योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-119, verse-28

अध ऊर्ध्वं वर्जयित्वा यथाब्धेरुदरे पयः ।
स्फुरत्येवं परे चित्त्वादिदं नानेव तत्परम् ॥ २८ ॥

adha ūrdhvaṃ varjayitvā yathābdherudare payaḥ ,
sphuratyevaṃ pare cittvādidaṃ nāneva tatparam 28

28. adhaḥ ūrdhvam varjayitvā yathā abdheḥ udare payaḥ |
sphurati evam pare cittvāt idam nānā iva tat param ||

28. yathā adhaḥ ūrdhvam varjayitvā abdheḥ udare payaḥ sphurati,
evam pare cittvāt idam nānā iva (bhāti),
tat param (asti)

28. Just as water (payas) in the depths of an ocean (abdhi), excluding its surface and bottom, appears to quiver, similarly, due to the consciousness (cittva) within the Supreme (Reality), this [world] appears as diversity, yet that (Supreme) is the ultimate (param).

Words meanings summery:

• अधः (adhaḥ) - below, downwards, underneath

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - above, upwards, on high

• वर्जयित्वा (varjayitvā) - having excluded, excepting, leaving aside

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• अब्धेः (abdheḥ) - of the ocean, from the ocean

• उदरे (udare) - in the belly, in the interior, in the depths

• पयः (payaḥ) - water, milk, fluid

• स्फुरति (sphurati) - quivers, vibrates, throbs, flashes, appears

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, similarly

• परे (pare) - in the ultimate reality, Brahman (in the Supreme, in the other)

• चित्त्वात् (cittvāt) - due to the inherent nature of consciousness (due to consciousness, from mentation, by reason of thought)

• इदम् (idam) - this phenomenal world of diversity (this, this world, this phenomenon)

• नाना (nānā) - diverse, various, manifold

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

• तत् (tat) - that Supreme Reality (that, it)

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

Words meanings and morphology

अधः (adhaḥ) - below, downwards, underneath

(indeclinable)

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - above, upwards, on high

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here, 'above'.

वर्जयित्वा (varjayitvā) - having excluded, excepting, leaving aside

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form of the causal verb 'varjay' (to cause to avoid, to exclude) from root 'vṛj'

Root: vṛj (class 5)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

अब्धेः (abdheḥ) - of the ocean, from the ocean

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of abdhi

abdhi - ocean, sea

उदरे (udare) - in the belly, in the interior, in the depths

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of udara

udara - belly, abdomen, interior, womb, cavity

पयः (payaḥ) - water, milk, fluid

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of payas

payas - water, milk, fluid, juice, vigor

स्फुरति (sphurati) - quivers, vibrates, throbs, flashes, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sphur

Root: sphur (class 6)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, similarly

(indeclinable)

परे (pare) - in the ultimate reality, Brahman (in the Supreme, in the other)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate; other, distant

Note: Here used substantively, referring to the Supreme Being/Reality.

चित्त्वात् (cittvāt) - due to the inherent nature of consciousness (due to consciousness, from mentation, by reason of thought)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of cittva

cittva - the state or nature of consciousness; mentation, thought

Derived from 'cit' (consciousness) + '-tva' (suffix for abstract noun)

इदम् (idam) - this phenomenal world of diversity (this, this world, this phenomenon)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here, the present

Note: Refers to the perceptible world or creation.

नाना (nānā) - diverse, various, manifold

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that Supreme Reality (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it, he, she

Note: Refers to the ultimate reality (param).

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, most excellent

Note: Adjective modifying 'tat' (that).