योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-94, verse-28

सीकरावर्तलहरीबिन्दवः पयसो यथा ।
सर्वा एवोत्थिता राम ब्रह्मणो दृश्यदृष्टयः ॥ २८ ॥

sīkarāvartalaharībindavaḥ payaso yathā ,
sarvā evotthitā rāma brahmaṇo dṛśyadṛṣṭayaḥ 28

28. sīkarāvartalaharībindavaḥ payasaḥ yathā sarvāḥ
eva utthitāḥ rāma brahmaṇaḥ dṛśyadṛṣṭayaḥ

28. rāma yathā payasaḥ sīkarāvartalaharībindavaḥ
sarvāḥ eva dṛśyadṛṣṭayaḥ brahmaṇaḥ

28. O Rāma, just as drops of spray, whirlpools, and waves (sīkarāvartalaharībindavaḥ) are [manifestations] of water (payasaḥ), so too all perceptions of the seen (dṛśyadṛṣṭayaḥ) have arisen from (brahman).

Words meanings summery:

• सीकरावर्तलहरीबिन्दवः (sīkarāvartalaharībindavaḥ) - drops of spray, whirlpools, and waves

• पयसः (payasaḥ) - of water

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

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (all, every)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (indeed, only, precisely)

• उत्थिताः (utthitāḥ) - have arisen (arisen, emerged, stood up)

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma (vocative) (O Rāma)

• ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - from (brahman) (of Brahman, from Brahman)

• दृश्यदृष्टयः (dṛśyadṛṣṭayaḥ) - all perceptions of the seen (views of the visible, perceptions of phenomena)

Words meanings and morphology

सीकरावर्तलहरीबिन्दवः (sīkarāvartalaharībindavaḥ) - drops of spray, whirlpools, and waves

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sīkarāvartalaharībindu

sīkarāvartalaharībindu - drops associated with spray, whirlpools, and waves

Compound formed from dvandva compound 'sīkarāvartalaharī' (spray, whirlpool, wave) and 'bindu' (drop).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sīkara+āvarta+laharī+bindu)

• sīkara – spray, mist, fine rain
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sīkṛ
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, turning, revolution
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from ā- + vṛt- (to turn)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• laharī – wave, billow, surge
  noun (feminine)
• bindu – drop, point, dot, seed
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bid (class 7)

Note: Subject of the sentence in the simile.

पयसः (payasaḥ) - of water

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of payas

payas - water, milk, fluid

Root: pi (class 2)

Note: Possessive, 'of water'.

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

(indeclinable)

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with 'utthitāḥ' and 'dṛśyadṛṣṭayaḥ'.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (indeed, only, precisely)

(indeclinable)

उत्थिताः (utthitāḥ) - have arisen (arisen, emerged, stood up)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of utthita

utthita - arisen, emerged, standing up, produced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā- (to stand) with prefix ud- (up)

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sarvāḥ' and 'dṛśyadṛṣṭayaḥ'.

राम (rāma) - O Rāma (vocative) (O Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of an epic hero, incarnation of Viṣṇu)

ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - from (brahman) (of Brahman, from Brahman)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, the ultimate reality, the Supreme Being

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Used in the sense of source.

दृश्यदृष्टयः (dṛśyadṛṣṭayaḥ) - all perceptions of the seen (views of the visible, perceptions of phenomena)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dṛśyadṛṣṭi

dṛśyadṛṣṭi - perceptions of the visible; vision of phenomena

Compound of 'dṛśya' (visible/phenomenon) and 'dṛṣṭi' (perception/view).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dṛśya+dṛṣṭi)

• dṛśya – visible, to be seen, an object of sight, phenomenon
  adjective
  Gerundive
  From root dṛś- (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• dṛṣṭi – seeing, sight, view, perception, vision
  noun (feminine)
  From root dṛś- (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.