योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-94, verse-80

यथा यत्रेह वै निम्ना जलं तत्रावतिष्ठते ।
तथा यत्र पिशाचाद्यास्तमस्तत्रावतिष्ठते ॥ ८० ॥

yathā yatreha vai nimnā jalaṃ tatrāvatiṣṭhate ,
tathā yatra piśācādyāstamastatrāvatiṣṭhate 80

80. yathā yatra iha vai nimnā jalam tatra avatiṣṭhate
| tathā yatra piśāca-ādyāḥ tamaḥ tatra avatiṣṭhate

80. yathā jalam iha vai nimnā tatra avatiṣṭhate
tathā tamaḥ yatra piśāca-ādyāḥ tatra avatiṣṭhate

80. Just as water naturally settles here in low-lying ground, similarly, wherever ghosts and other such beings are present, darkness resides there.

80. כפי ששם, במקום הנמוך, נקווים המים, כך במקום שבו נמצאים הפִּישָׁאצָ'ה (שדים) וכיוצא בהם, שוכן החושך.

Words meanings summery:

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

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, now

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, verily (an emphatic particle)

• निम्ना (nimnā) - in a low-lying place, depression, low ground

• जलम् (jalam) - water

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - remains, stands, settles, dwells

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• पिशाच-आद्याः (piśāca-ādyāḥ) - ghosts and others, spirits etc.

• तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness, gloom, ignorance

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - remains, stands, settles, dwells

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, now

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, verily (an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

निम्ना (nimnā) - in a low-lying place, depression, low ground

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nimna

nimna - low, deep, depressed; low-lying ground, depression, abyss

जलम् (jalam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water, fluid, moisture

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - remains, stands, settles, dwells

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of sthā

Root sthā (1st class) with upasarga ava-.

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

पिशाच-आद्याः (piśāca-ādyāḥ) - ghosts and others, spirits etc.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of piśācādya

piśācādya - beginning with piśācas, ghosts and similar beings

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (piśāca+ādya)

• piśāca – ghost, demon, fiend, goblin
  noun (masculine)
• ādya – first, foremost, principal, beginning with, etc.
  adjective (masculine)

तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness, gloom, ignorance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom; ignorance, inertia, one of the three guṇas

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - remains, stands, settles, dwells

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of sthā

Root sthā (1st class) with upasarga ava-.

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Previous Verse Next Verse