योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-35, verse-24

अदेशकालावयवोऽप्येष देवो दिवानिशम् ।
असज्जगत्तनोतीव यथा वारितरङ्गकम् ॥ २४ ॥

adeśakālāvayavo'pyeṣa devo divāniśam ,
asajjagattanotīva yathā vāritaraṅgakam 24

24. adeśakālāvayavaḥ api eṣaḥ devaḥ divāniśam
asat jagat tanoti iva yathā vāritaraṅgakam

24. adeśakālāvayavaḥ api eṣaḥ devaḥ divāniśam asat jagat tanoti iva yathā vāritaraṅgakam.

24. Even this divine (deva) being, which is without spatial or temporal parts, constantly manifests the unreal (asat) world, just as a wave (is formed from) water.

Words meanings summery:

• अदेशकालावयवः (adeśakālāvayavaḥ) - without spatial or temporal parts, having no constituents of space and time

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one

• देवः (devaḥ) - The supreme divine reality or consciousness. (god, divine being, shining one, supreme reality)

• दिवानिशम् (divāniśam) - day and night, constantly, perpetually

• असत् (asat) - The world, though appearing real, is ultimately not self-existent or eternal. (non-existent, unreal, false, unmanifest, phenomenal)

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving

• तनोति (tanoti) - spreads, extends, creates, manifests, performs

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• वारितरङ्गकम् (vāritaraṅgakam) - water-wave, ripple of water

Words meanings and morphology

अदेशकालावयवः (adeśakālāvayavaḥ) - without spatial or temporal parts, having no constituents of space and time

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adeśakālāvayava

adeśakālāvayava - without spatial or temporal parts, having no constituents of space and time

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+deśa+kāla+avayava)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• deśa – space, place, region
  noun (masculine)
• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
• avayava – part, limb, constituent, member
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: yu (class 9)

Note: Qualifies `eṣaḥ devaḥ`.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Masculine nominative singular of etad

देवः (devaḥ) - The supreme divine reality or consciousness. (god, divine being, shining one, supreme reality)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, divine being, shining one, deity

Nominative singular of deva, From root div (to shine).

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

दिवानिशम् (divāniśam) - day and night, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Compound of divā (by day) and niśā (night), used adverbially

Compound type : dvandva (divā+niśā)

• divā – by day, during the day
  indeclinable
  Instrumental of div (day), used adverbially
  Root: div (class 4)
• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)

Note: Adverb of time.

असत् (asat) - The world, though appearing real, is ultimately not self-existent or eternal. (non-existent, unreal, false, unmanifest, phenomenal)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, false, unmanifest, bad

Present Active Participle

Negative prefix 'a' + present participle of 'as' (to be). Nominative/Accusative singular neuter

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• sat – existent, real, true, good, being
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  Present participle of 'as' (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Qualifies `jagat`.

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, what moves

Present Active Participle

Nominative/Accusative singular neuter of the present active participle of root 'gam' (to go) in the reduplicated form `ja-gam-t`. Used as a noun

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Direct object of `tanoti`.

तनोति (tanoti) - spreads, extends, creates, manifests, performs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of tan

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular present active indicative of root tan (class 8, tanādi)

Root: tan (class 8)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with `yathā` to form the comparison.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

वारितरङ्गकम् (vāritaraṅgakam) - water-wave, ripple of water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāritaraṅgaka

vāritaraṅgaka - water-wave, ripple of water

Nominative/Accusative singular neuter of vāritaraṅgaka.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāri+taraṅgaka)

• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• taraṅgaka – small wave, ripple, wave
  noun (masculine)
  Diminutive of taraṅga, From root tṛ (to cross).
  Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Used as the object of comparison (what the world is like).

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