योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-70, verse-11

अनयाम्बरसंचारपरयाद्रिशिरःशिला ।
दृष्टा स्वजगदाधारभूतास्माकं तु खात्मिका ॥ ११ ॥

anayāmbarasaṃcāraparayādriśiraḥśilā ,
dṛṣṭā svajagadādhārabhūtāsmākaṃ tu khātmikā 11

11. anayā ambara-saṃcāra-parayā adri-śiraḥ-śilā dṛṣṭā
sva-jagat-ādhāra-bhūtā asmākam tu kha-ātmikā

11. ambara-saṃcāra-parayā anayā,
sva-jagat-ādhāra-bhūtā adri-śiraḥ-śilā dṛṣṭā,
tu asmākam kha-ātmikā.

11. By this (consciousness or vāsanā), which is absorbed in traversing the sky, the peak-rock (of a mountain) was perceived. This rock, while forming the foundation of its own world, is, for us, essentially nothing but space (ātman).

11. בעודה נעה בחלל השמיים, היא ראתה את הסלע שבראש ההר, ששימש כבסיס לעולמה שלה, בעוד שעבורנו הוא עשוי ממרחב בלבד.

Words meanings summery:

• अनया (anayā) - by this (consciousness or vāsanā) (by her, by this)

• अम्बर-संचार-परया (ambara-saṁcāra-parayā) - by her (the consciousness) which is absorbed in traversing the sky (i.e., having a vast or elevated perspective) (by one devoted to moving in the sky, by one engrossed in sky-travel)

• अद्रि-शिरः-शिला (adri-śiraḥ-śilā) - the peak-rock (of a mountain) (mountain peak's rock, a rock slab on a mountain top)

• दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen, observed, perceived

• स्व-जगत्-आधार-भूता (sva-jagat-ādhāra-bhūtā) - being the support of its own world, forming the basis of its own universe

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, for us, to us

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed, moreover

• ख-आत्मिका (kha-ātmikā) - essentially nothing but space (ātman) (whose essence (ātman) is space, consisting of space)

Words meanings and morphology

अनया (anayā) - by this (consciousness or vāsanā) (by her, by this)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, that

Note: Agent in a passive construction, referring to the perceiving entity from previous verses (vāsanā or the mind).

अम्बर-संचार-परया (ambara-saṁcāra-parayā) - by her (the consciousness) which is absorbed in traversing the sky (i.e., having a vast or elevated perspective) (by one devoted to moving in the sky, by one engrossed in sky-travel)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ambara-saṃcāra-parā

ambara-saṁcāra-parā - devoted to moving in the sky, engrossed in air travel

Compound type : tatpuruṣa / bahuvrīhi (ambara+saṃcāra+parā)

• ambara – sky, atmosphere, space, clothing
  noun (neuter)
• saṃcāra – movement, wandering, traversing
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'car' (to move) with upasarga 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: car (class 1)
• parā – devoted to, intent on, supreme, other
  adjective (feminine)

Note: Modifies 'anayā'.

अद्रि-शिरः-शिला (adri-śiraḥ-śilā) - the peak-rock (of a mountain) (mountain peak's rock, a rock slab on a mountain top)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of adri-śiraḥ-śilā

adri-śiraḥ-śilā - rock slab of a mountain peak

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adri+śiras+śilā)

• adri – mountain, rock, cloud
  noun (masculine)
• śiras – head, top, peak, summit
  noun (neuter)
• śilā – rock, stone, slab
  noun (feminine)

Note: The object seen (subject in passive voice).

दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen, observed, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived

Past Passive Participle

From root 'dṛś' (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'adriśiraḥśilā'.

स्व-जगत्-आधार-भूता (sva-jagat-ādhāra-bhūtā) - being the support of its own world, forming the basis of its own universe

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sva-jagat-ādhāra-bhūta

sva-jagat-ādhāra-bhūta - that which has become the support of its own world, forming the basis of its own universe

Compound type : bahuvrīhi / tatpuruṣa (sva+jagat+ādhāra+bhūta)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
• ādhāra – support, basis, receptacle, foundation
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'dhṛ' (to hold) with upasarga 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• bhūta – become, formed, been, existing, element
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bhū' (to be, to become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'adriśiraḥśilā'.

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, for us, to us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Indicates perspective: 'from our point of view'.

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to introduce a contrast or emphasize.

ख-आत्मिका (kha-ātmikā) - essentially nothing but space (ātman) (whose essence (ātman) is space, consisting of space)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kha-ātmika

kha-ātmika - whose nature/essence is space/ether, consisting of space

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kha+ātman)

• kha – space, ether, sky, void
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'adriśiraḥśilā' (the rock slab, which for us is space-natured).

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