योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-85, verse-4

ब्रह्मोवाच ।
सर्वं हि मन एवेदमित्थं स्फुरति भूतिमत् ।
जलं जलाशयस्फारैर्विचित्रैश्चक्रकैरिव ॥ ४ ॥

brahmovāca ,
sarvaṃ hi mana evedamitthaṃ sphurati bhūtimat ,
jalaṃ jalāśayasphārairvicitraiścakrakairiva 4

4. brahmā uvāca sarvam hi manaḥ eva idam ittham sphurati
bhūtimat jalam jalāśayasphāraiḥ vicitraiḥ cakrakaiḥ iva

4. brahmā uvāca hi idam sarvam manaḥ eva ittham bhūtimat sphurati,
jalāśayasphāraiḥ vicitraiḥ cakrakaiḥ iva jalam

4. Brahmā said: "Indeed, all this [world], endowed with power, manifests thus as merely the mind, just as water appears as diverse, vast ripples in a reservoir."

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (Brahmā) (spoke, said)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all this (world, existence) (all, every, whole)

• हि (hi) - indeed (emphasizing the statement) (indeed, surely, for)

• मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (as the source of manifestation) (mind, intellect, consciousness)

• एव (eva) - merely (emphasizing that it is *only* the mind) (only, merely, indeed, just)

• इदम् (idam) - this (referring to the entire phenomenal world) (this)

• इत्थम् (ittham) - thus (in the manner of manifestation) (thus, in this manner)

• स्फुरति (sphurati) - manifests (the world manifesting from the mind) (manifests, throbs, quivers, flashes)

• भूतिमत् (bhūtimat) - endowed with power/glory (referring to the mind's ability to manifest) (glorious, powerful, prosperous, endowed with being)

• जलम् (jalam) - water (in the analogy) (water)

• जलाशयस्फारैः (jalāśayasphāraiḥ) - with the vast ripples of a reservoir (in the analogy) (with vast expansions of a reservoir, with large ripples of a reservoir)

• विचित्रैः (vicitraiḥ) - diverse (ripples) (diverse, variegated, wonderful)

• चक्रकैः (cakrakaiḥ) - with ripples/eddies (in the analogy of water) (with circles, with ripples, with eddies)

• इव (iva) - like (introducing the analogy) (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator god), sacred utterance, ultimate reality (brahman)

Root: bṛh

उवाच (uvāca) - said (Brahmā) (spoke, said)

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense

Perfect third person singular active of root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all this (world, existence) (all, every, whole)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Can also be accusative, but nominative makes more sense here as the subject with 'idam'.

हि (hi) - indeed (emphasizing the statement) (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (as the source of manifestation) (mind, intellect, consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, conscience

Root: man (class 4)

एव (eva) - merely (emphasizing that it is *only* the mind) (only, merely, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (referring to the entire phenomenal world) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, now

इत्थम् (ittham) - thus (in the manner of manifestation) (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

स्फुरति (sphurati) - manifests (the world manifesting from the mind) (manifests, throbs, quivers, flashes)

(verb)

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

Present Tense

Present third person singular active of root sphur.

Root: sphur (class 6)

भूतिमत् (bhūtimat) - endowed with power/glory (referring to the mind's ability to manifest) (glorious, powerful, prosperous, endowed with being)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhūtimat

bhūtimat - possessed of well-being, endowed with prosperity/power/glory

Possessive adjective formed with matup suffix from bhūti.

जलम् (jalam) - water (in the analogy) (water)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

Root: jal

जलाशयस्फारैः (jalāśayasphāraiḥ) - with the vast ripples of a reservoir (in the analogy) (with vast expansions of a reservoir, with large ripples of a reservoir)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of jalāśayasphāra

jalāśayasphāra - vast expansion of a reservoir, large ripples of a reservoir

Compound type : tatpurusha (jalāśaya+sphāra)

• jalāśaya – reservoir, lake, tank
  noun (masculine)
• sphāra – swelling, vastness, expansion, ripple
  noun (masculine)
  From root sphā (to swell).
  Root: sphā (class 1)

विचित्रैः (vicitraiḥ) - diverse (ripples) (diverse, variegated, wonderful)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vicitra

vicitra - variegated, diverse, wonderful, curious

Prefix: vi

Root: citra

चक्रकैः (cakrakaiḥ) - with ripples/eddies (in the analogy of water) (with circles, with ripples, with eddies)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of cakraka

cakraka - a small wheel, a circle, a ripple, an eddy

Diminutive of cakra.

Root: cakr

इव (iva) - like (introducing the analogy) (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)