योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-4, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
सौम्याम्बुत्वे तरङ्गत्वे सलिलस्याम्बुता यथा ।
समैवाब्धौ तथाऽदेहसदेहमुनिमुक्तता ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
saumyāmbutve taraṅgatve salilasyāmbutā yathā ,
samaivābdhau tathā'dehasadehamunimuktatā 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca saumyāmbutve taraṅgatve salilasya
am̐butā yathā samā eva abdhau tathā adehasadehamunimuktatā

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca yathā salilasya saumyāmbutve taraṅgatve am̐butā (asti),
tathā abdhau adehasadehamunimuktatā samā eva (asti)

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Just as the essential nature of water (am̐butā) remains the same, whether it appears as calm water or as a wave, so too, in the vast ocean (of existence), the state of liberation (mokṣa) for a sage is identical, whether they are embodied or disembodied.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सौम्याम्बुत्वे (saumyāmbutve) - in the state of being gentle water

• तरङ्गत्वे (taraṅgatve) - in the state of being a wave

• सलिलस्य (salilasya) - of the water

• अम्̐बुता (am̐butā) - the state of being water, water-ness

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• समा (samā) - same, equal, identical

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• अब्धौ (abdhau) - In the ocean of existence or the cosmic ocean. (in the ocean)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• अदेहसदेहमुनिमुक्तता (adehasadehamunimuktatā) - the liberation (mokṣa) of a sage, whether disembodied or embodied

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The venerable Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – prosperity, glory, veneration (prefix)
  indeclinable
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a revered sage)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Superlative of vasu (good).
  Root: vas (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect active indicative

Root vac, perfect tense.

Root: vac (class 2)

सौम्याम्बुत्वे (saumyāmbutve) - in the state of being gentle water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saumyāmbutva

saumyāmbutva - the state or quality of being gentle water

Taddhita suffix -tva (abstract noun).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (saumya+ambu+tva)

• saumya – gentle, mild, benevolent
  adjective
  From soma.
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
  Root: amb (class 1)
• tva – -ness, -hood (forms abstract noun)
  suffix (neuter)
  Taddhita suffix.

तरङ्गत्वे (taraṅgatve) - in the state of being a wave

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of taraṅgatva

taraṅgatva - the state or quality of being a wave

Taddhita suffix -tva (abstract noun).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (taraṅga+tva)

• taraṅga – wave, billow
  noun (masculine)
  From root tṛ (to cross, to swim).
  Root: tṛ (class 1)
• tva – -ness, -hood (forms abstract noun)
  suffix (neuter)
  Taddhita suffix.

सलिलस्य (salilasya) - of the water

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of salila

salila - water

Root: lās

अम्̐बुता (am̐butā) - the state of being water, water-ness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of am̐butā

am̐butā - the state or quality of being water

Taddhita suffix -tā (abstract noun).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ambu+tā)

• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
  Root: amb (class 1)
• tā – -ness, -hood (forms abstract noun)
  suffix (feminine)
  Taddhita suffix.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

समा (samā) - same, equal, identical

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sama

sama - same, equal, uniform

Note: Refers to muktatā.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

अब्धौ (abdhau) - In the ocean of existence or the cosmic ocean. (in the ocean)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of abdhi

abdhi - ocean, sea

From ap (water) + dhā (to hold).

Root: dhā (class 3)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

Correlative to yathā.

अदेहसदेहमुनिमुक्तता (adehasadehamunimuktatā) - the liberation (mokṣa) of a sage, whether disembodied or embodied

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of adehasadehamunimuktatā

adehasadehamunimuktatā - the state of liberation (mokṣa) for a sage, whether with or without a body

Taddhita suffix -tā.

Compound type : Dvandva + Tatpuruṣa + Tatpuruṣa (adeha+sadeha+muni+muktatā)

• adeha – disembodied, without a body
  adjective
  A + deha (negation).
• sadeha – embodied, with a body
  adjective
  Sa + deha.
• muni – sage, ascetic
  noun (masculine)
  From root man (to think).
  Root: man (class 4)
• muktatā – liberation, freedom (mokṣa)
  noun (feminine)
  Taddhita suffix -tā (from mukta, PPP of muc).
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Refers to mokṣa.