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.

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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