योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-14, verse-16

धाराः पयोमुच इव शीकरा इव वारिधेः ।
कणास्तप्तायस इव कस्मान्निर्यान्ति जीवकाः ॥ १६ ॥

dhārāḥ payomuca iva śīkarā iva vāridheḥ ,
kaṇāstaptāyasa iva kasmānniryānti jīvakāḥ 16

16. dhārāḥ payomucaḥ iva śīkarāḥ iva vāridheḥ
kaṇāḥ tapta-ayasaḥ iva kasmāt niryānti jīvakāḥ

16. jīvakāḥ kasmāt dhārāḥ payomucaḥ iva vāridheḥ
śīkarāḥ iva tapta-ayasaḥ kaṇāḥ iva niryānti

16. From where do individual living beings (jīvaka) emerge, like streams from clouds, like sprays from the ocean, or like sparks from hot iron?

Words meanings summery:

• धाराः (dhārāḥ) - streams, currents, flows

• पयोमुचः (payomucaḥ) - of clouds, from clouds

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• शीकराः (śīkarāḥ) - sprays, fine drops, mist

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• वारिधेः (vāridheḥ) - of the ocean, from the ocean

• कणाः (kaṇāḥ) - particles, grains, sparks

• तप्त-अयसः (tapta-ayasaḥ) - of hot iron, from hot iron

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - from what, why, whence

• निर्यान्ति (niryānti) - they emerge, they go out

• जीवकाः (jīvakāḥ) - individual living beings, individual souls

Words meanings and morphology

धाराः (dhārāḥ) - streams, currents, flows

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dhārā

dhārā - stream, current, flow, shower

पयोमुचः (payomucaḥ) - of clouds, from clouds

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of payomuc

payomuc - cloud (lit. 'water-releaser')

Compound type : tatpurusha (payas+muc)

• payas – water
  noun (neuter)
• muc – releasing, letting go
  noun
  From √muc (to release)
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Refers to clouds as 'releasers of water'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

शीकराः (śīkarāḥ) - sprays, fine drops, mist

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śīkara

śīkara - spray, fine drop, mist

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

वारिधेः (vāridheḥ) - of the ocean, from the ocean

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vāridhi

vāridhi - ocean (lit. 'water-receptacle')

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāri+dhi)

• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhi – receptacle, container
  noun
  From √dhā (to place, hold)
  Root: dhā (class 3)

कणाः (kaṇāḥ) - particles, grains, sparks

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaṇa

kaṇa - particle, grain, drop, spark

तप्त-अयसः (tapta-ayasaḥ) - of hot iron, from hot iron

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tapta-ayasa

tapta-ayasa - hot iron

Compound type : karmadharaya (tapta+ayasa)

• tapta – heated, hot, molten
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √tap (to heat, burn)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• ayasa – iron, metal
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - from what, why, whence

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

निर्यान्ति (niryānti) - they emerge, they go out

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Prefix: nis

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: nis + yā = to go out, emerge

जीवकाः (jīvakāḥ) - individual living beings, individual souls

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīvaka

jīvaka - a living being, an individual soul, a small creature

From √jīv (to live) + -ka suffix

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Often denotes a distinct individual soul or sentient being.