योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-35, verse-37

जगत्कोटिमहाकल्पकल्पोन्मेषनिमेषणः ।
विताने नाट्यते भूयो जन्यते कालबालकः ॥ ३७ ॥

jagatkoṭimahākalpakalponmeṣanimeṣaṇaḥ ,
vitāne nāṭyate bhūyo janyate kālabālakaḥ 37

37. jagat-koṭi-mahā-kalpa-kalpa-unmeṣa-nimeṣaṇaḥ
vitāne nāṭyate bhūyaḥ janyate kāla-bālakaḥ

37. jagatkoṭimahākalpakalpomeṣanimeṣaṇaḥ
kālabālakaḥ vitāne bhūyaḥ nāṭyate janyate

37. The child of time (kālabālaka), whose opening and closing of eyes (unmeṣanimeṣaṇa) are like (kalpa) great cosmic eons (mahākalpa) for millions of worlds (jagatkoṭi), is repeatedly created and displayed upon the cosmic expanse.

Words meanings summery:

• जगत्कोटिमहाकल्पकल्पोमेषनिमेषणः (jagatkoṭimahākalpakalpomeṣanimeṣaṇaḥ) - whose blinking (opening and closing of eyes) is like great cosmic eons for millions of worlds

• विताने (vitāne) - on the cosmic expanse or canvas. (on the expanse, in the canopy, on the stage)

• नाट्यते (nāṭyate) - is acted, is performed, is displayed

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, repeatedly, further

• जन्यते (janyate) - is created, is generated, is born

• कालबालकः (kālabālakaḥ) - the child of time, young time

Words meanings and morphology

जगत्कोटिमहाकल्पकल्पोमेषनिमेषणः (jagatkoṭimahākalpakalpomeṣanimeṣaṇaḥ) - whose blinking (opening and closing of eyes) is like great cosmic eons for millions of worlds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jagatkoṭimahākalpakalpomeṣanimeṣaṇa

jagatkoṭimahākalpakalpomeṣanimeṣaṇa - whose blinking (opening and closing of eyes) is like great cosmic eons for millions of worlds

Compound type : bahuvrihi (jagat+koṭi+mahā+kalpa+kalpa+unmeṣa+nimeṣaṇa)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• koṭi – ten million, crore, highest point
  noun (feminine)
• mahā – great, large, extensive
  adjective (masculine)
• kalpa – a cosmic eon, a vast period of time
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• kalpa – like, similar to, resembling
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix indicating similarity.
• unmeṣa – opening of the eyes, blinking open, awakening
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'miṣ' (to open eyes) with prefix 'ud'.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: miṣ (class 1)
• nimeṣaṇa – closing of the eyes, blinking closed, winking
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'miṣ' (to close eyes) with prefix 'ni'.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: miṣ (class 1)

विताने (vitāne) - on the cosmic expanse or canvas. (on the expanse, in the canopy, on the stage)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vitāna

vitāna - expanse, canopy, framework, a stage

नाट्यते (nāṭyate) - is acted, is performed, is displayed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of nāṭ

Causative of 'nṛt'.

Root: nṛt (class 4)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, repeatedly, further

(indeclinable)

जन्यते (janyate) - is created, is generated, is born

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of jan

Root: jan (class 4)

कालबालकः (kālabālakaḥ) - the child of time, young time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kālabālaka

kālabālaka - the child of time, young time

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+bālaka)

• kāla – time, period
  noun (masculine)
• bālaka – boy, child, young one
  noun (masculine)

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