योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-99, verse-8

त्रसरेणुप्रमाणात्मा कृम्यणुस्तिमिनामकः ।
गमने व्यग्रता तस्य गरुडस्येव लक्ष्यते ॥ ८ ॥

trasareṇupramāṇātmā kṛmyaṇustimināmakaḥ ,
gamane vyagratā tasya garuḍasyeva lakṣyate 8

8. trasa-reṇu-pramāṇa-ātmā kṛmi-aṇuḥ timi-nāmakaḥ
gamane vyagratā tasya garuḍasya iva lakṣyate

8. trasa-reṇu-pramāṇa-ātmā timi-nāmakaḥ kṛmi-aṇuḥ,
tasya gamane vyagratā garuḍasya iva lakṣyate

8. A tiny worm (kṛmi), whose very being (ātman) is the size of a dust mote and who is named 'Timi', shows such swift eagerness in its movement, just as if it were (the mythical bird) Garuḍa.

8. תולעת זעירה שגודלה כחלקיק אבק מראה בתנועתה אותה שקידה ונמרצות כמו הנשר הענקי גַרוּדָה.

Words meanings summery:

• त्रस-रेणु-प्रमाण-आत्मा (trasa-reṇu-pramāṇa-ātmā) - whose essence/measure is a mote of dust

• कृमि-अणुः (kṛmi-aṇuḥ) - a tiny worm/insect

• तिमि-नामकः (timi-nāmakaḥ) - named Timi

• गमने (gamane) - in movement, in going

• व्यग्रता (vyagratā) - eagerness, haste, agility

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• गरुडस्य (garuḍasya) - of Garuḍa

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• लक्ष्यते (lakṣyate) - is seen, is observed, appears

Words meanings and morphology

त्रस-रेणु-प्रमाण-आत्मा (trasa-reṇu-pramāṇa-ātmā) - whose essence/measure is a mote of dust

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of trasa-reṇu-pramāṇa-ātman

trasa-reṇu-pramāṇa-ātman - one whose self/essence/measure (ātman) is of the size (pramāṇa) of a mote of dust (trasa-reṇu)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (trasa-reṇu+pramāṇa+ātman)

• trasa-reṇu – dust mote, atom (visible in a sunbeam)
  noun (masculine)
• pramāṇa – measure, size
  noun (neuter)
  from √mā with pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mā (class 3)
• ātman – self, essence, being, ātman
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies `kṛmi-aṇuḥ`.

कृमि-अणुः (kṛmi-aṇuḥ) - a tiny worm/insect

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛmi-aṇu

kṛmi-aṇu - a tiny worm, a minute insect

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṛmi+aṇu)

• kṛmi – worm, insect
  noun (masculine)
• aṇu – minute, atom, tiny
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

तिमि-नामकः (timi-nāmakaḥ) - named Timi

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of timi-nāmaka

timi-nāmaka - named Timi (a mythical giant fish)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (timi+nāmaka)

• timi – a mythical giant fish/whale
  proper noun (masculine)
• nāmaka – named, called
  adjective (masculine)
  from nāman (name) + ka suffix

Note: Qualifies `kṛmi-aṇuḥ`.

गमने (gamane) - in movement, in going

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gamana

gamana - going, moving, movement

verbal noun

from √gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Location of the agility.

व्यग्रता (vyagratā) - eagerness, haste, agility

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyagratā

vyagratā - eagerness, agility, preoccupation

from vyagra + tā (feminine suffix)

Note: Subject of `lakṣyate`.

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

Note: Refers to the `kṛmi-aṇu`.

गरुडस्य (garuḍasya) - of Garuḍa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of garuḍa

garuḍa - Garuḍa (mythical bird, vehicle of Viṣṇu)

Note: Part of the comparison 'like Garuḍa'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

लक्ष्यते (lakṣyate) - is seen, is observed, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of lakṣ

present passive

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

Note: The verb agrees with `vyagratā`.

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