योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-71, verse-49

आत्मा स्पन्दैकरूपात्मा स्थितस्तेषु क्वचित्क्वचित् ।
तरङ्गेषु विलोलेषु पयोधेः सलिलं यथा ॥ ४९ ॥

ātmā spandaikarūpātmā sthitasteṣu kvacitkvacit ,
taraṅgeṣu viloleṣu payodheḥ salilaṃ yathā 49

49. ātmā spandaikarūpātmā sthitaḥ teṣu kvacit kvacit
taraṅgeṣu viloleṣu payodheḥ salilam yathā

49. ātmā spandaikarūpātmā teṣu kvacit kvacit sthitaḥ
yathā payodheḥ salilam viloleṣu taraṅgeṣu

49. The self (ātman), whose very nature is vibration, exists here and there within those phenomena, just as the water of the ocean is present within its restless waves.

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman), soul, spirit, essence, living principle

• स्पन्दैकरूपात्मा (spandaikarūpātmā) - whose self (ātman) is of the sole nature of vibration; having vibration as its sole nature

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - situated, standing, existing, abiding

• तेषु (teṣu) - in those phenomena (from the previous verse) (in them, among them)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, in some place, at times

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, in some place, at times

• तरङ्गेषु (taraṅgeṣu) - in the waves

• विलोलेषु (viloleṣu) - in the restless, agitated, flickering (waves)

• पयोधेः (payodheḥ) - of the ocean (of the ocean, of the cloud)

• सलिलम् (salilam) - water

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman), soul, spirit, essence, living principle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, breath

Root: an (class 2)

स्पन्दैकरूपात्मा (spandaikarūpātmā) - whose self (ātman) is of the sole nature of vibration; having vibration as its sole nature

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of spandaikarūpātman

spandaikarūpātman - having vibration as its singular form/nature (ātman); whose essence is solely vibration

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (spanda+ekarūpa+ātman)

• spanda – vibration, throb, movement, pulsation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: spad (class 1)
• ekarūpa – having one form, uniform, singular in nature
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self (ātman), soul, essence, nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - situated, standing, existing, abiding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, abiding, existing

Past Passive Participle

From root √sthā (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

तेषु (teṣu) - in those phenomena (from the previous verse) (in them, among them)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the 'bhāvāḥ' (phenomena) mentioned in the previous verse.

क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, in some place, at times

(indeclinable)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, in some place, at times

(indeclinable)

तरङ्गेषु (taraṅgeṣu) - in the waves

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of taraṅga

taraṅga - wave, ripple, surge

Root: taraṅg (class 1)

विलोलेषु (viloleṣu) - in the restless, agitated, flickering (waves)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of vilola

vilola - trembling, shaking, restless, agitated, flickering

Prefix: vi

Root: lul (class 1)

पयोधेः (payodheḥ) - of the ocean (of the ocean, of the cloud)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of payodhi

payodhi - ocean (bearer of water), cloud

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (payas+dhī)

• payas – water, milk
  noun (neuter)
• dhī – bearing, holding
  verb (feminine)
  agent noun/root
  From root √dhā 'to place, to bear'.
  Root: dhā (class 3)

सलिलम् (salilam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of salila

salila - water

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)