योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-85, verse-6

अमूर्तो मूर्तमाकाशे शब्दाडम्बरमानिलः ।
यथा स्पन्दस्तनोत्येवं शिवेच्छा कुरुते जगत् ॥ ६ ॥

amūrto mūrtamākāśe śabdāḍambaramānilaḥ ,
yathā spandastanotyevaṃ śivecchā kurute jagat 6

6. amūrtaḥ mūrtam ākāśe śabdāḍambaram anilaḥ |
yathā spandaḥ tanoti evam śivecchā kurute jagat

6. yathā amūrtaḥ anilaḥ ākāśe mūrtam śabdāḍambaram
spandaḥ tanoti evam śivecchā jagat kurute

6. Just as the formless wind (anila) produces a perceptible manifestation of sound in space (ākāśa) and a vibration expands, so too does the will (icchā) of Śiva create the world.

Words meanings summery:

• अमूर्तः (amūrtaḥ) - formless, incorporeal

• मूर्तम् (mūrtam) - having form, manifested

• आकाशे (ākāśe) - in space (ākāśa)

• शब्दाडम्बरम् (śabdāḍambaram) - a display of sound, pomp of sound

• अनिलः (anilaḥ) - the wind

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• स्पन्दः (spandaḥ) - vibration, throb

• तनोति (tanoti) - spreads, extends, expands, performs

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

• शिवेच्छा (śivecchā) - the will (icchā) of Śiva

• कुरुते (kurute) - creates, makes, performs

• जगत् (jagat) - the world

Words meanings and morphology

अमूर्तः (amūrtaḥ) - formless, incorporeal

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of amūrta

amūrta - formless, incorporeal, without shape

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of 'a' (negation) and 'mūrta' (formed, embodied).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mūrta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• mūrta – formed, embodied, concrete, having shape
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'mūrcch' (to thicken, coagulate).
  Root: mūrcch (class 1)

मूर्तम् (mūrtam) - having form, manifested

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mūrta

mūrta - formed, embodied, concrete, having shape

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'mūrcch' (to thicken, coagulate).

Root: mūrcch (class 1)

आकाशे (ākāśe) - in space (ākāśa)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky, vacuity

Prefix: ā

Root: kāś (class 1)

शब्दाडम्बरम् (śabdāḍambaram) - a display of sound, pomp of sound

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śabdāḍambara

śabdāḍambara - display of sound, pomp of sound, noise, sonorousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śabda+āḍambara)

• śabda – sound, word
  noun (masculine)
• āḍambara – pomp, display, splendor, noise
  noun (masculine)

अनिलः (anilaḥ) - the wind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anila

anila - wind, air

Derived from root 'an' (to breathe, live).

Root: an (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

स्पन्दः (spandaḥ) - vibration, throb

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of spanda

spanda - vibration, throb, pulsation, movement

Derived from root 'spand' (to throb, vibrate).

Root: spand (class 1)

Note: Subject.

तनोति (tanoti) - spreads, extends, expands, performs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of tan

present tense, parasmaipada

3rd person singular, present indicative, active voice.

Root: tan (class 8)

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

शिवेच्छा (śivecchā) - the will (icchā) of Śiva

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śivecchā

śivecchā - Śiva's will (icchā), desire of Śiva

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śiva+icchā)

• śiva – auspicious, benevolent, Śiva
  proper noun (masculine)
• icchā – will, desire
  noun (feminine)
  Root: iṣ (class 4)

कुरुते (kurute) - creates, makes, performs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kṛ

present tense, ātmanepada

3rd person singular, present indicative, middle voice.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

जगत् (jagat) - the world

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, what moves

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'gam' (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

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