योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-71, verse-14

जलमेव यथाम्भोधिर्न तरङ्गादिकं पृथक् ।
आत्मैवेदं तथा सर्वं न भूतोयादिकं पृथक् ॥ १४ ॥

jalameva yathāmbhodhirna taraṅgādikaṃ pṛthak ,
ātmaivedaṃ tathā sarvaṃ na bhūtoyādikaṃ pṛthak 14

14. jalam eva yathā ambhodhiḥ na taraṅga-ādikam pṛthak
ātmā eva idam tathā sarvam na bhūta-oya-ādikam pṛthak

14. yathā ambhodhiḥ jalam eva taraṅga-ādikam na pṛthak
tathā idam sarvam ātmā eva bhūta-oya-ādikam na pṛthak

14. Just as the ocean is merely water, and waves and other forms are not separate from it, so too all this (idam sarvam) is indeed the self (ātman), and the elements and other entities are not separate.

Words meanings summery:

• जलम् (jalam) - water

• एव (eva) - only, alone, indeed

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• अम्भोधिः (ambhodhiḥ) - ocean, sea

• न (na) - not, no

• तरङ्ग-आदिकम् (taraṅga-ādikam) - waves and so on, beginning with waves

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separate, distinct, apart

• आत्मा (ātmā) - self, soul, spirit

• एव (eva) - only, alone, indeed

• इदम् (idam) - this (neuter), this world

• तथा (tathā) - so too, in the same way, thus

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

• न (na) - not, no

• भूत-ओय-आदिकम् (bhūta-oya-ādikam) - elements and other entities, starting with elements

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separate, distinct, apart

Words meanings and morphology

जलम् (jalam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water, fluid, liquid

एव (eva) - only, alone, indeed

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

अम्भोधिः (ambhodhiḥ) - ocean, sea

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ambhodhi

ambhodhi - ocean, sea (holder of water)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ambhas+dhā)

• ambhas – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhā – holding, receptacle, bestowing
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root dhā (to place, hold)
  Root: dhā (class 3)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तरङ्ग-आदिकम् (taraṅga-ādikam) - waves and so on, beginning with waves

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of taraṅga-ādika

taraṅga-ādika - waves and the like, beginning with waves

Compound type : tatpurusha (taraṅga+ādika)

• taraṅga – wave, billow, surge
  noun (masculine)
• ādika – beginning with, and so on, et cetera
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from ādi with suffix -ka

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separate, distinct, apart

(indeclinable)

आत्मा (ātmā) - self, soul, spirit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, vital breath, the individual soul or universal Self (ātman)

एव (eva) - only, alone, indeed

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (neuter), this world

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this world, this reality

तथा (tathā) - so too, in the same way, thus

(indeclinable)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, entire, every

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भूत-ओय-आदिकम् (bhūta-oya-ādikam) - elements and other entities, starting with elements

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhūta-oya-ādika

bhūta-oya-ādika - elements/beings and so on (the term 'oya' is obscure in this compound; often similar contexts have 'bhūtādi' or 'bhūtagrāma')

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhūta+oya+ādika)

• bhūta – element (earth, water, fire, air, ether), created being, existent thing, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū with suffix -ta
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• oya – (obscure or rare term, possibly related to 'ojas' vitality, or a variant/typo)
  noun
• ādika – beginning with, and so on, et cetera
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from ādi with suffix -ka

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separate, distinct, apart

(indeclinable)

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