योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-119, verse-2

श्रीराम उवाच ।
ऊर्मिकासंविदुदयः कथं हेम्नो यथा मुने ।
अहंता चात्मन इति यथावद्ब्रूहि मे प्रभो ॥ २ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
ūrmikāsaṃvidudayaḥ kathaṃ hemno yathā mune ,
ahaṃtā cātmana iti yathāvadbrūhi me prabho 2

2. śrīrāma uvāca ūrmikāsaṃvidudayaḥ katham hemnaḥ yathā
mune ahaṃtā ca ātmanaḥ iti yathāvat brūhi me prabho

2. mune prabho yathā hemnaḥ
ūrmikāsaṃvidudayaḥ katham [bhavati]
tathā ātmanaḥ ahaṃtā ca katham
[bhavati] iti me yathāvat brūhi

2. Śrī Rāma said: O Sage, just as the perception of a ripple (ūrmikā) arises from gold (heman), how does ego (ahaṅkāra) arise from the self (ātman)? O Lord, please explain this to me precisely.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ऊर्मिकासंविदुदयः (ūrmikāsaṁvidudayaḥ) - the perception of a ripple, an awareness or manifestation of a wave-like form (the appearance of the knowledge/perception of a ripple)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

• हेम्नः (hemnaḥ) - from gold (from gold, of gold)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• मुने (mune) - O sage (Vasiṣṭha) (O sage, O hermit)

• अहंता (ahaṁtā) - ego (ahaṅkāra) (ego, egocentricity, sense of 'I')

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - from the self (ātman) (from the self, of the self)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, marking the end of a quotation or thought

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - precisely (precisely, accurately, duly, properly)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - please explain/tell (speak, tell, say)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord (Vasiṣṭha) (O lord, O master)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - The glorious Rāma, a revered name for Lord Rāma.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – prosperity, welfare, divine grace, goddess Lakṣmī, auspicious, glorious
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (son of Daśaratha), pleasing, charming
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense form

Irregular perfect tense form of 'vac' (root)

Root: vac (class 2)

ऊर्मिकासंविदुदयः (ūrmikāsaṁvidudayaḥ) - the perception of a ripple, an awareness or manifestation of a wave-like form (the appearance of the knowledge/perception of a ripple)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ūrmikāsaṃvidudaya

ūrmikāsaṁvidudaya - the rise of the perception of a ripple/wave

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpurusha (ūrmikā+saṃvid+udaya)

• ūrmikā – a small wave, ripple, ring, finger-ring
  noun (feminine)
• saṃvid – consciousness, knowledge, perception, understanding, agreement
  noun (feminine)
  From root vid with saṃ- prefix
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)
• udaya – rising, emergence, appearance, rise
  noun (masculine)
  From root i (to go) with ud- prefix
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

हेम्नः (hemnaḥ) - from gold (from gold, of gold)

(noun)

neuter, singular of heman

heman - gold

Note: Used in the sense of source (ablative).

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Adverb

मुने (mune) - O sage (Vasiṣṭha) (O sage, O hermit)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, hermit, saint

Root: man (class 4)

अहंता (ahaṁtā) - ego (ahaṅkāra) (ego, egocentricity, sense of 'I')

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahaṃtā

ahaṁtā - ego, egotism, selfhood, the quality of 'I-ness'

Derived from 'aham' (I) with suffix 'tā'

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - from the self (ātman) (from the self, of the self)

(noun)

masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, ultimate reality, the vital breath

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Used in the sense of source (ablative).

इति (iti) - thus, so, marking the end of a quotation or thought

(indeclinable)

Particle

यथावत् (yathāvat) - precisely (precisely, accurately, duly, properly)

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from yathā + vat-pratyaya

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - please explain/tell (speak, tell, say)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Imperative mood, active voice

Derived from root 'brū'

Root: brū (class 2)

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Enclitic form of the first person pronoun.

Note: Used in dative sense (to me).

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord (Vasiṣṭha) (O lord, O master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, sovereign, powerful, capable

From prefix 'pra' + root 'bhū' (to be)

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)