योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-127, verse-20

अविद्यायोनयो भेदाः सर्वेऽमी बुद्बुदा इव ।
क्षणमुद्भूय गच्छन्ति ज्ञानैकजलधौ लयम् ॥ २० ॥

avidyāyonayo bhedāḥ sarve'mī budbudā iva ,
kṣaṇamudbhūya gacchanti jñānaikajaladhau layam 20

20. avidyāyonayaḥ bhedāḥ sarve amī budbudāḥ iva
kṣaṇam udbhūya gacchanti jñānaikajaladhau layam

20. amī sarve avidyāyonayaḥ bhedāḥ budbudāḥ iva
kṣaṇam udbhūya jñānaikajaladhau layam gacchanti

20. All these distinctions (bheda), which originate from nescience (avidyā), are like bubbles. Having arisen for but a moment, they dissolve (laya) into the singular ocean of knowledge (jñāna).

Words meanings summery:

• अविद्यायोनयः (avidyāyonayaḥ) - which originate from nescience (avidyā) (whose origin is nescience, born from nescience)

• भेदाः (bhedāḥ) - distinctions, differences, divisions

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every, whole

• अमी (amī) - these

• बुद्बुदाः (budbudāḥ) - bubbles

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment, instantly

• उद्भूय (udbhūya) - having arisen, having appeared

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they dissolve, they merge (they go, they attain)

• ज्ञानैकजलधौ (jñānaikajaladhau) - into the singular ocean of knowledge (jñāna) (in the ocean of singular knowledge, in the one ocean of knowledge)

• लयम् (layam) - dissolution (laya) (dissolution, absorption, merging)

Words meanings and morphology

अविद्यायोनयः (avidyāyonayaḥ) - which originate from nescience (avidyā) (whose origin is nescience, born from nescience)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avidyāyoni

avidyāyoni - having nescience (avidyā) as its source/origin

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (avidyā+yoni)

• avidyā – nescience, ignorance
  noun (feminine)
  From a (negation) + vidyā.
  Prefix: a
  Root: vid (class 2)
• yoni – source, origin, womb, place of birth
  noun (feminine)
  From √yu.
  Root: yu (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'bhedāḥ'.

भेदाः (bhedāḥ) - distinctions, differences, divisions

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bheda

bheda - breaking, splitting, separation, distinction, difference, division

From √bhid.

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every, whole

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with 'bhedāḥ'.

अमी (amī) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adas

adas - this, that, yon, these

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, agrees with 'bhedāḥ'.

बुद्बुदाः (budbudāḥ) - bubbles

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of budbuda

budbuda - bubble, froth

Reduplicated form.

Note: Predicate nominative for 'bhedāḥ' (implied verb 'santi').

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

Note: Indicates comparison.

क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment, instantly

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, leisure

Root: kṣaṇ (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially to indicate duration 'for a moment'.

उद्भूय (udbhūya) - having arisen, having appeared

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

From ud-√bhū (class 1) + lyap suffix.

Prefix: ud

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Indicates an action completed before the main verb 'gacchanti'.

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they dissolve, they merge (they go, they attain)

(verb)

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

Present Active

Conjugation of √gam (class 1) in present tense.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'bhedāḥ'.

ज्ञानैकजलधौ (jñānaikajaladhau) - into the singular ocean of knowledge (jñāna) (in the ocean of singular knowledge, in the one ocean of knowledge)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jñānaikajaladhi

jñānaikajaladhi - the singular ocean of knowledge

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jñāna+eka+jaladhi)

• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  From √jñā.
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• eka – one, single, unique
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• jaladhi – ocean, sea (bearer of water)
  noun (masculine)
  From jala (water) + dhā (to bear).
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Indicates the place 'in which' or 'into which' for the verb of movement.

लयम् (layam) - dissolution (laya) (dissolution, absorption, merging)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of laya

laya - dissolution, melting, absorption, merging, repose

From √lī.

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Object of 'gacchanti', indicating the state attained.