योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-11, verse-30

ह्रस्वस्तरङ्गः स्वं रूपं भावयन्त्यस्वभावतः ।
ह्रस्वोऽस्मीति विकल्पेन करोति स्वेन भावनाम् ॥ ३० ॥

hrasvastaraṅgaḥ svaṃ rūpaṃ bhāvayantyasvabhāvataḥ ,
hrasvo'smīti vikalpena karoti svena bhāvanām 30

30. hrasvaḥ tarangaḥ svam rūpam bhāvayantī asvabhāvataḥ
hrasvaḥ asmi iti vikalpena karoti svena bhāvanām

30. hrasvaḥ tarangaḥ asvabhāvataḥ svam rūpam bhāvayantī,
"hrasvaḥ asmi" iti vikalpena svena bhāvanām karoti.

30. A short wave, conceiving its own form not from its true nature (asvabhāvataḥ), creates its own self-perception through the thought, 'I am short'.

Words meanings summery:

• ह्रस्वः (hrasvaḥ) - short, small

• तरन्गः (tarangaḥ) - wave, billow

• स्वम् (svam) - one's own, his own, self-

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape, nature

• भावयन्ती (bhāvayantī) - conceiving, realizing, imagining, causing to be (feminine)

• अस्वभावतः (asvabhāvataḥ) - from not its own nature, not naturally

• ह्रस्वः (hrasvaḥ) - short, small

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought

• विकल्पेन (vikalpena) - by mental construction, by doubt, by differentiation, by imagination

• करोति (karoti) - makes, does, creates

• स्वेन (svena) - by one's own, by his own

• भावनाम् (bhāvanām) - self-perception, conception of self (conception, notion, imagination, feeling)

Words meanings and morphology

ह्रस्वः (hrasvaḥ) - short, small

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hrasva

hrasva - short, small, little

Note: Adjective for 'tarangaḥ'.

तरन्गः (tarangaḥ) - wave, billow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of taranga

taranga - wave, billow, surge

Note: The subject of the sentence.

स्वम् (svam) - one's own, his own, self-

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self

Note: Adjective for 'rūpam'.

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape, nature

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, nature, beauty

Note: Object of 'bhāvayantī' (interpreted as 'bhāvayan').

भावयन्ती (bhāvayantī) - conceiving, realizing, imagining, causing to be (feminine)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāvayat

bhāvayat - causing to be, creating, realizing, conceiving, meditating

Present Active Participle

From causative of root √bhū (to be, to become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: This word 'bhāvayantī' (feminine present active participle) appears in the original Devanagari. For grammatical coherence with the masculine subject 'tarangaḥ' (wave), it is semantically interpreted as the masculine participle 'bhāvayan' in the translation. If strictly parsed as 'bhāvayantī', it would indicate a feminine agent (e.g., Māyā or Śakti) implicitly influencing the wave.

अस्वभावतः (asvabhāvataḥ) - from not its own nature, not naturally

(indeclinable)

From 'a-' (not) + 'svabhāva' (own nature). Adverbial suffix -taḥ.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+svabhāva)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• svabhāva – own nature, inherent quality, intrinsic nature (dharma)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial form from ablative suffix -taḥ.

ह्रस्वः (hrasvaḥ) - short, small

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hrasva

hrasva - short, small, little

Note: Part of the direct speech 'I am short'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Indicative

Root verb 'as'

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the preceding clause as direct thought.

विकल्पेन (vikalpena) - by mental construction, by doubt, by differentiation, by imagination

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vikalpa

vikalpa - option, alternative, mental construction, doubt, imagination, differentiation

Note: The means by which the bhāvanām is created.

करोति (karoti) - makes, does, creates

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root verb 'kṛ'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

स्वेन (svena) - by one's own, by his own

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self

Note: Adjective for 'bhāvanām' in 'svena bhāvanām' (its own conception).

भावनाम् (bhāvanām) - self-perception, conception of self (conception, notion, imagination, feeling)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāvanā

bhāvanā - conception, notion, imagination, feeling, meditation, mental production

From causative root √bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of 'karoti'.