योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-20, verse-5

आसरीसृपमारुद्रमेवमभ्युदितो भ्रमः ।
अणावप्यद्रिविस्तारो बीजकोश इव द्रुमः ॥ ५ ॥

āsarīsṛpamārudramevamabhyudito bhramaḥ ,
aṇāvapyadrivistāro bījakośa iva drumaḥ 5

5. ā sarīsṛpam ā rudram evam abhyuditaḥ bhramaḥ
aṇau api adri-vistāraḥ bīja-kośa iva drumaḥ

5. evam bhramaḥ ā sarīsṛpam ā rudram abhyuditaḥ
aṇau api adri-vistāraḥ drumaḥ bīja-kośa iva

5. Thus, delusion (bhrama) has arisen, extending from the smallest crawling creature up to Rudra. Even within an atom, there is an expansion as vast as a mountain, just as a huge tree is contained within a tiny seed-pod.

Words meanings summery:

• आ (ā) - indicating range or extent (up to, to, till, from, including)

• सरीसृपम् (sarīsṛpam) - referring to the lowest forms of life (a creeping animal, reptile, insect)

• आ (ā) - indicating range or extent (up to, to, till, from, including)

• रुद्रम् (rudram) - referring to the highest deity or powerful being (Rudra (a name of Śiva), a roarer)

• एवम् (evam) - describing the general way illusion manifests (thus, so, in this manner)

• अभ्युदितः (abhyuditaḥ) - illusion has emerged or come into being (risen, arisen, manifested)

• भ्रमः (bhramaḥ) - the cosmic illusion or misunderstanding of reality (wandering, error, delusion, illusion)

• अणौ (aṇau) - even in the smallest conceivable unit of existence (in an atom, in a minute particle)

• अपि (api) - emphasizing the paradox of size (also, even, too)

• अद्रि-विस्तारः (adri-vistāraḥ) - an immense, grand scale of manifestation (mountain-like expansion, vast as a mountain)

• बीज-कोश (bīja-kośa) - the tiny container of a potentially huge tree (seed-pod, seed-vessel, embryo of a seed)

• इव (iva) - introducing a simile (like, as, as it were)

• द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - symbolizing large growth from a small origin (tree)

Words meanings and morphology

आ (ā) - indicating range or extent (up to, to, till, from, including)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used twice to denote "from... to..."

सरीसृपम् (sarīsṛpam) - referring to the lowest forms of life (a creeping animal, reptile, insect)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarīsṛpa

sarīsṛpa - creeping animal, reptile, serpent, insect

Derived from root sṛp (to creep) with reduplication

Root: sṛp (class 1)

Note: Governed by `ā`

आ (ā) - indicating range or extent (up to, to, till, from, including)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used twice to denote "from... to..."

रुद्रम् (rudram) - referring to the highest deity or powerful being (Rudra (a name of Śiva), a roarer)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rudra

rudra - Rudra (a Vedic deity, later identified with Śiva); a roarer

Root: rud (class 2)

Note: Governed by `ā`

एवम् (evam) - describing the general way illusion manifests (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

अभ्युदितः (abhyuditaḥ) - illusion has emerged or come into being (risen, arisen, manifested)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhyudita

abhyudita - risen, arisen, manifested, appeared, prosperous

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root i (to go) with prefixes abhi- and ud-

Prefixes: abhi+ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Qualifies `bhramaḥ`

भ्रमः (bhramaḥ) - the cosmic illusion or misunderstanding of reality (wandering, error, delusion, illusion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrama

bhrama - wandering, error, delusion, illusion, mistake, confusion

Derived from root bhram (to wander, to be confused)

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Subject of the first sentence (implied 'asti')

अणौ (aṇau) - even in the smallest conceivable unit of existence (in an atom, in a minute particle)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of aṇu

aṇu - atom, minute particle, small, subtle

Note: Locative of place

अपि (api) - emphasizing the paradox of size (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

अद्रि-विस्तारः (adri-vistāraḥ) - an immense, grand scale of manifestation (mountain-like expansion, vast as a mountain)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adri-vistāra

adri-vistāra - mountain-like expansion, vastness like a mountain

Genitive Tatpuruṣa or Upamāna-Pūrvapada Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adri+vistāra)

• adri – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• vistāra – extension, expanse, breadth, diffusion
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root stṛ (to spread) with prefix vi-
  Prefix: vi
  Root: stṛ (class 5)

Note: Subject of the second sentence (implied 'asti')

बीज-कोश (bīja-kośa) - the tiny container of a potentially huge tree (seed-pod, seed-vessel, embryo of a seed)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bīja-kośa

bīja-kośa - seed-pod, seed-vessel, embryo of a seed

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bīja+kośa)

• bīja – seed, germ, origin, element
  noun (neuter)
• kośa – casket, sheath, treasury, seed-pod
  noun (masculine)

Note: Part of simile with `iva`

इव (iva) - introducing a simile (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - symbolizing large growth from a small origin (tree)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of druma

druma - tree

Note: Compared to `adri-vistāraḥ`

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