योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-30, verse-7
तरत्तरङ्गो जलधिर्जलमेव यथाखिलम् ।
दृश्योच्छूनमपि ब्रह्म तथा ब्रह्मैव नेतरत् ॥ ७ ॥
दृश्योच्छूनमपि ब्रह्म तथा ब्रह्मैव नेतरत् ॥ ७ ॥
tarattaraṅgo jaladhirjalameva yathākhilam ,
dṛśyocchūnamapi brahma tathā brahmaiva netarat 7
dṛśyocchūnamapi brahma tathā brahmaiva netarat 7
7.
tarattaraṅgaḥ jaladhiḥ jalam eva yathā akhilam
dṛśyocchūnam api brahma tathā brahma eva na itarat
dṛśyocchūnam api brahma tathā brahma eva na itarat
7.
yathā tarattaraṅgaḥ jaladhiḥ dṛśyocchūnam api akhilam jalam
eva tathā brahma dṛśyocchūnam api brahma eva na itarat
eva tathā brahma dṛśyocchūnam api brahma eva na itarat
7.
Just as the ocean, surging with many waves and appearing as a vast, expanded panorama, is entirely water and nothing else, so too Brahman, though manifest as the visible and expanded universe, is indeed Brahman (brahman) alone and not anything separate from it.
Words meanings summery:
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- तरत्तरङ्गः (tarattaraṅgaḥ) - having many waves, surging with waves
- जलधिः (jaladhiḥ) - ocean, sea
- जलम् (jalam) - water
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
- यथा (yathā) - just as, as
- अखिलम् (akhilam) - entire, whole, complete
- दृश्योच्छूनम् (dṛśyocchūnam) - appearing expanded, visible and swollen/vast
- अपि (api) - though (concessive) (even, also, though)
- ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (the ultimate reality)
- तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so
- ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (the ultimate reality)
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
- न (na) - not
- इतरत् (itarat) - other, different
Words meanings and morphology
तरत्तरङ्गः (tarattaraṅgaḥ) - having many waves, surging with waves
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tarattaraṅga
tarattaraṅga - having surging waves, full of high waves
Compound: 'tarat' (present participle of tṝ 'to cross/move swiftly') + 'taraṅga' (wave).
Compound type : descriptive compound (tarat+taraṅga)
- tarat – moving, crossing, swift
adjective (masculine)
Present Active Participle
From root tṝ (to cross, pass over) + śatṛ suffix
Root: tṝ (class 1) - taraṅga – wave
noun (masculine)
जलधिः (jaladhiḥ) - ocean, sea
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jaladhi
jaladhi - ocean, sea (literally, 'water-receptacle')
Compound: 'jala' (water) + 'dhi' (from root dhā 'to hold').
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+dhi)
- jala – water
noun (neuter) - dhi – holding, receptacle
noun (masculine)
From root dhā (to place, hold)
Root: dhā (class 3)
जलम् (jalam) - water
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of jala
jala - water
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
(indeclinable)
यथा (yathā) - just as, as
(indeclinable)
अखिलम् (akhilam) - entire, whole, complete
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of akhila
akhila - entire, whole, complete, not deficient
Negative compound: a (not) + khila (deficient/gap).
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+khila)
- a – not, un-
indeclinable
Negative prefix - khila – deficient, empty, gap, waste land
adjective (masculine)
दृश्योच्छूनम् (dṛśyocchūnam) - appearing expanded, visible and swollen/vast
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśyocchūna
dṛśyocchūna - visible and expanded, appearing swollen/vast
Compound: 'dṛśya' (visible, to be seen) + 'ucchūna' (swollen, expanded).
Compound type : karmadhāraya (dṛśya+ucchūna)
- dṛśya – visible, perceptible, to be seen
adjective (neuter)
Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
From root dṛś (to see) + yat suffix
Root: dṛś (class 1) - ucchūna – swollen, increased, expanded, vast
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
From root śvi (to swell, grow) with prefix ud
Prefix: ud
Root: śvi (class 1)
अपि (api) - though (concessive) (even, also, though)
(indeclinable)
ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (the ultimate reality)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman
brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality, the universal spirit
Nominative singular of 'brahman' (neuter n-stem).
Root: bṛh (class 1)
तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so
(indeclinable)
ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (the ultimate reality)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman
brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality, the universal spirit
Nominative singular of 'brahman' (neuter n-stem).
Root: bṛh (class 1)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
(indeclinable)
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
इतरत् (itarat) - other, different
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of itara
itara - other, another, different
Nominative/Accusative singular neuter of 'itara'.