योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-68, verse-17

उत्पत्त्योत्पत्त्य लीयन्ते तरङ्गिणि तरङ्गवत् ।
भूतानि यदनन्तानि तत्संसक्तिविजृम्भितम् ॥ १७ ॥

utpattyotpattya līyante taraṅgiṇi taraṅgavat ,
bhūtāni yadanantāni tatsaṃsaktivijṛmbhitam 17

17. utpattya utpattya līyante taraṅgiṇi taraṅgavat
bhūtāni yat anantāni tat saṃsakti-vijṛmbhitam

17. taraṅgiṇi yat anantāni bhūtāni utpattya utpattya
taraṅgavat līyante tat saṃsakti-vijṛmbhitam

17. O river, just as waves repeatedly arise and dissolve, so do countless beings continually appear and disappear. This entire process is an expansion (vijṛmbhitam) of clinging (saṃsakti).

Words meanings summery:

• उत्पत्त्य (utpattya) - having arisen, having originated

• उत्पत्त्य (utpattya) - having arisen, having originated

• लीयन्ते (līyante) - they dissolve, they merge, they cling

• तरङ्गिणि (taraṅgiṇi) - O river, O wavy one

• तरङ्गवत् (taraṅgavat) - like waves, wavy

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures, elements

• यत् (yat) - which, that which, because, that (conjunction)

• अनन्तानि (anantāni) - endless, infinite, countless

• तत् (tat) - that, this, it

• संसक्ति-विजृम्भितम् (saṁsakti-vijṛmbhitam) - manifestation of attachment, expansion of clinging

Words meanings and morphology

उत्पत्त्य (utpattya) - having arisen, having originated

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from prefix ut- and root √pad (to go, to move) in causative sense, then forming an absolutive.

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Used in repetition for 'repeatedly'.

उत्पत्त्य (utpattya) - having arisen, having originated

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from prefix ut- and root √pad (to go, to move) in causative sense, then forming an absolutive.

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Repetition indicates 'again and again' or 'repeatedly'.

लीयन्ते (līyante) - they dissolve, they merge, they cling

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of lī

Present Passive

From root √lī, ātmanepada, 3rd person plural, present tense.

Root: lī (class 4)

तरङ्गिणि (taraṅgiṇi) - O river, O wavy one

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of taraṅgiṇī

taraṅgiṇī - a river, a wavy (female) being

Derived from taraṅga (wave) + -in (possessive suffix) + -ī (feminine suffix).

तरङ्गवत् (taraṅgavat) - like waves, wavy

(indeclinable)

Derived from taraṅga (wave) with the suffix -vat, indicating resemblance or possession.

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures, elements

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - a being, a creature, an element, what has been

Past Passive Participle

From root √bhū (to be, to become). Used as a noun here.

Root: bhū (class 1)

यत् (yat) - which, that which, because, that (conjunction)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that which, because, since

Note: Functions as a relative pronoun introducing a clause.

अनन्तानि (anantāni) - endless, infinite, countless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ananta

ananta - endless, infinite, boundless

Compound of 'an-' (negative prefix) and 'anta' (end).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+anta)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'bhūtāni'.

तत् (tat) - that, this, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Refers back to the entire phenomenon described in the preceding clause.

संसक्ति-विजृम्भितम् (saṁsakti-vijṛmbhitam) - manifestation of attachment, expansion of clinging

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsakti-vijṛmbhita

saṁsakti-vijṛmbhita - expansion/manifestation of attachment or clinging

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (saṃsakti+vijṛmbhita)

• saṃsakti – attachment, clinging, connection, contact
  noun (feminine)
  From saṃ-√sañj (to attach, cling).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sañj (class 1)
• vijṛmbhita – expanded, manifested, developed, yawned
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi-√jṛmbh (to open wide, expand, yawn). Used as a noun here meaning 'manifestation' or 'expansion'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jṛmbh (class 1)