योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-35, verse-16

अणीयसामणीयांसं स्थविष्ठं च स्थवीयसाम् ।
गरीयसां गरिष्ठं च श्रेष्ठं च श्रेयसामपि ॥ १६ ॥

aṇīyasāmaṇīyāṃsaṃ sthaviṣṭhaṃ ca sthavīyasām ,
garīyasāṃ gariṣṭhaṃ ca śreṣṭhaṃ ca śreyasāmapi 16

16. aṇīyasām aṇīyāṃsam sthaviṣṭham ca sthavīyasām
garīyasām gariṣṭham ca śreṣṭham ca śreyasām api

16. aṇīyasām aṇīyāṃsam ca sthavīyasām sthaviṣṭham
ca garīyasām gariṣṭham ca śreyasām api śreṣṭham

16. It is subtler than the subtle, and the grossest among the gross; it is the heaviest among the heavy, and indeed the best even among the excellent.

Words meanings summery:

• अणीयसाम् (aṇīyasām) - of the more subtle, of the subtler ones

• अणीयांसम् (aṇīyāṁsam) - the more subtle one, the subtler one

• स्थविष्ठम् (sthaviṣṭham) - the largest, the grossest, the stoutest

• च (ca) - and, also

• स्थवीयसाम् (sthavīyasām) - of the larger ones, of the grosser ones

• गरीयसाम् (garīyasām) - of the heavier ones, of the more important ones

• गरिष्ठम् (gariṣṭham) - the heaviest, the most important

• च (ca) - and, also

• श्रेष्ठम् (śreṣṭham) - the best, the most excellent, the principal

• च (ca) - and, also

• श्रेयसाम् (śreyasām) - of the better ones, of the more excellent ones, of the good/auspicious ones

• अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover

Words meanings and morphology

अणीयसाम् (aṇīyasām) - of the more subtle, of the subtler ones

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of aṇīyas

aṇīyas - more subtle, smaller, finer (comparative degree of 'aṇu')

Comparative form of 'aṇu' (atom, subtle)

अणीयांसम् (aṇīyāṁsam) - the more subtle one, the subtler one

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aṇīyas

aṇīyas - more subtle, smaller, finer (comparative degree of 'aṇu')

Comparative form of 'aṇu' (atom, subtle)

Note: Implied object of 'is' (it is the subtler one).

स्थविष्ठम् (sthaviṣṭham) - the largest, the grossest, the stoutest

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sthaviṣṭha

sthaviṣṭha - largest, grossest, stoutest, thickest (superlative degree of 'sthūla')

Superlative form of 'sthūla' (gross, large)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

स्थवीयसाम् (sthavīyasām) - of the larger ones, of the grosser ones

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sthavīyas

sthavīyas - larger, grosser, stouter, thicker (comparative degree of 'sthūla')

Comparative form of 'sthūla' (gross, large)

गरीयसाम् (garīyasām) - of the heavier ones, of the more important ones

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of garīyas

garīyas - heavier, weightier, more important (comparative degree of 'guru')

Comparative form of 'guru' (heavy, important)

गरिष्ठम् (gariṣṭham) - the heaviest, the most important

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gariṣṭha

gariṣṭha - heaviest, weightiest, most important (superlative degree of 'guru')

Superlative form of 'guru' (heavy, important)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

श्रेष्ठम् (śreṣṭham) - the best, the most excellent, the principal

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, most auspicious, principal (superlative degree of 'praśasya')

Superlative form of 'praśasya' (praiseworthy, excellent)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

श्रेयसाम् (śreyasām) - of the better ones, of the more excellent ones, of the good/auspicious ones

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śreyas

śreyas - better, more excellent, more auspicious, good, virtue, welfare (comparative degree of 'praśasya' or 'śrī')

Comparative form of 'praśasya' (praiseworthy, excellent)

अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover

(indeclinable)

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