योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-86, verse-9

तादृशोऽपि महारम्भः पुरः पश्यत एव मे ।
इति सावरणे तेन ते ब्रह्माण्डकवाटके ॥ ९ ॥

tādṛśo'pi mahārambhaḥ puraḥ paśyata eva me ,
iti sāvaraṇe tena te brahmāṇḍakavāṭake 9

9. tādṛśaḥ api mahārambhaḥ puraḥ paśyataḥ eva me
| iti sa-āvaraṇe tena te brahmāṇḍakavāṭake ||

9. me puraḥ paśyataḥ eva tādṛśaḥ api mahārambhaḥ
iti tena sa-āvaraṇe te brahmāṇḍakavāṭake

9. Even such a vast creation appeared before my very eyes. Thus, by that (entity), those cosmic egg-shells, along with their coverings...

Words meanings summery:

• तादृशः (tādṛśaḥ) - even such a vast (creation) (such, of that kind)

• अपि (api) - even (emphasizing the vastness) (even, also, too)

• महारम्भः (mahārambhaḥ) - vast creation, grand manifestation (great beginning, vast creation, grand manifestation)

• पुरः (puraḥ) - right before (my eyes) (in front, before, eastward)

• पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - of me seeing (of one seeing, seeing)

• एव (eva) - indeed, emphasizing 'right before' (indeed, only, just)

• मे (me) - my (eyes) (my, to me, of me)

• इति (iti) - thus, introducing the consequence (thus, in this manner, so)

• स-आवरणे (sa-āvaraṇe) - along with their coverings (with its coverings, including its coverings)

• तेन (tena) - by that (entity, referring to the vanishing one from previous verse) (by that, by him, by it)

• ते (te) - those (cosmic egg-shells) (those, your)

• ब्रह्माण्डकवाटके (brahmāṇḍakavāṭake) - those cosmic egg-shells (as objects of action) (in the cosmic egg-shells, in the multitude of cosmic eggs)

Words meanings and morphology

तादृशः (tādṛśaḥ) - even such a vast (creation) (such, of that kind)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tādṛśa

tādṛśa - such, like that, of that kind

Derived from tad (that) + dṛś (to see)

Note: Agrees with 'mahārambhaḥ'.

अपि (api) - even (emphasizing the vastness) (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

महारम्भः (mahārambhaḥ) - vast creation, grand manifestation (great beginning, vast creation, grand manifestation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahārambha

mahārambha - great beginning, vast undertaking, grand manifestation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahā+ārambha)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• ārambha – beginning, undertaking, enterprise
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'appeared' or 'was'.

पुरः (puraḥ) - right before (my eyes) (in front, before, eastward)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial.

पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - of me seeing (of one seeing, seeing)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, perceiving

Present Active Participle

From root dṛś (to see), with present stem paśya-, suffix -śatṛ.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, emphasizing 'right before' (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

मे (me) - my (eyes) (my, to me, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Possessive, agreeing with 'paśyataḥ'.

इति (iti) - thus, introducing the consequence (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

स-आवरणे (sa-āvaraṇe) - along with their coverings (with its coverings, including its coverings)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of sa-āvaraṇa

sa-āvaraṇa - with coverings, having an enclosure

Bahuvrīhi compound of sa (with) + āvaraṇa (covering).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+āvaraṇa)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• āvaraṇa – covering, enclosure, obstruction
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ā

Note: Functions adverbially or as part of a locative absolute with 'brahmāṇḍakavāṭake'.

तेन (tena) - by that (entity, referring to the vanishing one from previous verse) (by that, by him, by it)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agent of the action in the following verse.

ते (te) - those (cosmic egg-shells) (those, your)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Modifies 'brahmāṇḍakavāṭake'. Could also be locative.

ब्रह्माण्डकवाटके (brahmāṇḍakavāṭake) - those cosmic egg-shells (as objects of action) (in the cosmic egg-shells, in the multitude of cosmic eggs)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of brahmāṇḍakavāṭaka

brahmāṇḍakavāṭaka - cosmic egg-shell, multitude of universes

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahmāṇḍa+kavāṭaka)

• brahmāṇḍa – cosmic egg, universe
  noun (neuter)
• kavāṭaka – small door, shell, multitude, series
  noun (neuter)

Note: As locative plural, it forms a locative absolute construction with 'vinigīrṇe' in the next verse, meaning 'when those cosmic egg-shells were swallowed'.