योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-36, verse-2

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
यथोर्मयोऽनभिव्यक्ता भाविनः पयसि स्थिताः ।
न स्थिताश्चात्मनोऽन्यत्वाच्चित्तत्वे सृष्टयस्तथा ॥ २ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
yathormayo'nabhivyaktā bhāvinaḥ payasi sthitāḥ ,
na sthitāścātmano'nyatvāccittatve sṛṣṭayastathā 2

2. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca yathā ūrmayaḥ
anabhivyaktāḥ bhāvinaḥ payasi
sthitāḥ na sthitāḥ ca ātmanaḥ
anyatvāt cittatve sṛṣṭayaḥ tathā

2. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca yathā payasi
anabhivyaktāḥ bhāvinaḥ ūrmayaḥ
sthitāḥ ca ātmanaḥ anyatvāt na
sthitāḥ tathā cittatve sṛṣṭayaḥ

2. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Just as unmanifested, potential waves exist within water, yet are not truly separate from the water itself, similarly, creations reside within the nature of consciousness (citta), yet are not distinct from it.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• ऊर्मयः (ūrmayaḥ) - waves, surges

• अनभिव्यक्ताः (anabhivyaktāḥ) - unmanifested, unexpressed, indistinct

• भाविनः (bhāvinaḥ) - potential, future, imminent, existing

• पयसि (payasi) - in water (in water, in milk)

• स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - present (situated, standing, existing, present)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - truly existing (in a separate sense) (situated, standing, existing, present)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - from the self (the water, metaphorically) (of the self, from the self, from the ātman)

• अन्यत्वात् (anyatvāt) - due to being different (because of difference, due to being other)

• चित्तत्वे (cittatve) - in the nature of consciousness (in the nature of consciousness, in consciousness)

• सृष्टयः (sṛṣṭayaḥ) - creations (creations, emanations)

• तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in that manner)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - the venerable Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Third person singular, Perfect active, Aorist (reduplicated) form of √vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

ऊर्मयः (ūrmayaḥ) - waves, surges

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ūrmi

ūrmi - wave, surge, ripple

अनभिव्यक्ताः (anabhivyaktāḥ) - unmanifested, unexpressed, indistinct

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anabhivyakta

anabhivyakta - unmanifested, unexpressed, indistinct, latent

negation (an-) of 'abhivyakta' (manifested); past passive participle of √vyañj with abhi-

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+abhivyakta)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• abhivyakta – manifested, expressed, distinct
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √vyañj with prefix abhi-
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: vyañj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with ūrmayaḥ

भाविनः (bhāvinaḥ) - potential, future, imminent, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāvin

bhāvin - existing, being, future, potential, imminent

adjectival form, agent noun from √bhū (to be, to become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with ūrmayaḥ

पयसि (payasi) - in water (in water, in milk)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of payas

payas - water, milk, fluid

स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - present (situated, standing, existing, present)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, firm, established

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √sthā (to stand, to be, to remain)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with ūrmayaḥ

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - truly existing (in a separate sense) (situated, standing, existing, present)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, firm, established

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √sthā (to stand, to be, to remain)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with ūrmayaḥ

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - from the self (the water, metaphorically) (of the self, from the self, from the ātman)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, the supreme (ātman)

Note: Also genitive singular. Here, ablative 'from' is implied by 'anyatvāt'.

अन्यत्वात् (anyatvāt) - due to being different (because of difference, due to being other)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of anyatva

anyatva - difference, distinctness, otherness

from 'anya' (other) + suffix '-tva' (state of being)

चित्तत्वे (cittatve) - in the nature of consciousness (in the nature of consciousness, in consciousness)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cittatva

cittatva - the state or nature of consciousness (citta), intellect, mind

from 'citta' (mind, consciousness) + suffix '-tva' (state of being)

Root: cit

सृष्टयः (sṛṣṭayaḥ) - creations (creations, emanations)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sṛṣṭi

sṛṣṭi - creation, emanation, production, nature

from √sṛj (to create, to emit) + -ti suffix

Root: sṛj (class 6)

तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative to yathā