योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-36, verse-8

वाच्यवाचकदृष्ट्यैव भेदो योऽयमिहावयोः ।
असत्या कल्पनैवैषा वीचिवीच्यम्भसोरिव ॥ ८ ॥

vācyavācakadṛṣṭyaiva bhedo yo'yamihāvayoḥ ,
asatyā kalpanaivaiṣā vīcivīcyambhasoriva 8

8. vācyavācakadṛṣṭyā eva bhedaḥ yaḥ ayam iha āvayoḥ
asatyā kalpanā eva eṣā vīcīvīcyambhasoḥ iva

8. iha āvayoḥ yaḥ ayam vācyavācakadṛṣṭyā eva bhedaḥ
eṣā asatyā kalpanā eva vīcīvīcyambhasoḥ iva

8. The difference that exists between us two here, from the perspective of the expressed and the expresser, is merely an unreal imagination, just like the perceived difference between a wave and the water it is composed of.

Words meanings summery:

• वाच्यवाचकदृष्ट्या (vācyavācakadṛṣṭyā) - from the perspective of the expressed and the expresser (by the view of the expressed and the expresser)

• एव (eva) - merely, indeed (indeed, only, just)

• भेदः (bhedaḥ) - difference (difference, distinction, division)

• यः (yaḥ) - which (who, which, that (relative pronoun))

• अयम् (ayam) - this (this, he)

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

• आवयोः (āvayoḥ) - between us two (of us two, between us two)

• असत्या (asatyā) - unreal (unreal, false, untrue)

• कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination (imagination, conception, mental construction)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (this (feminine))

• वीचीवीच्यम्भसोः (vīcīvīcyambhasoḥ) - of a wave and the water it is composed of (of the wave and water)

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, similar to)

Words meanings and morphology

वाच्यवाचकदृष्ट्या (vācyavācakadṛṣṭyā) - from the perspective of the expressed and the expresser (by the view of the expressed and the expresser)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vācyavācakadṛṣṭi

vācyavācakadṛṣṭi - view/perspective of the expressed and the expresser

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (vācya+vācaka+dṛṣṭi)

• vācya – that which is to be spoken, expressed, expressed object
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root 'vac'.
  Root: vac (class 2)
• vācaka – that which expresses, expresser, speaker
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun / adjective
  From root 'vac'.
  Root: vac (class 2)
• dṛṣṭi – view, sight, perspective
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'dṛś'.
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

एव (eva) - merely, indeed (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

भेदः (bhedaḥ) - difference (difference, distinction, division)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bheda

bheda - difference, distinction, division

Root: bhid (class 7)

यः (yaḥ) - which (who, which, that (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

अयम् (ayam) - this (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun)

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

आवयोः (āvayoḥ) - between us two (of us two, between us two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of asmad

asmad - I, we, us

असत्या (asatyā) - unreal (unreal, false, untrue)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asatya

asatya - unreal, false, untrue

Formed with negative prefix 'a-' and 'satya'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+satya)

• a – not, un-, in-
  indeclinable
• satya – true, real, existing
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'sat' (being, existing).
  Root: as (class 2)

कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination (imagination, conception, mental construction)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagination, conception, mental construction

From root 'kḷp'.

Root: kḷp (class 1)

एषा (eṣā) - this (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

वीचीवीच्यम्भसोः (vīcīvīcyambhasoḥ) - of a wave and the water it is composed of (of the wave and water)

(noun)

Genitive, dual of vīcīvīcyambhas

vīcīvīcyambhas - wave and water

Compound (Dvandva or similar structure) referring to wave and water. The repeated 'vīci' may be for emphasis or a variant form.

Compound type : dvandva (vīci+ambhas)

• vīci – wave, ripple
  noun (feminine)
• ambhas – water, fluid
  noun (neuter)

Note: The compound signifies the relationship of a wave to water.

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, similar to)

(indeclinable)