योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-66, verse-7

देवासुरमनुष्याणां व्यवहारपरम्पराः ।
लोलाः प्रवृत्ता आकल्पमासमुद्रमिवापगाः ओ ॥ ७ ॥

devāsuramanuṣyāṇāṃ vyavahāraparamparāḥ ,
lolāḥ pravṛttā ākalpamāsamudramivāpagāḥ o 7

7. devāsuramanuṣyāṇām vyavahāraparamparāḥ lolāḥ
pravṛttāḥ ākalpam āsamudram iva āpagāḥ o

7. devāsuramanuṣyāṇām lolāḥ vyavahāraparamparāḥ ākalpam pravṛttāḥ,
āpagāḥ āsamudram iva (o).

7. The restless and continuous activities among gods, demons, and humans have commenced and endure until the end of a cosmic age (kalpa), just like rivers flow towards the ocean.

7. שרשרת הפעילויות והמנהגים של האלים, הַדַאִיטְיָות (השדים) ובני האדם נעה וזורמת ללא הרף לאורך העידנים, כמו נהרות המפלסים את דרכם אל הים.

Words meanings summery:

• देवासुरमनुष्याणाम् (devāsuramanuṣyāṇām) - of gods, demons, and humans

• व्यवहारपरम्पराः (vyavahāraparamparāḥ) - successions of activities, continuous interactions, traditions of conduct

• लोलाः (lolāḥ) - restless, wavering, trembling, unsteady

• प्रवृत्ताः (pravṛttāḥ) - commenced, engaged in, proceeding, manifested

• आकल्पम् (ākalpam) - until the end of a cosmic age, for a kalpa

• आसमुद्रम् (āsamudram) - up to the ocean, to the sea

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आपगाः (āpagāḥ) - rivers (lit. 'going to the water')

• ओ (o) - (interjection)

Words meanings and morphology

देवासुरमनुष्याणाम् (devāsuramanuṣyāṇām) - of gods, demons, and humans

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of devāsuramanuṣya

devāsuramanuṣya - gods, demons, and humans

Genitive plural of the Dvandva compound

Compound type : Dvandva (deva+asura+manuṣya)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• asura – demon, titan
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a
• manuṣya – human, man
  noun (masculine)

व्यवहारपरम्पराः (vyavahāraparamparāḥ) - successions of activities, continuous interactions, traditions of conduct

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vyavahāraparamparā

vyavahāraparamparā - succession of activities/conduct, tradition of interaction

Feminine noun, compound

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vyavahāra+paramparā)

• vyavahāra – conduct, practice, transaction, activity
  noun (masculine)
  verbal noun
  From 'vi' + 'ava' + root 'hṛ' + 'ghañ' suffix.
  Prefixes: vi+ava
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• paramparā – succession, series, tradition
  noun (feminine)

लोलाः (lolāḥ) - restless, wavering, trembling, unsteady

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of lola

lola - moving to and fro, restless, wavering, trembling, unsteady

Formed from root 'lul' (to move)

Root: lul (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `vyavahāraparamparāḥ`.

प्रवृत्ताः (pravṛttāḥ) - commenced, engaged in, proceeding, manifested

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pravṛtta

pravṛtta - commenced, engaged in, proceeding, active, manifested

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of `pra`-`vṛt` (to turn, to proceed)

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Functions as an adjective here, describing `vyavahāraparamparāḥ`.

आकल्पम् (ākalpam) - until the end of a cosmic age, for a kalpa

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound with `ā` (up to) and `kalpa` (cosmic age). Used adverbially.

Compound type : Avyayībhāva (ā+kalpa)

• ā – up to, until, towards
  indeclinable
  Preposition/prefix
• kalpa – cosmic age, aeon, fixed rule, sacred precept
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions adverbially.

आसमुद्रम् (āsamudram) - up to the ocean, to the sea

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound with `ā` (up to) and `samudra` (ocean). Used adverbially.

Compound type : Avyayībhāva (ā+samudra)

• ā – up to, until, towards
  indeclinable
  Preposition/prefix
• samudra – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions adverbially.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आपगाः (āpagāḥ) - rivers (lit. 'going to the water')

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of āpagā

āpagā - river (lit. going towards water or going into water)

Feminine noun. Compound of `ap` (water) and `gā` (going)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ap+gā)

• ā – up to, until, towards
  indeclinable
  Preposition/prefix
• ap – water
  noun (feminine)
• gā – going
  noun (feminine)
  Agent noun
  From root 'gam' (to go) with suffix 'ḍa'
  Root: gam (class 1)

ओ (o) - (interjection)

(indeclinable)

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