योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-92, verse-48

सरिच्छिरामलस्फाररसानि सुषिराणि च ।
जगन्त्येवास्थिजालानि ममासन्संस्थितानि च ॥ ४८ ॥

saricchirāmalasphārarasāni suṣirāṇi ca ,
jagantyevāsthijālāni mamāsansaṃsthitāni ca 48

48. saricchirāmalasphārarasāni suṣirāṇi ca jaganti
eva asthijālani mama āsan saṃsthitāni ca

48. jaganti eva suṣirāṇi ca mama asthijālani
saricchirāmalasphārarasāni ca saṃsthitāni āsan

48. All the worlds (jaganti) were indeed my hollow and porous skeletal structures, and they were constituted, with rivers serving as their pure, abundant fluids.

Words meanings summery:

• सरिच्छिरामलस्फाररसानि (saricchirāmalasphārarasāni) - having rivers as pure abundant fluids, possessing veins/channels which are pure and flowing with abundant fluids

• सुषिराणि (suṣirāṇi) - hollow, porous, perforated

• च (ca) - and, also

• जगन्ति (jaganti) - the worlds, the universe, beings

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, alone, only

• अस्थिजालनि (asthijālani) - networks of bones, skeletal structures

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• आसन् (āsan) - they were

• संस्थितानि (saṁsthitāni) - arranged, constituted, situated, placed

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

सरिच्छिरामलस्फाररसानि (saricchirāmalasphārarasāni) - having rivers as pure abundant fluids, possessing veins/channels which are pure and flowing with abundant fluids

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of saricchirāmalasphārarasa

saricchirāmalasphārarasa - having rivers as pure abundant fluids

A complex bahuvrīhi compound, meaning 'whose fluids are pure and abundant, like rivers and veins'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saricchirā+amala+sphāra+rasa)

• saricchirā – river-veins, channels like rivers
  noun (feminine)
  sarit (river) + śirā (vein, channel)
• amala – pure, spotless, clean
  adjective (neuter)
  a (not) + mala (impurity)
  Prefix: a
• sphāra – abundant, extensive, widely diffused, prominent
  adjective (neuter)
  from sphur (to throb, expand)
  Root: sphur (class 6)
• rasa – fluid, juice, essence, taste, sentiment
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  Root: ras (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying jaganti and asthijālani.

सुषिराणि (suṣirāṇi) - hollow, porous, perforated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of suṣira

suṣira - hollow, porous, perforated, a hole, aperture

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

जगन्ति (jaganti) - the worlds, the universe, beings

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jagat

jagat - world, universe, living beings, moving, terrestrial

Present Active Participle

from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used as a noun here.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, alone, only

(indeclinable)

अस्थिजालनि (asthijālani) - networks of bones, skeletal structures

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of asthijāla

asthijāla - network of bones, skeletal structure

asthi (bone) + jāla (net, network)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asthi+jāla)

• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)
• jāla – net, network, mesh, multitude
  noun (neuter)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

First person pronoun.

आसन् (āsan) - they were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect Active

From root as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

संस्थितानि (saṁsthitāni) - arranged, constituted, situated, placed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of saṃsthita

saṁsthita - arranged, constituted, situated, placed, standing together

Past Passive Participle

from sam + sthā (to stand)

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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