योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-35, verse-32

इदमेव जगत्सर्वं शुक्लत्वं तुहिने यथा ।
अत एताः प्रवर्तन्ते विद इन्दोरिवांशवः ॥ ३२ ॥

idameva jagatsarvaṃ śuklatvaṃ tuhine yathā ,
ata etāḥ pravartante vida indorivāṃśavaḥ 32

32. idam eva jagat sarvam śuklatvam tuhine yathā |
ataḥ etāḥ pravartante vidaḥ indoḥ iva aṃśavaḥ

32. yathā tuhine śuklatvam (asti),
(tathā) idam eva sarvam jagat (asti) ataḥ indoḥ aṃśavaḥ iva etāḥ vidaḥ pravartante

32. This entire universe (jagat) is just like the whiteness inherent in snow. Therefore, these cognitions (vidaḥ) manifest, just as rays emanate from the moon.

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one

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

• जगत् (jagat) - universe, world, that which moves

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

• शुक्लत्वम् (śuklatvam) - whiteness

• तुहिने (tuhine) - in snow, in frost, in ice

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, from this, hence

• एताः (etāḥ) - these

• प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they proceed, they manifest, they arise, they engage

• विदः (vidaḥ) - various forms of perception or knowledge (cognitions, knowledge, perceptions, ideas)

• इन्दोः (indoḥ) - of the moon

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• अंशवः (aṁśavaḥ) - rays, beams, particles

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

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

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - universe, world, that which moves

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - universe, world, that which moves, moving

Present active participle

From root gam (to go) with suffix -at, used as a noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

शुक्लत्वम् (śuklatvam) - whiteness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śuklatva

śuklatva - whiteness, state of being white

Abstract noun formed from adjective śukla (white) with the suffix -tva.

तुहिने (tuhine) - in snow, in frost, in ice

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tuhina

tuhina - snow, frost, ice

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, from this, hence

(indeclinable)

एताः (etāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, this one

प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they proceed, they manifest, they arise, they engage

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of pra-vṛt

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

विदः (vidaḥ) - various forms of perception or knowledge (cognitions, knowledge, perceptions, ideas)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vid

vid - knowledge, wisdom, perception, cognition

Root: vid (class 2)

इन्दोः (indoḥ) - of the moon

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of indu

indu - moon, drop, bright drop

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

अंशवः (aṁśavaḥ) - rays, beams, particles

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aṃśu

aṁśu - ray, beam of light, fibre, point

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