योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-72, verse-17

संयुज्यन्ते वियुज्यन्ते तृणान्यब्धिजले यथा ।
मुक्तान्तःकलनं देहे भूतान्यात्मनि वै तथा ॥ १७ ॥

saṃyujyante viyujyante tṛṇānyabdhijale yathā ,
muktāntaḥkalanaṃ dehe bhūtānyātmani vai tathā 17

17. saṃyujyante viyujyante tṛṇāni abdhi-jale yathā |
muktāntaḥkalanam dehe bhūtāni ātmani vai tathā ||

17. yathā tṛṇāni abdhi-jale saṃyujyante viyujyante
tathā vai bhūtāni dehe ātmani muktāntaḥkalanam

17. Just as grasses are united and separated in the ocean water, so too indeed do the elements (bhūtāni) in the body unite and separate in the Self (ātman), which is free from internal mental activity.

Words meanings summery:

• संयुज्यन्ते (saṁyujyante) - they are united, they are joined

• वियुज्यन्ते (viyujyante) - they are separated, they are disjoined

• तृणानि (tṛṇāni) - grasses, blades of grass

• अब्धि-जले (abdhi-jale) - in the ocean water

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

• मुक्तान्तःकलनम् (muktāntaḥkalanam) - (the Self) which is free from internal mental activity (that which has released internal thought/agitation, free from inner calculation)

• देहे (dehe) - in the body

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

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self, in the spirit, in the soul

• वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely

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

Words meanings and morphology

संयुज्यन्ते (saṁyujyante) - they are united, they are joined

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of saṃyuj

Formed with prefix sam and root yuj

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: The 'y' indicates passive voice.

वियुज्यन्ते (viyujyante) - they are separated, they are disjoined

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of viyuj

Formed with prefix vi and root yuj

Prefix: vi

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: The 'y' indicates passive voice.

तृणानि (tṛṇāni) - grasses, blades of grass

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - grass, blade of grass

अब्धि-जले (abdhi-jale) - in the ocean water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of abdhi-jala

abdhi-jala - ocean water

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abdhi+jala)

• abdhi – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)

Note: 'jala' is neuter. 'abdhi-jala' would then agree in gender.

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

(indeclinable)

मुक्तान्तःकलनम् (muktāntaḥkalanam) - (the Self) which is free from internal mental activity (that which has released internal thought/agitation, free from inner calculation)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of muktāntaḥkalana

muktāntaḥkalana - free from inner calculation/agitation

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mukta+antaḥkalana)

• mukta – released, liberated, free
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root muc (to release) + kta
  Root: muc (class 6)
• antaḥkalana – internal calculation, inner thought, mental activity, agitation
  noun (neuter)
  Formed from antaḥ (inside) and kalana (calculating, grasping)
  Root: kal (class 1)

Note: Agrees with an implied neuter noun or describes a state. Used here as an attribute of the ātman or the state of reality.

देहे (dehe) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body

Root: dih (class 2)

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

(noun)

Nominative, 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.

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self, in the spirit, in the soul

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

Root: an (class 2)

Note: The Self, ultimate reality.

वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)