योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-72, verse-16

इतश्चेतश्च जातानि यथा संश्लेषयन्त्यलम् ।
तरङ्गास्तृणजालानि तथा भूतानि देहदृक् ॥ १६ ॥

itaścetaśca jātāni yathā saṃśleṣayantyalam ,
taraṅgāstṛṇajālāni tathā bhūtāni dehadṛk 16

16. itaḥ ca itaḥ ca jātāni yathā saṃśleṣayanti alam
| taraṅgāḥ tṛṇajālāni tathā bhūtāni dehadṛk ||

16. yathā taraṅgāḥ itaḥ ca itaḥ ca jātāni tṛṇajālāni
alam saṃśleṣayanti tathā dehadṛk bhūtāni

16. Just as waves adequately unite masses of grass that have arisen here and there, so too the perceiver of the body (the ātman) unites the various elements (bhūtāni).

Words meanings summery:

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hither

• च (ca) - and

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hither

• च (ca) - and

• जातानि (jātāni) - those that have arisen (born, arisen, produced, become)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• संश्लेषयन्ति (saṁśleṣayanti) - they unite, they combine, they bring together

• अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, adequately, enough, indeed

• तरङ्गाः (taraṅgāḥ) - waves

• तृणजालानि (tṛṇajālāni) - masses of grass, collections of grass

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way, likewise

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - constituent elements (of the body) or embodied beings (elements, beings, creatures, existent things)

• देहदृक् (dehadṛk) - the individual soul (ātman) that perceives or identifies with the body (perceiver of the body, body-seer)

Words meanings and morphology

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hither

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hither

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

जातानि (jātāni) - those that have arisen (born, arisen, produced, become)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jāta

jāta - born, arisen, produced, become

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jan (to be born) + kta (past participle suffix)

Root: jan (class 4)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

संश्लेषयन्ति (saṁśleṣayanti) - they unite, they combine, they bring together

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of saṃśleṣay

Causal

Derived from root śliṣ (to cling, embrace) with prefix sam, in causal form

Prefix: sam

Root: śliṣ (class 4)

अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, adequately, enough, indeed

(indeclinable)

तरङ्गाः (taraṅgāḥ) - waves

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of taraṅga

taraṅga - wave

Root: tṛ

तृणजालानि (tṛṇajālāni) - masses of grass, collections of grass

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tṛṇajāla

tṛṇajāla - mass of grass, collection of grass

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tṛṇa+jāla)

• tṛṇa – grass, blade of grass
  noun (neuter)
• jāla – net, collection, mass, multitude
  noun (neuter)

Note: Can be nominative plural neuter, but accusative fits better as the object of 'saṃśleṣayanti'.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way, likewise

(indeclinable)

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - constituent elements (of the body) or embodied beings (elements, beings, creatures, existent things)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, ghost, past

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhū (to be) + kta (past participle suffix)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Can also be nominative plural neuter. Accusative fits better as object.

देहदृक् (dehadṛk) - the individual soul (ātman) that perceives or identifies with the body (perceiver of the body, body-seer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehadṛś

dehadṛś - perceiver of the body, body-seer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+dṛś)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• dṛś – seeing, seer, eye
  noun (masculine)
  From root dṛś (to see), forming an agent noun
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Refers to the embodied Self (ātman).