योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-60, verse-5

राम ब्रह्मणि जीवौघास्तरङ्गा इव वारिधौ ।
अनाद्यन्तपदोत्पन्नाः कलनापदमागताः ॥ ५ ॥

rāma brahmaṇi jīvaughāstaraṅgā iva vāridhau ,
anādyantapadotpannāḥ kalanāpadamāgatāḥ 5

5. rāma brahmaṇi jīva-oghāḥ taraṅgāḥ iva vāridhau
an-ādi-anta-pada-utpannāḥ kalanā-padam āgatāḥ

5. rāma,
brahmaṇi vāridhau iva,
an-ādi-anta-pada-utpannāḥ kalanā-padam āgatāḥ jīva-oghāḥ taraṅgāḥ

5. O Rāma, the multitudes of individual souls (jīva) are like waves in the ocean (vāridhi) within Brahman (brahman). They originate from a state beyond beginning and end, having attained a state of individual manifestation.

Words meanings summery:

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma (a proper name) (O Rama)

• ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - within Brahman (brahman) (in Brahman)

• जीव-ओघाः (jīva-oghāḥ) - multitudes of individual souls (jīva) (multitudes of individual souls)

• तरङ्गाः (taraṅgāḥ) - waves

• इव (iva) - like (like, as)

• वारिधौ (vāridhau) - in the ocean (vāridhi) (in the ocean, in the sea)

• अन्-आदि-अन्त-पद-उत्पन्नाः (an-ādi-anta-pada-utpannāḥ) - (who) originate from a state beyond beginning and end (arisen from the state without beginning or end)

• कलना-पदम् (kalanā-padam) - the state of individual manifestation (the state of manifestation/calculation/perception)

• आगताः (āgatāḥ) - having attained (having come, attained, reached)

Words meanings and morphology

राम (rāma) - O Rāma (a proper name) (O Rama)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper name), pleasing, dark

ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - within Brahman (brahman) (in Brahman)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute Reality, the universal self

जीव-ओघाः (jīva-oghāḥ) - multitudes of individual souls (jīva) (multitudes of individual souls)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīva-ogha

jīva-ogha - multitude/throng of individual souls

Compound type : tatpurusha (jīva+ogha)

• jīva – individual soul, living being, life
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• ogha – flood, stream, multitude, mass, heap
  noun (masculine)

तरङ्गाः (taraṅgāḥ) - waves

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of taraṅga

taraṅga - wave, billow, movement, surge

Root: tṝ (class 1)

इव (iva) - like (like, as)

(indeclinable)

वारिधौ (vāridhau) - in the ocean (vāridhi) (in the ocean, in the sea)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vāridhi

vāridhi - ocean, sea, cloud

Compound of vāri (water) and dhā (to hold).

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāri+dhi)

• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhi – holding, receptacle (from dhā)
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhā (to place, hold).
  Root: dhā (class 3)

अन्-आदि-अन्त-पद-उत्पन्नाः (an-ādi-anta-pada-utpannāḥ) - (who) originate from a state beyond beginning and end (arisen from the state without beginning or end)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of an-ādi-anta-pada-utpanna

an-ādi-anta-pada-utpanna - arisen from a state without beginning or end

Compound type : tatpurusha (an+ādi+anta+pada+utpanna)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• ādi – beginning, origin, etc.
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)
• pada – foot, step, state, position, word
  noun (neuter)
• utpanna – arisen, produced, born
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root pad- (to go) with prefix ud-.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: pad (class 4)

कलना-पदम् (kalanā-padam) - the state of individual manifestation (the state of manifestation/calculation/perception)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kalanā-pada

kalanā-pada - state of manifestation, state of perception/computation

Compound type : tatpurusha (kalanā+pada)

• kalanā – perception, manifestation, reckoning, calculation, art
  noun (feminine)
  From root kal- (to count, compute, produce).
  Root: kal (class 1)
• pada – state, position, place, word
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'āgatāḥ'.

आगताः (āgatāḥ) - having attained (having come, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, attained, reached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam- (to go) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

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