्रत्येकम् (pratyekam) - each one, individually
(indeclinable)
Compound type : avyayībhāva (prati+eka)
- prati – towards, against, each, every
prefix/preposition - eka – one, a single
numeral/pronoun
Note: Adverbial usage here.
आकरः (ākaraḥ) - source, mine, origin, repository
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ākara
ākara - mine, source, origin, collection, treasury
Prefix: ā
Root: kṛ (class 8)
तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand
(indeclinable)
एषाम् (eṣām) - of these (masculine/neuter plural)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of etad
etad - this, these
Note: Refers to various phenomena derived from these elements.
तानि (tāni) - they (neuter plural nominative)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of tad
tad - that, those
Note: Refers to the previously listed elements (consciousness, earth, water, etc.).
स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of svapna
svapna - dream, sleep
Root: svap (class 2)
इव (iva) - as if, like
(indeclinable)
अम्बरम् (ambaram) - sky, space, atmosphere
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ambara
ambara - sky, atmosphere, space, garment
Note: Predicate nominative to 'tāni', connected by 'iva'.