योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-41, verse-3

अकर्तृकर्मकरणमदृश्यद्रष्टृदर्शनम् ।
जगदग्राह्यसंभारमभित्तौ चित्रमुत्थितम् ॥ ३ ॥

akartṛkarmakaraṇamadṛśyadraṣṭṛdarśanam ,
jagadagrāhyasaṃbhāramabhittau citramutthitam 3

3. a-kartṛ-karma-karaṇam a-dṛśya-draṣṭṛ-darśanam
jagat a-grāhya-saṃbhāram a-bhittau citram utthitam

3. jagat a-kartṛ-karma-karaṇam,
a-dṛśya-draṣṭṛ-darśanam,
a-grāhya-saṃbhāram [ca asti].
[idam] a-bhittau utthitam citram [iva asti].

3. This world (jagat) has arisen like a painting on no canvas, devoid of a doer, action, or instrument, and without any object to be seen, a seer (draṣṭā), or the act of seeing. Its constituent elements are entirely imperceptible.

3. העולם הוא עשייה ללא עושה או כלי, ראייה ללא רואה או דבר הנראה. הוא אוסף שאינו ניתן לתפיסה, כמו ציור שצויר ללא קיר.

Words meanings summery:

• अ-कर्तृ-कर्म-करणम् (a-kartṛ-karma-karaṇam) - without an agent, action, or instrument

• अ-दृश्य-द्रष्टृ-दर्शनम् (a-dṛśya-draṣṭṛ-darśanam) - without a seen object, seer, or seeing

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• अ-ग्राह्य-संभारम् (a-grāhya-saṁbhāram) - with imperceptible materials/elements

• अ-भित्तौ (a-bhittau) - on no wall, on no canvas

• चित्रम् (citram) - painting, picture, wonder

• उत्थितम् (utthitam) - arisen, manifested, stood up

Words meanings and morphology

अ-कर्तृ-कर्म-करणम् (a-kartṛ-karma-karaṇam) - without an agent, action, or instrument

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of a-kartṛ-karma-karaṇa

a-kartṛ-karma-karaṇa - without an agent, action, or instrument; having no doer, deed, or means

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'that which is without kartṛ (agent), karma (action), and karaṇa (instrument)'. The initial 'a' negates the entire series.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+kartṛ+karma+karaṇa)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• kartṛ – agent, doer, creator
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root kṛ.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• karma – action, deed, work, object
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• karaṇa – instrument, means, cause
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

अ-दृश्य-द्रष्टृ-दर्शनम् (a-dṛśya-draṣṭṛ-darśanam) - without a seen object, seer, or seeing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of a-dṛśya-draṣṭṛ-darśana

a-dṛśya-draṣṭṛ-darśana - without any object to be seen, a seer, or the act of seeing; beyond seen, seer, and seeing

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'that which is without dṛśya (seen), draṣṭṛ (seer), and darśana (seeing)'. The initial 'a' negates the entire series.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+dṛśya+draṣṭṛ+darśana)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• dṛśya – visible, to be seen, object of sight
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root dṛś with suffix ṇyat.
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• draṣṭṛ – seer, observer
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root dṛś.
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• darśana – seeing, vision, perception
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root dṛś.
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - moving, living; the world, the universe

Present Active Participle (originally from gam)

Derived from root gam with suffix śatṛ, then used as a noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

अ-ग्राह्य-संभारम् (a-grāhya-saṁbhāram) - with imperceptible materials/elements

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of a-grāhya-saṃbhāra

a-grāhya-saṁbhāra - whose materials/elements are imperceptible/ungraspable; composed of intangible components

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'that whose saṃbhāra (collection/materials) is a-grāhya (imperceptible)'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a-grāhya+saṃbhāra)

• a-grāhya – imperceptible, intangible, not to be grasped
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive (negated)
  Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound ('a' + 'grāhya'). Grāhya derived from root grah with suffix ṇyat.
  Root: grah (class 9)
• saṃbhāra – collection, accumulation, materials, ingredients, equipment
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhṛ with prefix sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

अ-भित्तौ (a-bhittau) - on no wall, on no canvas

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of a-bhitti

a-bhitti - no wall, absence of a wall

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound ('a' + 'bhitti').

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhitti)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• bhitti – wall, screen, canvas (for painting)
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhid (class 7)

चित्रम् (citram) - painting, picture, wonder

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citra

citra - painting, picture, drawing; wonderful, variegated

Root: cit (class 10)

उत्थितम् (utthitam) - arisen, manifested, stood up

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of utthita

utthita - arisen, risen, standing, manifested, produced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā with prefix ud and suffix kta.

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

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