योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-70, verse-3

आकाशत्वाद्यदाद्योऽयं पराकाशो भवाम्यहम् ।
तदा महाप्रलयता वासनायाश्च संक्षयः ॥ ३ ॥

ākāśatvādyadādyo'yaṃ parākāśo bhavāmyaham ,
tadā mahāpralayatā vāsanāyāśca saṃkṣayaḥ 3

3. ākāśatvāt yadā ādyaḥ ayam parākāśaḥ bhavāmi aham
| tadā mahāpralaytā vāsanāyāḥ ca saṃkṣayaḥ ||

3. yadā ākāśatvāt aham ayam ādyaḥ parākāśaḥ bhavāmi
tadā mahāpralaytā ca vāsanāyāḥ saṃkṣayaḥ [bhavati]

3. When, by virtue of the nature of space, I become this primeval supreme space (parākāśa), then (there occurs) the great dissolution (mahāpralaya) and the complete annihilation of latent impressions (vāsanā).

3. מכיוון שאני חלל, כאשר אהפוך לחלל העליון הקדמון הזה, אז תתרחש ההתפרקות הקוסמית הגדולה וסופן של ה-וָאסַנָה (הנטיות הפנימיות).

Words meanings summery:

• आकाशत्वात् (ākāśatvāt) - from the nature of space, due to being space

• यदा (yadā) - when

• आद्यः (ādyaḥ) - first, primeval, original

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• पराकाशः (parākāśaḥ) - supreme space, ultimate space

• भवामि (bhavāmi) - I become, I am

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• महाप्रलय्ता (mahāpralaytā) - the state of great dissolution

• वासनायाः (vāsanāyāḥ) - of latent impressions, of desires

• च (ca) - and

• संक्षयः (saṁkṣayaḥ) - complete destruction, annihilation, perishing

Words meanings and morphology

आकाशत्वात् (ākāśatvāt) - from the nature of space, due to being space

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ākāśatva

ākāśatva - the state or quality of being space/ether

Compound type : Tatpurusha (ākāśa+tva)

• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
• tva – -ness, -hood (suffix forming abstract nouns)
  noun (neuter)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

आद्यः (ādyaḥ) - first, primeval, original

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ādya

ādya - first, primeval, original, earliest

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

पराकाशः (parākāśaḥ) - supreme space, ultimate space

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parākāśa

parākāśa - supreme space, ultimate ether

Compound type : Tatpurusha (para+ākāśa)

• para – supreme, ultimate, highest, other
  adjective (masculine)
• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)

भवामि (bhavāmi) - I become, I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aham

aham - I

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

महाप्रलय्ता (mahāpralaytā) - the state of great dissolution

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahāpralaytā

mahāpralaytā - the state of great dissolution (mahāpralaya)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (mahāpralaya+tā)

• mahāpralaya – great dissolution, cosmic annihilation
  noun (masculine)
• tā – -ness, -hood (suffix forming abstract feminine nouns)
  noun (feminine)

वासनायाः (vāsanāyāḥ) - of latent impressions, of desires

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, mental trace, habit, desire

Root: vas (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

संक्षयः (saṁkṣayaḥ) - complete destruction, annihilation, perishing

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkṣaya

saṁkṣaya - complete destruction, annihilation, decrease, end

Prefix: sam

Root: kṣi (class 1)

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