योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-35, verse-41

उद्यन्त्यमूनि सुबहूनि महामहान्ति सर्गागमप्रलयजन्मदशा जगन्ति ।
सर्वाणि तान्ययमपारस्वरूप एव प्रस्पन्दनानि मरुदेव यथास्व शान्तम् ॥ ४१ ॥

udyantyamūni subahūni mahāmahānti sargāgamapralayajanmadaśā jaganti ,
sarvāṇi tānyayamapārasvarūpa eva praspandanāni marudeva yathāsva śāntam 41

41. udyanti amūni subahūni mahāmahānti
sargāgamapralayajanmadaśā jaganti
sarvāṇi tāni ayam apārasvarūpaḥ eva
praspandanāni marut eva yathāsva śāntam

41. amūni subahūni mahāmahānti
sargāgamapralayajanmadaśā jaganti udyanti tāni
sarvāṇi ayam apārasvarūpaḥ eva
praspandanāni yathāsva śāntam marut iva eva

41. Numerous and vast worlds, which cycle through the phases of creation, existence, dissolution, and rebirth, continuously come into being. All of these are merely pulsations of this one (the supreme reality), whose essential nature (svarūpa) is boundless, just as the wind (marut) itself, abiding in its own tranquility, manifests various movements.

Words meanings summery:

• उद्यन्ति (udyanti) - they arise, appear, come forth

• अमूनि (amūni) - these (neuter plural)

• सुबहूनि (subahūni) - very many, exceedingly numerous

• महामहान्ति (mahāmahānti) - exceedingly great, very vast

• सर्गागमप्रलयजन्मदशा (sargāgamapralayajanmadaśā) - having states of creation, duration, dissolution, and rebirth

• जगन्ति (jaganti) - worlds, universes, moving things

• सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all, whole

• तअनि (taani) - those (neuter plural)

• अयम् (ayam) - This one (the supreme reality) (this (one), he)

• अपारस्वरूपः (apārasvarūpaḥ) - of boundless nature, of infinite form

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• प्रस्पन्दनानि (praspandanāni) - pulsations, vibrations, manifestations, movements

• मरुत् (marut) - wind, air, a Marut deity

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• यथास्व (yathāsva) - in its own way, according to its own nature

• शान्तम् (śāntam) - tranquil, peaceful, calm, pacified

Words meanings and morphology

उद्यन्ति (udyanti) - they arise, appear, come forth

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of ud + i

Present 3rd person plural, parasmāipada

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

अमूनि (amūni) - these (neuter plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of adas

adas - that, those

सुबहूनि (subahūni) - very many, exceedingly numerous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of subahu

subahu - very much, very many, numerous

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+bahu)

• su – well, good, very
  indeclinable
  intensifying prefix
• bahu – many, much, numerous
  adjective

महामहान्ति (mahāmahānti) - exceedingly great, very vast

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mahāmahat

mahāmahat - very great, exceedingly large

Reduplicative compound for emphasis

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+mahat)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
  feminine stem of mahat, here intensifying
• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective

सर्गागमप्रलयजन्मदशा (sargāgamapralayajanmadaśā) - having states of creation, duration, dissolution, and rebirth

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sargāgamapralayajanmadaśā

sargāgamapralayajanmadaśā - pertaining to the states of creation, duration, dissolution, and rebirth

Compound adjective, qualifying 'jaganti'. The ending '-ā' is an irregular agreement with neuter plural 'jaganti' in poetic usage, or implies a collective 'state'. Grammatically, it should be '-āni' for neuter plural. Here interpreted as an adjective referring to the 'stages' or 'conditions' these worlds possess.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarga+āgama+pralaya+janma+daśā)

• sarga – creation, emanation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• āgama – coming, duration, existence
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)
• pralaya – dissolution, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: lī (class 4)
• janma – birth, origin, rebirth
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• daśā – state, condition, phase
  noun (feminine)

जगन्ति (jaganti) - worlds, universes, moving things

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, what moves

Present Active Participle

derived from root gam (to go) + śatṛ, then nominalized

Root: gam (class 1)

सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all, whole

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

तअनि (taani) - those (neuter plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अयम् (ayam) - This one (the supreme reality) (this (one), he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

अपारस्वरूपः (apārasvarūpaḥ) - of boundless nature, of infinite form

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apārasvarūpa

apārasvarūpa - of boundless form/nature

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+pāra+svarūpa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• pāra – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pṛ (class 3)
• svarūpa – own form, essential nature
  noun (neuter)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

प्रस्पन्दनानि (praspandanāni) - pulsations, vibrations, manifestations, movements

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of praspandana

praspandana - pulsation, vibration, throbbing, movement, manifestation

Derived from pra + spand (to throb, vibrate) + lyuṭ

Prefix: pra

Root: spand (class 1)

मरुत् (marut) - wind, air, a Marut deity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of marut

marut - wind, air, atmosphere

Root: mṛ (class 10)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

यथास्व (yathāsva) - in its own way, according to its own nature

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound of 'yathā' and 'sva', meaning 'according to one's own self/nature', used adverbially.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+sva)

• yathā – as, like, in which way
  indeclinable
• sva – own, oneself
  pronoun

शान्तम् (śāntam) - tranquil, peaceful, calm, pacified

(adjective)

neuter, singular of śānta

śānta - tranquil, calm, peaceful, ceased

Past Passive Participle

derived from root śam (to be calm) + kta

Root: śam (class 4)

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