योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-12, verse-1

काल उवाच ।
सुरासुरनराकारा इमा याः संविदो मुने ।
ब्रह्मार्णवादभिन्नास्ताः सत्यमेतन्मृषेतरत् ॥ १ ॥

kāla uvāca ,
surāsuranarākārā imā yāḥ saṃvido mune ,
brahmārṇavādabhinnāstāḥ satyametanmṛṣetarat 1

1. kālaḥ uvāca surāsuranarākārāḥ imāḥ yāḥ saṃvidaḥ mune
brahmārṇavāt abhinnāḥ tāḥ satyam etat mṛṣā itarat

1. kālaḥ uvāca mune imāḥ yāḥ saṃvidaḥ surāsuranarākārāḥ
tāḥ brahmārṇavāt abhinnāḥ etat satyam itarat mṛṣā

1. Time said: "O sage, these consciousnesses that assume the forms of gods, asuras, and humans are not distinct from the ocean of Brahman (brahman). This is the truth; anything else is false."

Words meanings summery:

• कालः (kālaḥ) - Time (personified as a speaker). (Time, destiny, black.)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said. (said, spoke.)

• सुरासुरनराकाराः (surāsuranarākārāḥ) - having the forms of gods, asuras, and humans.

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these (consciousnesses). (these.)

• याः (yāḥ) - which. (which, who.)

• संविदः (saṁvidaḥ) - consciousnesses. (consciousnesses, perceptions, understandings.)

• मुने (mune) - O sage.

• ब्रह्मार्णवात् (brahmārṇavāt) - from the ocean of Brahman (brahman). (from the ocean of Brahman.)

• अभिन्नाः (abhinnāḥ) - not different. (not different, identical.)

• ताः (tāḥ) - they (the consciousnesses). (they, those.)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth. (truth, real.)

• एतत् (etat) - this.

• मृषा (mṛṣā) - false. (false, in vain.)

• इतरत् (itarat) - anything else. (other, another.)

Words meanings and morphology

कालः (kālaḥ) - Time (personified as a speaker). (Time, destiny, black.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - Time, season, destiny, black, death.

Root: kal (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said. (said, spoke.)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Irregular perfect form of vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

सुरासुरनराकाराः (surāsuranarākārāḥ) - having the forms of gods, asuras, and humans.

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of surāsuranarākāra

surāsuranarākāra - Having the forms of gods, asuras, and humans.

Compound.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sura+asura+nara+ākāra)

• sura – God, deity.
  noun (masculine)
• asura – Demon, anti-god.
  noun (masculine)
• nara – Man, human.
  noun (masculine)
• ākāra – Form, shape, appearance, external aspect.
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-kṛ (to do, to make).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to saṃvidaḥ.

इमाः (imāḥ) - these (consciousnesses). (these.)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - This, these.

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to saṃvidaḥ.

याः (yāḥ) - which. (which, who.)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - Which, who, what (relative pronoun).

Relative pronoun.

Note: Refers to saṃvidaḥ.

संविदः (saṁvidaḥ) - consciousnesses. (consciousnesses, perceptions, understandings.)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of saṃvid

saṁvid - Consciousness, knowledge, understanding, perception, agreement.

From sam-vid (to know, to perceive).

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

मुने (mune) - O sage.

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - Sage, ascetic, silent one.

Root: man (class 4)

ब्रह्मार्णवात् (brahmārṇavāt) - from the ocean of Brahman (brahman). (from the ocean of Brahman.)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of brahmārṇava

brahmārṇava - Ocean of Brahman (the absolute reality).

Compound.

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+arṇava)

• brahman – The ultimate reality, the absolute, the universal spirit (brahman).
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• arṇava – Ocean, sea, wave.
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛ (class 3)

अभिन्नाः (abhinnāḥ) - not different. (not different, identical.)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of abhinna

abhinna - Not different, undivided, identical.

Past Passive Participle

From a (negation) + bhinna (broken, divided), which is PPP of bhid (to break).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhinna)

• a – Not, un- (negation prefix).
  indeclinable
• bhinna – Broken, divided, distinct.
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of bhid.
  Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Refers to saṃvidaḥ.

ताः (tāḥ) - they (the consciousnesses). (they, those.)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - That, those, it, they (demonstrative pronoun).

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to saṃvidaḥ.

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth. (truth, real.)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - True, real, truth.

From sat (being, existing, present participle of as).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used here as a noun, 'the truth'.

एतत् (etat) - this.

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - This (demonstrative pronoun).

Demonstrative pronoun, closer than tad.

Note: Refers to the previous statement.

मृषा (mṛṣā) - false. (false, in vain.)

(indeclinable)

Adverb or nominative/accusative singular feminine of mṛṣa.

Root: mṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Here used as an adjective modifying itarat or a predicate.

इतरत् (itarat) - anything else. (other, another.)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of itara

itara - Other, another, different.

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to anything other than the truth described.