योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-49, verse-43
पतत्यङ्गारवर्षे च वाति वा प्रलयानिले ।
भूतले व्रजति व्योम्नि सममास्ते ज्ञ आत्मनि ॥ ४३ ॥
भूतले व्रजति व्योम्नि सममास्ते ज्ञ आत्मनि ॥ ४३ ॥
patatyaṅgāravarṣe ca vāti vā pralayānile ,
bhūtale vrajati vyomni samamāste jña ātmani 43
bhūtale vrajati vyomni samamāste jña ātmani 43
43.
patati aṅgāravarṣe ca vāti vā pralayānile
bhūtale vrajati vyomni samam āste jñaḥ ātmani
bhūtale vrajati vyomni samam āste jñaḥ ātmani
43.
aṅgāravarṣe patati ca vā pralayānile vāti vā
bhūtale vyomni vrajati jñaḥ ātmani samam āste
bhūtale vyomni vrajati jñaḥ ātmani samam āste
43.
Even if a shower of embers falls, or the wind of dissolution (pralayānila) blows, or the earth dissolves into the sky, the wise person (jña) remains equally steadfast in the self (ātman).
Words meanings summery:
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- पतति (patati) - falls, descends, drops
- अङ्गारवर्षे (aṅgāravarṣe) - in a shower of coals/embers
- च (ca) - introduces an alternative condition (and, also)
- वाति (vāti) - blows, wafts
- वा (vā) - or, either
- प्रलयानिले (pralayānile) - in the wind of dissolution/destruction
- भूतले (bhūtale) - on the earth, on the ground
- व्रजति (vrajati) - goes, moves, proceeds, merges
- व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space
- समम् (samam) - equally, evenly, uniformly, alike
- आस्ते (āste) - remains, stays, sits, exists
- ज्ञः (jñaḥ) - the knower, the wise one
- आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, in the soul, in oneself
Words meanings and morphology
पतति (patati) - falls, descends, drops
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of pat
Root: pat (class 1)
अङ्गारवर्षे (aṅgāravarṣe) - in a shower of coals/embers
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of aṅgāravarṣa
aṅgāravarṣa - shower of coals/embers, rain of fire
Compound noun: 'aṅgāra' (coal, ember) + 'varṣa' (rain, shower).
Compound type : tatpurusha (aṅgāra+varṣa)
- aṅgāra – coal, charcoal, ember
noun (masculine) - varṣa – rain, shower, year
noun (masculine)
Derived from the root 'vṛṣ' (to rain).
Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
च (ca) - introduces an alternative condition (and, also)
(indeclinable)
वाति (vāti) - blows, wafts
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vā
Root: vā (class 2)
वा (vā) - or, either
(indeclinable)
प्रलयानिले (pralayānile) - in the wind of dissolution/destruction
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of pralayānila
pralayānila - wind of dissolution, storm of destruction
Compound noun: 'pralaya' (dissolution) + 'anila' (wind).
Compound type : tatpurusha (pralaya+anila)
- pralaya – dissolution, destruction, re-absorption, cosmic deluge
noun (masculine)
Derived from the root 'lī' (to dissolve, merge) with prefix 'pra-'.
Prefix: pra
Root: lī (class 4) - anila – wind, air, breath
noun (masculine)
Root: an (class 2)
भूतले (bhūtale) - on the earth, on the ground
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of bhūtala
bhūtala - earth's surface, ground
Compound noun: 'bhūta' (earth, element) + 'tala' (surface).
Compound type : tatpurusha (bhūta+tala)
- bhūta – element, being, earth, past
noun (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from the root 'bhū' (to be, become).
Root: bhū (class 1) - tala – surface, plane, ground, base
noun (neuter)
व्रजति (vrajati) - goes, moves, proceeds, merges
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vraj
Root: vraj (class 1)
व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman
vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space, heaven
समम् (samam) - equally, evenly, uniformly, alike
(indeclinable)
Used adverbially here, functioning as an indeclinable.
Note: Adverbial usage of the neuter accusative singular of the adjective 'sama'.
आस्ते (āste) - remains, stays, sits, exists
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of ās
Root: ās (class 2)
ज्ञः (jñaḥ) - the knower, the wise one
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jña
jña - knowing, wise, intelligent; a knower, a wise person
Derived from the root 'jñā' (to know) with the suffix '-a'.
Root: jñā (class 9)
आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, in the soul, in oneself
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of ātman
ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature, breath
Root: an (class 2)