योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-86, verse-23

बुद्ध्यैव दृश्यते नाक्ष्णा परया विविधाकृति ।
क्वचित्प्रथमसर्गात्म जायमानप्रजापति ॥ २३ ॥

buddhyaiva dṛśyate nākṣṇā parayā vividhākṛti ,
kvacitprathamasargātma jāyamānaprajāpati 23

23. buddhyā eva dṛśyate na akṣṇā parayā vividhākṛti
kvacit prathamasargātma jāyamānaprajāpati

23. vividhākṛti parayā buddhyā eva dṛśyate akṣṇā
na kvacit prathamasargātma jāyamānaprajāpati

23. The multifarious form (of reality) is seen only by the supreme intellect, not by the eye. Sometimes, it appears as Prajāpati (creator god) emerging, embodying the very nature of the first creation.

Words meanings summery:

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, by understanding, by reason

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, is perceived, appears

• न (na) - not, no

• अक्ष्णा (akṣṇā) - by the eye, by the sense of sight

• परया (parayā) - by the supreme, by the transcendental, by the higher

• विविधाकृति (vividhākṛti) - having diverse forms, multifarious form, multiform

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, in some place, occasionally

• प्रथमसर्गात्म (prathamasargātma) - having the nature of the first creation, whose essence is the first creation

• जायमानप्रजापति (jāyamānaprajāpati) - Prajāpati (creator god) being born/emerging

Words meanings and morphology

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, by understanding, by reason

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, reason, perception

Root: budh (class 1)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

(indeclinable)

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, is perceived, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अक्ष्णा (akṣṇā) - by the eye, by the sense of sight

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of akṣi

akṣi - eye

परया (parayā) - by the supreme, by the transcendental, by the higher

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of para

para - supreme, higher, transcendental, ultimate, other

विविधाकृति (vividhākṛti) - having diverse forms, multifarious form, multiform

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vividhākṛti

vividhākṛti - having diverse forms, multiform, multifarious

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vividha+ākṛti)

• vividha – diverse, various, manifold
  adjective
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance, figure
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, in some place, occasionally

(indeclinable)

प्रथमसर्गात्म (prathamasargātma) - having the nature of the first creation, whose essence is the first creation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prathamasargātman

prathamasargātman - having the nature of the first creation, whose essence is the first creation

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prathamasarga+ātman)

• prathamasarga – first creation, primary creation
  noun (masculine)
• prathama – first, foremost, primary
  adjective
• sarga – creation, emanation, chapter
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

जायमानप्रजापति (jāyamānaprajāpati) - Prajāpati (creator god) being born/emerging

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāyamānaprajāpati

jāyamānaprajāpati - Prajāpati being born, emerging Prajāpati

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jāyamāna+prajāpati)

• jāyamāna – being born, emerging, appearing
  participle
  Present Middle Participle
  Derived from root jan (class 4) in present middle participle form.
  Root: jan (class 4)
• prajāpati – lord of creatures, creator god (Prajāpati)
  proper noun (masculine)

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