योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-28, verse-21

ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च रुद्रश्च सर्वा वा भूतजातयः ।
नाशमेवानुधावन्ति सलिलानीव वाडवम् ॥ २१ ॥

brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca sarvā vā bhūtajātayaḥ ,
nāśamevānudhāvanti salilānīva vāḍavam 21

21. brahmā viṣṇuḥ ca rudraḥ ca sarvāḥ vā bhūtajātayaḥ
nāśam eva anudhāvanti salilāni iva vāḍavam

21. brahmā viṣṇuḥ ca rudraḥ ca sarvāḥ vā bhūtajātayaḥ
nāśam eva anudhāvanti salilāni iva vāḍavam

21. Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra, along with all categories of created beings, invariably hasten towards destruction, just as rivers rush into the submarine fire (vāḍavam).

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā, the creator deity

• विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu, the preserver deity

• च (ca) - and

• रुद्रः (rudraḥ) - Rudra, a name for Śiva, the destroyer deity

• च (ca) - and

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

• वा (vā) - or, and, even

• भूतजातयः (bhūtajātayaḥ) - classes of created beings, categories of creatures, all created things

• नाशम् (nāśam) - destruction, annihilation, ruin

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

• अनुधावन्ति (anudhāvanti) - they run after, they hasten towards, they follow

• सलिलानि (salilāni) - waters, rivers

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वाडवम् (vāḍavam) - submarine fire, the ocean (as consumer of rivers)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā, the creator deity

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator deity); (neuter) ultimate reality, sacred word, Veda, spiritual knowledge

विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu, the preserver deity

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - Viṣṇu (the preserver deity); an epithet of the sun

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

रुद्रः (rudraḥ) - Rudra, a name for Śiva, the destroyer deity

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rudra

rudra - Rudra (a Vedic deity, later identified with Śiva); a fierce god, destroyer

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, whole, entire

वा (vā) - or, and, even

(indeclinable)

भूतजातयः (bhūtajātayaḥ) - classes of created beings, categories of creatures, all created things

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhūtajāti

bhūtajāti - class of beings, category of creatures, generated forms

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+jāti)

• bhūta – being, creature, element, past, happened
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √bhū 'to be, to become'
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• jāti – birth, origin, class, species, genus
  noun (feminine)

नाशम् (nāśam) - destruction, annihilation, ruin

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, annihilation, disappearance

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

(indeclinable)

अनुधावन्ति (anudhāvanti) - they run after, they hasten towards, they follow

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of anudhāv

Prefix: anu

Root: dhāv (class 1)

सलिलानि (salilāni) - waters, rivers

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of salila

salila - water, waters, rivers

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वाडवम् (vāḍavam) - submarine fire, the ocean (as consumer of rivers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāḍava

vāḍava - submarine fire (vāḍavāgni); a mare; belonging to a mare