योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-18, verse-17

तेष्वप्यन्तस्थसर्गौघाः कदलीदलपीठवत् ।
सर्वसर्गान्तरादूरं पत्रपीवरवृत्तिमत् ॥ १७ ॥

teṣvapyantasthasargaughāḥ kadalīdalapīṭhavat ,
sarvasargāntarādūraṃ patrapīvaravṛttimat 17

17. teṣu api antastha-sarga-oghāḥ kadalī-dala-pīṭha-vat
sarva-sarga-antarāt adūram patra-pīvara-vṛtti-mat

17. antastha-sarga-oghāḥ teṣu api kadalī-dala-pīṭha-vat (vidyante).
(idam tattvam) sarva-sarga-antarāt adūram patra-pīvara-vṛtti-mat (ca asti).

17. Even within those (universal forms), streams of creation are continuously present, much like the layered core of a banana stem. This (underlying reality) is not distant from the core of all creations, possessing a substantial, leaf-like nature.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषु (teṣu) - in them, among them

• अपि (api) - even, also, indeed

• अन्तस्थ-सर्ग-ओघाः (antastha-sarga-oghāḥ) - streams of creation residing within

• कदली-दल-पीठ-वत् (kadalī-dala-pīṭha-vat) - like the core of a banana stem (formed by compressed leaves) (like a banana-leaf seat/cushion)

• सर्व-सर्ग-अन्तरात् (sarva-sarga-antarāt) - from the interior of all creations

• अदूरम् (adūram) - not far, near

• पत्र-पीवर-वृत्ति-मत् (patra-pīvara-vṛtti-mat) - possessing a thick-leafed nature/function

Words meanings and morphology

तेषु (teṣu) - in them, among them

(pronoun)

Locative, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अपि (api) - even, also, indeed

(indeclinable)

अन्तस्थ-सर्ग-ओघाः (antastha-sarga-oghāḥ) - streams of creation residing within

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of antastha-sarga-ogha

antastha-sarga-ogha - flood/stream of creation existing within

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (antastha+sarga+ogha)

• antastha – being within, internal
  adjective
  Prefix: antar
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• sarga – creation, emission
  noun (masculine)
  from root sṛj (to create, emit)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• ogha – flood, stream, multitude
  noun (masculine)

कदली-दल-पीठ-वत् (kadalī-dala-pīṭha-vat) - like the core of a banana stem (formed by compressed leaves) (like a banana-leaf seat/cushion)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kadalī+dala+pīṭha)

• kadalī – banana tree, banana
  noun (feminine)
• dala – leaf, petal
  noun (neuter)
• pīṭha – seat, stool, pedestal
  noun (neuter)

Note: Suffix -vat means 'like' or 'having'. This forms an indeclinable.

सर्व-सर्ग-अन्तरात् (sarva-sarga-antarāt) - from the interior of all creations

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sarva-sarga-antara

sarva-sarga-antara - interior/essence of all creations

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+sarga+antara)

• sarva – all, every
  pronoun
• sarga – creation, emission
  noun (masculine)
  from root sṛj (to create, emit)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• antara – interior, inside, essence, difference
  noun (neuter)

अदूरम् (adūram) - not far, near

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adūra

adūra - not far, near

Negation 'a-' + dūra

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dūra)

• a – not, un-
  prefix
• dūra – far, distant
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Can be interpreted as a neuter nominative singular predicate adjective modifying an implied 'it' (the underlying reality).

पत्र-पीवर-वृत्ति-मत् (patra-pīvara-vṛtti-mat) - possessing a thick-leafed nature/function

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of patra-pīvara-vṛtti-mat

patra-pīvara-vṛtti - the nature/function of a thick leaf

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (patra+pīvara+vṛtti)

• patra – leaf
  noun (neuter)
• pīvara – fat, thick, plump
  adjective
• vṛtti – activity, function, mode of existence, nature
  noun (feminine)
  from root vṛt (to be, exist, turn)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Suffix -mat forms an adjective meaning 'possessing' or 'having'. Agrees with implied 'it' (the underlying reality).