योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-9, verse-11

तिमिराक्रान्तदृष्टीनां यथा केशोण्ड्रकादि खे ।
स्फुरत्येवं जगद्रूपमनात्मन्येव तिष्ठताम् ॥ ११ ॥

timirākrāntadṛṣṭīnāṃ yathā keśoṇḍrakādi khe ,
sphuratyevaṃ jagadrūpamanātmanyeva tiṣṭhatām 11

11. timira ākānta dṛṣṭīnām yathā keśoṇḍrakādi khe
sphurati evam jagat rūpam anātmani eva tiṣṭhatām

11. yathā timira ākānta dṛṣṭīnām keśoṇḍrakādi khe sphurati,
evaṃ anātmani eva tiṣṭhatām jagat rūpam sphurati.

11. Just as illusory hairs (keśoṇḍrakādi) and similar phenomena appear in space (khe) to those whose vision is overcome by darkness (timirākrāntadṛṣṭīnām), so too does the form of the world (jagadrūpam) appear to those who abide only in what is not the self (anātmani eva tiṣṭhatām).

Words meanings summery:

• तिमिर (timira) - darkness (as a cause of illusion) (darkness, gloom, cataract (eye disease))

• आकान्त (ākānta) - overcome, afflicted (covered, overcome, seized, filled)

• दृष्टीनाम् (dṛṣṭīnām) - of those whose vision (of visions, of sights, of eyes, of views)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• केशोण्ड्रकादि (keśoṇḍrakādi) - illusory hairs and similar phenomena (keśoṇḍrakādi) (illusory hairs etc., similar optical illusions)

• खे (khe) - in space, in the void (in the sky, in space)

• स्फुरति (sphurati) - it appears, it manifests (it throbs, it manifests, it flashes, it appears)

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

• जगत् (jagat) - the world (the world, universe, moving, living)

• रूपम् (rūpam) - the form, the appearance (form, shape, appearance, nature)

• अनात्मनि (anātmani) - in what is not the self (anātmani) (in what is not the self, in the non-self)

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

• तिष्ठताम् (tiṣṭhatām) - to those who abide, for those existing (of those abiding, of those standing, of those existing)

Words meanings and morphology

तिमिर (timira) - darkness (as a cause of illusion) (darkness, gloom, cataract (eye disease))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of timira

timira - darkness, gloom, cataract, blindness

Note: Part of a compound 'timirākrāntadṛṣṭīnām'

आकान्त (ākānta) - overcome, afflicted (covered, overcome, seized, filled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākrānta

ākrānta - covered, overcome, seized, filled, attacked

past passive participle

from ā (prefix) + kram (to step, go)

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

दृष्टीनाम् (dṛṣṭīnām) - of those whose vision (of visions, of sights, of eyes, of views)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - seeing, vision, sight, eye, view, opinion

from root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Forms part of the compound `timirākrāntadṛṣṭīnām` (of those whose vision is overcome by darkness)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

केशोण्ड्रकादि (keśoṇḍrakādi) - illusory hairs and similar phenomena (keśoṇḍrakādi) (illusory hairs etc., similar optical illusions)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of keśoṇḍrakādi

keśoṇḍrakādi - illusory hairs, motes, or specks appearing before the eyes (due to cataract or fatigue) and similar phenomena

compound of keśa (hair), uṇḍraka (mote), ādi (and so on)

Compound type : dvandva (keśa+uṇḍraka+ādi)

• keśa – hair
  noun (masculine)
• uṇḍraka – mote, speck, imaginary appearance
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, et cetera
  indeclinable

खे (khe) - in space, in the void (in the sky, in space)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether, heaven, void, zero

स्फुरति (sphurati) - it appears, it manifests (it throbs, it manifests, it flashes, it appears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of sphur

present active third singular

Root: sphur (class 6)

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

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - the world (the world, universe, moving, living)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - moving, living, the world, universe, people

present active participle

from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Forms part of the compound 'jagadrūpam'

रूपम् (rūpam) - the form, the appearance (form, shape, appearance, nature)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, nature, beauty

Note: Forms part of the compound 'jagadrūpam' (form of the world)

अनात्मनि (anātmani) - in what is not the self (anātmani) (in what is not the self, in the non-self)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anātman

anātman - non-self, not the self, material world, body

nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of a (neg.) + ātman (self)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ātman)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

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

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठताम् (tiṣṭhatām) - to those who abide, for those existing (of those abiding, of those standing, of those existing)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tiṣṭhat

tiṣṭhat - standing, abiding, existing, remaining

present active participle

from root sthā (to stand, abide)

Root: sthā (class 1)

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