योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-119, verse-26

महार्णवाम्भसीवाम्बु संस्थिता परमेश्वरे ।
जलं द्रवत्वात्स्पन्दीव निस्पन्दं परमं पदम् ॥ २६ ॥

mahārṇavāmbhasīvāmbu saṃsthitā parameśvare ,
jalaṃ dravatvātspandīva nispandaṃ paramaṃ padam 26

26. mahārṇavāmbhasi iva ambu saṃsthitā parameśvare |
jalam dravatvāt spandī iva nispandam paramam padam ||

26. paramam padam nispandam ambu saṃsthitā parameśvare
mahārṇavāmbhasi iva jalam dravatvāt spandī iva

26. The supreme state (paramam padam) is motionless (nispandam). A state (saṃsthitā) of water in the Supreme Lord (parameśvara) is comparable to water in a great ocean. [This state is such that it is like] water which, due to its fluidity (dravatva), appears agitated (spandī).

Words meanings summery:

• महार्णवाम्भसि (mahārṇavāmbhasi) - in the water of the great ocean, in the depths of the great ocean

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were, as if

• अम्बु (ambu) - water

• संस्थिता (saṁsthitā) - a state of being or existence (referring to water) (state, condition, position, situation)

• परमेश्वरे (parameśvare) - in the Supreme Lord

• जलम् (jalam) - water

• द्रवत्वात् (dravatvāt) - due to fluidity, by virtue of liquidity

• स्पन्दी (spandī) - agitated, throbbing, vibrating, quivering

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were, as if

• निस्पन्दम् (nispandam) - motionless, tranquil, still

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• पदम् (padam) - the ultimate state or reality (state, abode, goal, foot, step)

Words meanings and morphology

महार्णवाम्भसि (mahārṇavāmbhasi) - in the water of the great ocean, in the depths of the great ocean

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahārṇavāmbhas

mahārṇavāmbhas - water of the great ocean

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahā+arṇava+ambhas)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• arṇava – ocean, sea, flood
  noun (masculine)
• ambhas – water
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were, as if

(indeclinable)

अम्बु (ambu) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ambu

ambu - water

संस्थिता (saṁsthitā) - a state of being or existence (referring to water) (state, condition, position, situation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsthitā

saṁsthitā - state, condition, position, situation; a living being; stability

Derived from root sthā with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Interpreted as a feminine noun meaning 'state' to resolve grammatical agreement issues in the original text.

परमेश्वरे (parameśvare) - in the Supreme Lord

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of parameśvara

parameśvara - Supreme Lord, highest ruler

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+īśvara)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate
  adjective (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler, controller
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)

जलम् (jalam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water, fluid

द्रवत्वात् (dravatvāt) - due to fluidity, by virtue of liquidity

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dravatva

dravatva - fluidity, liquid state, liquidity

Derived from 'drava' (fluid) + '-tva' (suffix for abstract noun)

स्पन्दी (spandī) - agitated, throbbing, vibrating, quivering

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of spandin

spandin - throbbing, vibrating, agitated, quivering

agent noun/adjective from root spand

Derived from root spand ('to throb, quiver, move') with agent suffix -in

Root: spand (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were, as if

(indeclinable)

निस्पन्दम् (nispandam) - motionless, tranquil, still

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nispanda

nispanda - motionless, tranquil, still, calm

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (or avyayībhāva in sense of 'without motion') (nis+spanda)

• nis – out, forth, without, negation
  indeclinable
• spanda – vibration, throbbing, motion, quiver
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root spand
  Root: spand (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'padam'.

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, most excellent

Note: Adjective modifying 'padam'.

पदम् (padam) - the ultimate state or reality (state, abode, goal, foot, step)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, mark, state, condition, position, abode, goal, word