योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-72, verse-10

कथमेतानि चाङ्गानि ब्रह्मंस्तस्य स्थितानि च ।
कथं वा सोऽन्तरे तस्य स्वस्यैव वपुषः स्थितः ॥ १० ॥

kathametāni cāṅgāni brahmaṃstasya sthitāni ca ,
kathaṃ vā so'ntare tasya svasyaiva vapuṣaḥ sthitaḥ 10

10. katham etāni ca aṅgāni brahman tasya sthitāni ca
katham vā saḥ antare tasya svasya eva vapuṣaḥ sthitaḥ

10. brahman katham etāni aṅgāni ca tasya sthitāni katham
vā saḥ tasya svasya eva vapuṣaḥ antare sthitaḥ

10. O Brahmā, how are these parts (like the realms mentioned earlier) situated as belonging to him? And how, indeed, is he himself situated within his own body?

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• एतानि (etāni) - Refers to bhūloka, svarga, rasātala from the previous verse. (these)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - Refers to the various cosmic realms (bhūloka, svarga, rasātala) as parts of the Cosmic Being. (limbs, parts)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Vocative, addressing Vasiṣṭha. (O Brahmā (wise one, lord))

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

• स्थितानि (sthitāni) - situated, existing, placed

• च (ca) - and, also

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• वा (vā) - or, either

• सः (saḥ) - Refers to the Virāṭ/Brahmā. (he, that)

• अन्तरे (antare) - within, inside, in the midst of

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

• स्वस्य (svasya) - of his own

• एव (eva) - Emphasizes "his own". (indeed, certainly, only)

• वपुषः (vapuṣaḥ) - of the body

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - situated, standing, existing

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

एतानि (etāni) - Refers to bhūloka, svarga, rasātala from the previous verse. (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Nominative plural neuter of 'etad'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - Refers to the various cosmic realms (bhūloka, svarga, rasātala) as parts of the Cosmic Being. (limbs, parts)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of aṅga

aṅga - limb, part, constituent, body

Note: Subject.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Vocative, addressing Vasiṣṭha. (O Brahmā (wise one, lord))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator god), universal spirit (brahman), wise man, priest

Vocative singular masculine of 'brahman'.

Root: bṛh (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Genitive singular masculine of 'tad'.

Note: Refers to the Virāṭ/Brahmā.

स्थितानि (sthitāni) - situated, existing, placed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, firm

Past Passive Participle

From √sthā 'to stand'. Nominative plural neuter.

Root: sthā (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - Refers to the Virāṭ/Brahmā. (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Nominative singular masculine of 'tad'.

अन्तरे (antare) - within, inside, in the midst of

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interior, middle, between, within

Locative singular neuter of 'antara'.

तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Genitive singular masculine of 'tad'.

Note: Refers to the Virāṭ/Brahmā.

स्वस्य (svasya) - of his own

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self

Genitive singular masculine/neuter of 'sva'.

एव (eva) - Emphasizes "his own". (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

वपुषः (vapuṣaḥ) - of the body

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure

Genitive singular neuter of 'vapus'.

Root: vap

Note: Governed by 'antare' (which can take genitive or locative).

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - situated, standing, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, firm

Past Passive Participle

From √sthā 'to stand'. Nominative singular masculine.

Root: sthā (class 1)

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