योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-92, verse-22

एकक्षणलवेनैव चालिताखिलभूधरः ।
वर्णावलितरङ्गाणां गङ्गावाह इवैककृत् ॥ २२ ॥

ekakṣaṇalavenaiva cālitākhilabhūdharaḥ ,
varṇāvalitaraṅgāṇāṃ gaṅgāvāha ivaikakṛt 22

22. eka-kṣaṇa-lavena eva cālitākhilabhūdharaḥ
varṇāvalitaraṅgāṇām gaṅgāvāhaḥ iva ekakṛt

22. eka-kṣaṇa-lavena eva cālitākhilabhūdharaḥ
varṇāvalitaraṅgāṇām gaṅgāvāhaḥ iva ekakṛt

22. He who, in just a fraction of a single moment, moved all mountains. He is the sole creator, like the flowing current of the Gaṅgā, of the waves of rows of letters (varṇāvali).

22. בשבר שנייה בודד טילטלתי את כל ההרים, מאחד את הכל כפי שזרם הַגַנְגָה מאחד את גלי הצלילים.

Words meanings summery:

• एक-क्षण-लवेन (eka-kṣaṇa-lavena) - by a fraction of a single moment

• एव (eva) - just, indeed, only

• चालिताखिलभूधरः (cālitākhilabhūdharaḥ) - he by whom all mountains have been moved

• वर्णावलितरङ्गाणाम् (varṇāvalitaraṅgāṇām) - of the waves of rows of letters/sounds

• गङ्गावाहः (gaṅgāvāhaḥ) - the flow of the Gaṅgā

• इव (iva) - like, as

• एककृत् (ekakṛt) - the sole creator/maker

Words meanings and morphology

एक-क्षण-लवेन (eka-kṣaṇa-lavena) - by a fraction of a single moment

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of eka-kṣaṇa-lava

eka-kṣaṇa-lava - a fraction of a single moment

compound noun

Compound type : Tatpurusha (eka+kṣaṇa+lava)

• eka – one, single
  adjective
• kṣaṇa – moment, instant
  noun (masculine)
• lava – a small particle, a fraction, a moment
  noun (masculine)

एव (eva) - just, indeed, only

(indeclinable)

चालिताखिलभूधरः (cālitākhilabhūdharaḥ) - he by whom all mountains have been moved

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cālitākhilabhūdhara

cālitākhilabhūdhara - one by whom all mountains have been moved

Bahuvrīhi compound, literally 'moved-all-mountains-having-he'

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (cālita+akhila+bhūdhara)

• cālita – moved, agitated, shaken
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  from root cal with suffix -ta
  Root: cal (class 1)
• akhila – all, entire, whole
  adjective
• bhūdhara – mountain (lit. earth-bearer)
  noun (masculine)
  Upapada Tatpurusha: bhūṃ dharati iti
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

वर्णावलितरङ्गाणाम् (varṇāvalitaraṅgāṇām) - of the waves of rows of letters/sounds

(noun)

Genitive, plural of varṇāvalitaraṅga

varṇāvalitaraṅga - waves of rows of letters/sounds

multiple Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : Tatpurusha (varṇa+āvali+taraṅga)

• varṇa – letter, sound, color, caste
  noun (masculine)
• āvali – row, series, line
  noun (feminine)
• taraṅga – wave
  noun (masculine)

गङ्गावाहः (gaṅgāvāhaḥ) - the flow of the Gaṅgā

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gaṅgāvāha

gaṅgāvāha - the flow/current of the Gaṅgā

Tatpurusha compound (Gaṅgāyāḥ vāhaḥ)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (gaṅgā+vāha)

• gaṅgā – the river Gaṅgā
  proper noun (feminine)
• vāha – flow, current, stream
  noun (masculine)
  from root vah
  Root: vah (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

एककृत् (ekakṛt) - the sole creator/maker

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekakṛt

ekakṛt - the sole creator/maker, the only one who does

compound noun (Karmadhāraya or Tatpurusha)

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (eka+kṛt)

• eka – one, single, unique
  adjective
• kṛt – maker, doer, creator
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

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