योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-57, verse-46

स्फारब्रह्मामलाम्भोधिफेनाः सर्वे कुलाचलाः ।
चिदादित्यमहाभासमृगतृष्णाजलश्रियः ॥ ४६ ॥

sphārabrahmāmalāmbhodhiphenāḥ sarve kulācalāḥ ,
cidādityamahābhāsamṛgatṛṣṇājalaśriyaḥ 46

46. sphārabrahmāmalāmbhodhiphenāḥ sarve kulācalāḥ
cidādityamahābhāsamṛgatṛṣṇājalaśriyaḥ

46. sarve kulācalāḥ sphārabrahmāmalāmbhodhiphenāḥ
cidādityamahābhāsamṛgatṛṣṇājalaśriyaḥ

46. All the chief mountain ranges are but foam upon the vast, pure ocean of the absolute (brahman), appearing like the shimmering mirage of water due to the intense radiance of the sun of consciousness (cit).

Words meanings summery:

• स्फारब्रह्मामलाम्भोधिफेनाः (sphārabrahmāmalāmbhodhiphenāḥ) - describes the ephemeral nature of mountains relative to brahman (the foam of the vast, pure ocean of brahman)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• कुलाचलाः (kulācalāḥ) - refers to the traditional principal mountain ranges (chief mountains, mountain ranges)

• चिदादित्यमहाभासमृगतृष्णाजलश्रियः (cidādityamahābhāsamṛgatṛṣṇājalaśriyaḥ) - describes the illusory nature of worldly phenomena from the perspective of consciousness (having the splendor of mirage water due to the great light of the sun of consciousness (cit))

Words meanings and morphology

स्फारब्रह्मामलाम्भोधिफेनाः (sphārabrahmāmalāmbhodhiphenāḥ) - describes the ephemeral nature of mountains relative to brahman (the foam of the vast, pure ocean of brahman)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sphārabrahmāmalāmbhodhiphenā

sphārabrahmāmalāmbhodhiphenā - the foam of the vast, pure ocean of brahman

Compound type : tatpurusha (sphāra+brahman+amala+ambhodhi+phena)

• sphāra – vast, expanded, swollen
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: sphā (class 1)
• brahman – the Absolute, ultimate reality, supreme spirit (brahman)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• amala – pure, spotless, unstained
  adjective (neuter)
  privative 'a' + mala (dirt, impurity)
• ambhodhi – ocean (lit. water-holder)
  noun (masculine)
  compound of ambhas (water) + dhā (to hold)
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• phena – foam, froth
  noun (masculine)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

Note: Qualifies 'kulācalāḥ'

कुलाचलाः (kulācalāḥ) - refers to the traditional principal mountain ranges (chief mountains, mountain ranges)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kulācala

kulācala - chief mountain, principal mountain range

compound of kula (family, race, noble) + acala (mountain)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kula+acala)

• kula – family, race, noble, chief
  noun (neuter)
• acala – mountain (lit. immovable)
  noun (masculine)
  privative 'a' + cala (moving)
  Root: cal (class 1)

चिदादित्यमहाभासमृगतृष्णाजलश्रियः (cidādityamahābhāsamṛgatṛṣṇājalaśriyaḥ) - describes the illusory nature of worldly phenomena from the perspective of consciousness (having the splendor of mirage water due to the great light of the sun of consciousness (cit))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cidādityamahābhāsamṛgatṛṣṇājalaśriya

cidādityamahābhāsamṛgatṛṣṇājalaśriya - having the splendor of mirage water due to the great light of the sun of consciousness (cit)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (cit+āditya+mahābhāsa+mṛgatṛṣṇā+jala+śrī)

• cit – consciousness (cit), pure intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• āditya – sun
  noun (masculine)
• mahābhāsa – great light, great splendor
  noun (neuter)
  compound of mahā (great) + bhāsa (light)
  Root: bhās (class 1)
• mṛgatṛṣṇā – mirage (lit. deer's thirst)
  noun (feminine)
  compound of mṛga (deer) + tṛṣṇā (thirst)
  Root: tṛṣ (class 4)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• śrī – splendor, beauty, prosperity
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śrī (class 1)