योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-72, verse-23

आत्मैव स्पन्दते विश्वं वस्तुजातैरिवोदितम् ।
तरङ्गकणकल्लोलैरनन्ताम्ब्वम्बुधाविव ॥ २३ ॥

ātmaiva spandate viśvaṃ vastujātairivoditam ,
taraṅgakaṇakallolairanantāmbvambudhāviva 23

23. ātmā eva spandate viśvam vastujātaiḥ iva uditam
taraṅgakaṇakallolaiḥ anantāmbvambudhāu iva

23. ātmā eva vastujātaiḥ iva uditam viśvam spandate
anantāmbvambudhāu taraṅgakaṇakallolaiḥ iva

23. The (supreme) self (ātman) alone manifests as the universe, appearing as if it has arisen with its diverse categories of objects, just as waves, ripples, and great surges (kallola) emerge in an infinite ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the supreme self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit)

• एव (eva) - alone, only (only, alone, indeed, certainly)

• स्पन्दते (spandate) - manifests, vibrates into being (vibrates, throbs, moves, manifests)

• विश्वम् (viśvam) - the entire universe, the cosmos (universe, all, whole)

• वस्तुजातैः (vastujātaiḥ) - with its diverse categories of objects (by classes of objects, with various kinds of things)

• इव (iva) - as if, seemingly (like, as, as if)

• उदितम् (uditam) - arisen, emerged (arisen, manifested, uttered)

• तरङ्गकणकल्लोलैः (taraṅgakaṇakallolaiḥ) - by waves, ripples, and great surges (kallola) (by waves, ripples, and great surges)

• अनन्ताम्ब्वम्बुधाउ (anantāmbvambudhāu) - in an infinite ocean (in the ocean of infinite water, in the infinite water-ocean)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मा (ātmā) - the supreme self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, individual consciousness, supreme spirit

Note: Subject of the sentence.

एव (eva) - alone, only (only, alone, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes that it is the self *alone*.

स्पन्दते (spandate) - manifests, vibrates into being (vibrates, throbs, moves, manifests)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of spand

Root: spand (class 1)

Note: Reflects the self-manifesting nature.

विश्वम् (viśvam) - the entire universe, the cosmos (universe, all, whole)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viśva

viśva - all, whole, entire, universe

Note: Predicate nominative of 'spandate' when taking the sense 'manifests as'.

वस्तुजातैः (vastujātaiḥ) - with its diverse categories of objects (by classes of objects, with various kinds of things)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of vastujāta

vastujāta - classes of objects, kinds of things

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vastu+jāta)

• vastu – object, thing, substance, reality
  noun (neuter)
• jāta – born, produced, class, kind, multitude
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root jan
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Indicates accompaniment or means.

इव (iva) - as if, seemingly (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates comparison or apparent nature.

उदितम् (uditam) - arisen, emerged (arisen, manifested, uttered)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of udita

udita - arisen, manifested, appeared, uttered

Past Passive Participle

from root i + ud-

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Acts as a participle describing 'viśvam'.

तरङ्गकणकल्लोलैः (taraṅgakaṇakallolaiḥ) - by waves, ripples, and great surges (kallola) (by waves, ripples, and great surges)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of taraṅgakaṇakallola

taraṅgakaṇakallola - waves, ripples, and great surges

Compound type : dvandva (taraṅga+kaṇa+kallola)

• taraṅga – wave, billow
  noun (masculine)
• kaṇa – drop, particle, grain, atom, ripple
  noun (masculine)
• kallola – large wave, surge, great billow
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used in comparison, showing the means by which the ocean manifests.

अनन्ताम्ब्वम्बुधाउ (anantāmbvambudhāu) - in an infinite ocean (in the ocean of infinite water, in the infinite water-ocean)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anantāmbvambudhi

anantāmbvambudhi - ocean having infinite water

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ananta+ambu+ambudhi)

• ananta – endless, infinite
  adjective
  negative of anta (end)
  Prefix: an
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• ambudhi – ocean (lit. water-holder)
  noun (masculine)
  compound of ambu + dhā
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: The locative form of the Bahuvrīhi compound.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the comparison.