योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-75, verse-6

यावद्विचारयाम्याशु विधिवैधुर्यमाकुलम् ।
उदभूद्भूतलात्तावदर्क और्व इवार्णवात् ॥ ६ ॥

yāvadvicārayāmyāśu vidhivaidhuryamākulam ,
udabhūdbhūtalāttāvadarka aurva ivārṇavāt 6

6. yāvat vicārayāmi āśu vidhivai dhuryam ākulam
udabhūt bhūtalāt tāvat arkaḥ aurvaḥ iva arṇavāt

6. yāvat āśu ākulam vidhivai dhuryam vicārayāmi
tāvat bhūtalāt arkaḥ udabhūt aurvaḥ arṇavāt iva

6. While I was quickly pondering the confused and unfavorable turn of fate, at that very moment, a sun arose from the surface of the earth, just as the mythical submarine fire (Aurva) appears from the ocean.

6. בעודי מהרהר במהירות בחרדה על הפרת הסדר הקוסמי, עלתה מן האדמה שמש נוספת, כמו אש מעמקי הים הפורצת מן האוקיינוס.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - while (as long as, while, as much as)

• विचारयामि (vicārayāmi) - I was pondering (I ponder, I consider, I think)

• आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, immediately)

• विधिवै धुर्यम् (vidhivai dhuryam) - unfavorable turn of fate (misfortune of fate, lack of proper arrangement)

• आकुलम् (ākulam) - confused (agitated, confused, filled with)

• उदभूत् (udabhūt) - arose (arose, appeared, came forth)

• भूतलात् (bhūtalāt) - from the surface of the earth

• तावत् (tāvat) - at that very moment (then, at that time, so much)

• अर्कः (arkaḥ) - a sun (celestial body) (sun, ray, copper, praise)

• और्वः (aurvaḥ) - the mythical submarine fire (Aurva) (relating to Urva, a mythical fire (especially submarine fire))

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• अर्णवात् (arṇavāt) - from the ocean (from the ocean, from the sea)

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - while (as long as, while, as much as)

(indeclinable)

विचारयामि (vicārayāmi) - I was pondering (I ponder, I consider, I think)

(verb)

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

causative present active

Root car (to move) with prefix vi (apart, intensely), causative suffix -aya

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, immediately)

(indeclinable)

विधिवै धुर्यम् (vidhivai dhuryam) - unfavorable turn of fate (misfortune of fate, lack of proper arrangement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vidhivai dhurya

vidhivai dhurya - deficiency or misfortune of fate/ordinance

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vidhi+vaidhurya)

• vidhi – rule, injunction, ordinance, fate, destiny
  noun (masculine)
• vaidhurya – deficiency, misfortune, distress, widowhood
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from vidhura (deficient, distressed)

आकुलम् (ākulam) - confused (agitated, confused, filled with)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākula

ākula - agitated, confused, crowded, full of

Root kul (to gather) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: kul (class 1)

Note: modifies `vidhivai dhuryam`

उदभूत् (udabhūt) - arose (arose, appeared, came forth)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (luṅ) of udbhū

Aorist active

Root bhū (to be, to become) with prefix ud

Prefix: ud

Root: bhū (class 1)

भूतलात् (bhūtalāt) - from the surface of the earth

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bhūtala

bhūtala - earth's surface, ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhū+tala)

• bhū – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane, flat ground, palm, sole
  noun (neuter)

तावत् (tāvat) - at that very moment (then, at that time, so much)

(indeclinable)

अर्कः (arkaḥ) - a sun (celestial body) (sun, ray, copper, praise)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arka

arka - sun, ray, copper, praise, crystal

और्वः (aurvaḥ) - the mythical submarine fire (Aurva) (relating to Urva, a mythical fire (especially submarine fire))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aurva

aurva - descendant of Urva, submarine fire, related to horses

Derived from Urva (a sage) + aṇ pratyaya

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

अर्णवात् (arṇavāt) - from the ocean (from the ocean, from the sea)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of arṇava

arṇava - ocean, sea, flood

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