योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-10, verse-12

स्पन्दास्पन्दसमाकारात्ततो विष्णुरजायत ।
स्यन्दमानरसापूरात्तरङ्गः सागरादिव ॥ १२ ॥

spandāspandasamākārāttato viṣṇurajāyata ,
syandamānarasāpūrāttaraṅgaḥ sāgarādiva 12

12. spandāspandasamākārāt tataḥ viṣṇuḥ ajāyata
syandamānarasāpūrāt taraṅgaḥ sāgarāt iva

12. tataḥ spandāspandasamākārāt viṣṇuḥ ajāyata
sāgarāt syandamānarasāpūrāt taraṅgaḥ iva

12. From that state of both vibration and non-vibration, Viṣṇu was born, just as a wave arises from the abundant surge of water in an ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• स्पन्दास्पन्दसमाकारात् (spandāspandasamākārāt) - from the state of vibration and non-vibration, from the nature of motion and stillness

• ततः (tataḥ) - from that (consciousness-ether) (from that, thence, therefore)

• विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu

• अजायत (ajāyata) - was born, originated

• स्यन्दमानरसापूरात् (syandamānarasāpūrāt) - from the surging abundance of water (from the surging abundance of water/essence)

• तरङ्गः (taraṅgaḥ) - a wave

• सागरात् (sāgarāt) - from the ocean

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

स्पन्दास्पन्दसमाकारात् (spandāspandasamākārāt) - from the state of vibration and non-vibration, from the nature of motion and stillness

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of spandāspandasamākāra

spandāspandasamākāra - state of vibration and non-vibration

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (spanda+āspanda+samākāra)

• spanda – vibration, pulsation, motion
  noun (masculine)
• āspanda – non-vibration, stillness
  noun (masculine)
  Negative compound of 'spanda'.
• samākāra – similar form, nature, state
  noun (masculine)

Note: Source from which Viṣṇu arises.

ततः (tataḥ) - from that (consciousness-ether) (from that, thence, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers back to the 'cidākāśa' mentioned in the previous verse.

विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - Viṣṇu (a major Hindu deity)

Note: Subject of 'ajāyata'.

अजायत (ajāyata) - was born, originated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (luṅ) of jan

Imperfect tense, middle voice

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to the origin of Viṣṇu.

स्यन्दमानरसापूरात् (syandamānarasāpūrāt) - from the surging abundance of water (from the surging abundance of water/essence)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of syandamānarasāpūra

syandamānarasāpūra - surging abundance of water

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (syandamāna+rasa+āpūra)

• syandamāna – flowing, surging, streaming
  participle
  Present Middle Participle
  Root: syand (class 1)
• rasa – juice, essence, water
  noun (masculine)
• āpūra – abundance, flood, surge
  noun (masculine)

Note: The source of the wave, part of the simile.

तरङ्गः (taraṅgaḥ) - a wave

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of taraṅga

taraṅga - wave

Note: Subject of the simile.

सागरात् (sāgarāt) - from the ocean

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

Note: Source of the wave in the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle indicating comparison.