योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-78, verse-19
विपुलाद्यतनाकाशविपुलानम्बुबुदुदान् ।
सद्वस्रसंख्यान्कलयंल्लोचनानीव वासवः ॥ १९ ॥
सद्वस्रसंख्यान्कलयंल्लोचनानीव वासवः ॥ १९ ॥
vipulādyatanākāśavipulānambubududān ,
sadvasrasaṃkhyānkalayaṃllocanānīva vāsavaḥ 19
sadvasrasaṃkhyānkalayaṃllocanānīva vāsavaḥ 19
19.
vipuḷādyatanākāśavipuḷān ambubududān
sadvasrasaṃkhyān kalayan locanāni iva vāsavaḥ
sadvasrasaṃkhyān kalayan locanāni iva vāsavaḥ
19.
kalayan vipuḷādyatanākāśavipuḷān sadvasrasaṃkhyān
ambubududān vāsavaḥ locanāni iva
ambubududān vāsavaḥ locanāni iva
19.
The ocean, reckoning the water-bubbles – which were immense, vast as the present (ākāśa) sky, and countless as fine garments – as if they were the eyes of Vāsava (Indra).
Words meanings summery:
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- विपुऌआद्यतनाकाशविपुऌआन् (vipuḷādyatanākāśavipuḷān) - Describes water bubbles. (vast, as vast as the present sky.)
- अम्बुबुदुदान् (ambubududān) - water bubbles.
- सद्वस्त्रसंख्यान् (sadvastrasaṁkhyān) - Implies an innumerable quantity, similar to countless threads in fine cloth. (numbering as many as fine garments/cloths.)
- कलयन् (kalayan) - reckoning, counting, considering.
- लोचनानि (locanāni) - eyes.
- इव (iva) - like, as if.
- वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Indra.
Words meanings and morphology
विपुऌआद्यतनाकाशविपुऌआन् (vipuḷādyatanākāśavipuḷān) - Describes water bubbles. (vast, as vast as the present sky.)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of vipuḷādyatanākāśavipuḷa
vipuḷādyatanākāśavipuḷa - Vast and extensive, like the contemporary sky (ākāśa), itself vast.
Compound type : karmadhāraya (vipuḷa+adyatana+ākāśa+vipuḷa)
- vipuḷa – vast, extensive
adjective - adyatana – present, current, contemporary
adjective
Derived from 'adya' (today). - ākāśa – sky, space, ether (ākāśa)
noun (masculine) - vipuḷa – vast, extensive
adjective
Note: Describes 'ambubududān'.
अम्बुबुदुदान् (ambubududān) - water bubbles.
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of ambubududa
ambubududa - water bubble. (Often 'ambubudbuda').
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ambu+bududa)
- ambu – water
noun (neuter) - bududa – bubble
noun (masculine)
Note: The objects of 'kalayan'.
सद्वस्त्रसंख्यान् (sadvastrasaṁkhyān) - Implies an innumerable quantity, similar to countless threads in fine cloth. (numbering as many as fine garments/cloths.)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of sadvastrasaṃkhya
sadvastrasaṁkhya - Numbering as many as fine textiles/garments; countless.
Compound type : karmadhāraya (sat+vasra+saṃkhyā)
- sat – good, pure, existing
participle
Present active participle
From root as (to be), class 2.
Root: as (class 2) - vasra – dwelling, or variant of 'vastra' (cloth/garment)
noun (neuter) - saṃkhyā – number, count
noun (feminine)
Note: Describes 'ambubududān'.
कलयन् (kalayan) - reckoning, counting, considering.
(participle)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kalayat
kalayat - counting, reckoning, estimating, causing, knowing.
Present active participle
From root kal (to count, compute, cause, know), class 10, kalayati. Participle stem kalayat.
Root: kal (class 10)
लोचनानि (locanāni) - eyes.
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of locana
locana - eye.
Root: loc (class 10)
Note: Used in comparison with 'iva'.
इव (iva) - like, as if.
(indeclinable)
वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Indra.
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsava
vāsava - Indra (epithet 'lord of the Vasus').