योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-22, verse-34

अहमित्येव शुक्रस्था संविदापादमस्तकम् ।
विसरत्यखिले ज्योत्स्ना यथा ब्रह्माण्डमण्डपे ॥ ३४ ॥

ahamityeva śukrasthā saṃvidāpādamastakam ,
visaratyakhile jyotsnā yathā brahmāṇḍamaṇḍape 34

34. aham iti eva śukrasthā saṃvidā āpādamastakam
visarati akhile jyotsnā yathā brahmāṇḍamaṇḍape

34. yathā jyotsnā akhile brahmāṇḍamaṇḍape visarati,
eva aham iti śukrasthā saṃvidā āpādamastakam visarati

34. The ego (ahaṅkāra) consciousness, which is situated in the vital essence (śukra), spreads throughout the entire body from foot to head, just as moonlight completely permeates the cosmic dome (brahmāṇḍamaṇḍapa).

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - the sense of 'I' or ego (ahaṅkāra) (I, myself, ego)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, a particle used to indicate a quotation or to mark the end of a thought

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

• शुक्रस्था (śukrasthā) - residing in the vital essence (śukra) or seminal fluid (located in the vital essence (śukra), situated in semen)

• संविदा (saṁvidā) - by consciousness, by knowledge, by understanding

• आपादमस्तकम् (āpādamastakam) - pervading the entire body from foot to head (from foot to head, completely throughout the body)

• विसरति (visarati) - spreads, extends, pervades

• अखिले (akhile) - in the entire (cosmos) (in the entire, in the whole, completely)

• ज्योत्स्ना (jyotsnā) - moonlight

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• ब्रह्माण्डमण्डपे (brahmāṇḍamaṇḍape) - in the cosmic dome, in the pavilion of the universe

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - the sense of 'I' or ego (ahaṅkāra) (I, myself, ego)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself, ego

इति (iti) - thus, so, a particle used to indicate a quotation or to mark the end of a thought

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

(indeclinable)

शुक्रस्था (śukrasthā) - residing in the vital essence (śukra) or seminal fluid (located in the vital essence (śukra), situated in semen)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śukrastha

śukrastha - situated in semen or vital essence

Compound type : Saptamī-Tatpuruṣa (śukra+stha)

• śukra – semen, vital essence, brightness, light
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, staying, situated, existing
  adjective
  derived from root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

संविदा (saṁvidā) - by consciousness, by knowledge, by understanding

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of saṃvid

saṁvid - consciousness, knowledge, understanding, intelligence

आपादमस्तकम् (āpādamastakam) - pervading the entire body from foot to head (from foot to head, completely throughout the body)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : Avyayībhāva (ā+pāda+mastaka)

• ā – up to, until, towards
  indeclinable
  Prefix: ā
• pāda – foot, leg, quarter
  noun (masculine)
• mastaka – head, skull
  noun (neuter)

विसरति (visarati) - spreads, extends, pervades

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vi-sṛ

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛ (class 1)

अखिले (akhile) - in the entire (cosmos) (in the entire, in the whole, completely)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of akhila

akhila - entire, whole, complete, without remainder

Compound type : Prādisamāsa (a+khila)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• khila – deficient, empty, waste land
  adjective

Note: Agrees with 'brahmāṇḍamaṇḍape'

ज्योत्स्ना (jyotsnā) - moonlight

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jyotsnā

jyotsnā - moonlight, luminosity

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्माण्डमण्डपे (brahmāṇḍamaṇḍape) - in the cosmic dome, in the pavilion of the universe

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of brahmāṇḍamaṇḍapa

brahmāṇḍamaṇḍapa - pavilion of the universe, cosmic dome

Compound type : Ṣaṣṭhī-Tatpuruṣa (brahmāṇḍa+maṇḍapa)

• brahmāṇḍa – egg of Brahmā, the universe, cosmos
  noun (neuter)
• maṇḍapa – pavilion, hall, dome, open temple
  noun (masculine)

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