योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-3, verse-18

अविद्यैव ह्यनन्तेयं नानाप्रसरशालिनी ।
जडानां सरिदादीर्घा तरत्सर्गतरङ्गिणी ॥ १८ ॥

avidyaiva hyananteyaṃ nānāprasaraśālinī ,
jaḍānāṃ saridādīrghā taratsargataraṅgiṇī 18

18. avidyā eva hi anantā iyam nānā prasara śālinī
jaḍānām sarit ādi dīrghā tarat sarga taraṅgiṇī

18. hi eva iyam anantā avidyā nānā prasara śālinī (asti).
(sā) jaḍānām sarit ādi dīrghā,
tarat sarga taraṅgiṇī (ca asti).

18. Indeed, this `avidyā` (ignorance) is infinite, characterized by diverse manifestations. For the deluded, it is like a vast, flowing river, a stream of creations (sarga) that surges with waves.

Words meanings summery:

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance (ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance)

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

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, surely)

• अनन्ता (anantā) - infinite (endless, infinite, boundless)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (ignorance) (this (feminine singular))

• नाना (nānā) - various, diverse (various, diverse, manifold)

• प्रसर (prasara) - manifestations, expansions (expansion, spread, flow, manifestation)

• शालिनी (śālinī) - characterized by, possessing (possessing, endowed with, characterized by)

• जडानाम् (jaḍānām) - for the deluded/ignorant (of the dull, of the inert, for the ignorant)

• सरित् (sarit) - river, stream (river, stream, current)

• आदि (ādi) - like, similar to (beginning with, and so on, like)

• दीर्घा (dīrghā) - long, vast (long, extended, vast)

• तरत् (tarat) - surging, flowing (crossing, flowing, overcoming)

• सर्ग (sarga) - creations (creation, emanation, dissolution, chapter)

• तरङ्गिणी (taraṅgiṇī) - river, stream (bearing waves) (river (literally, having waves), wave-bearing)

Words meanings and morphology

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance (ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, non-knowledge, illusion

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

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, surely)

(indeclinable)

अनन्ता (anantā) - infinite (endless, infinite, boundless)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ananta

ananta - endless, infinite, boundless, eternal

इयम् (iyam) - this (ignorance) (this (feminine singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, these

नाना (nānā) - various, diverse (various, diverse, manifold)

(indeclinable)

प्रसर (prasara) - manifestations, expansions (expansion, spread, flow, manifestation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasara

prasara - spreading, extension, flow, diffusion, manifestation, expansion

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

शालिनी (śālinī) - characterized by, possessing (possessing, endowed with, characterized by)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śālin

śālin - possessing, endowed with, rich in, characterized by

Derived from śālā (house, quality) or śāla (a tree)

जडानाम् (jaḍānām) - for the deluded/ignorant (of the dull, of the inert, for the ignorant)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jaḍa

jaḍa - cold, inert, dull, ignorant, foolish, senseless

सरित् (sarit) - river, stream (river, stream, current)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarit

sarit - river, stream, current

Root: sṛ (class 1)

आदि (ādi) - like, similar to (beginning with, and so on, like)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here to form a descriptive simile, 'river-like'.

दीर्घा (dīrghā) - long, vast (long, extended, vast)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dīrgha

dīrgha - long, protracted, extensive, vast

तरत् (tarat) - surging, flowing (crossing, flowing, overcoming)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛ

tṛ - to cross, pass over, go beyond, save, flow

Present Active Participle

From root tṛ (to cross).

Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'taraṅgiṇī'.

सर्ग (sarga) - creations (creation, emanation, dissolution, chapter)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emission, discharge, chapter, section

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Used here as part of a compound with 'taraṅgiṇī', effectively indicating 'waves of creation'.

तरङ्गिणी (taraṅgiṇī) - river, stream (bearing waves) (river (literally, having waves), wave-bearing)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of taraṅgiṇī

taraṅgiṇī - river, stream (literally 'having waves')

Derived from taraṅga (wave) with the suffix -inī (feminine possessive).