योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-127, verse-22

एकश्चाज्ञानजलधिर्जगदाप्लाव्य तिष्ठति ।
ज्येष्ठोऽयमहमित्यूर्मिरविद्यावातसंभवः ॥ २२ ॥

ekaścājñānajaladhirjagadāplāvya tiṣṭhati ,
jyeṣṭho'yamahamityūrmiravidyāvātasaṃbhavaḥ 22

22. ekaḥ ca ajñānajaladhiḥ jagat āplāvya tiṣṭhati
jyeṣṭhaḥ ayam aham iti ūrmiḥ avidyāvātasaṃbhavaḥ

22. ekaḥ ca ajñānajaladhiḥ jagat āplāvya tiṣṭhati ayam
"jyeṣṭhaḥ aham" iti avidyāvātasaṃbhavaḥ ūrmiḥ

22. Only one ocean of ignorance (ajñāna) exists, inundating the world. "I am the eldest (or greatest)" – this is its wave, born from the wind of ignorance (avidyā).

Words meanings summery:

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अज्ञानजलधिः (ajñānajaladhiḥ) - ocean of ignorance (ajñāna)

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, universe

• आप्लाव्य (āplāvya) - having inundated, having flooded

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands, remains, exists

• ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - eldest, greatest, superior

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इति (iti) - introducing the thought 'I am the eldest' (thus, so, in this manner)

• ऊर्मिः (ūrmiḥ) - wave

• अविद्यावातसंभवः (avidyāvātasaṁbhavaḥ) - born from the wind of ignorance (avidyā)

Words meanings and morphology

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

(numeral)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अज्ञानजलधिः (ajñānajaladhiḥ) - ocean of ignorance (ajñāna)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajñānajaladhi

ajñānajaladhi - ocean of ignorance

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ajñāna+jaladhi)

• ajñāna – ignorance, non-knowledge
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: a
• jaladhi – ocean, sea (holder of water)
  noun (masculine)

जगत् (jagat) - the world, universe

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - the world, universe, moving

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'gam' (to go) + suffix 'at'

Root: gam (class 1)

आप्लाव्य (āplāvya) - having inundated, having flooded

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund) with prefix

Derived from root 'plu' with prefix 'ā-' and suffix '-ya' (causative stem `plāv`)

Prefix: ā

Root: plu (class 1)

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands, remains, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Present, 3rd person singular

From root 'sthā' (class 1, P), present stem 'tiṣṭha-'

Root: sthā (class 1)

ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - eldest, greatest, superior

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, greatest, best, most excellent

Superlative degree from `praśasya` (good)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

इति (iti) - introducing the thought 'I am the eldest' (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

ऊर्मिः (ūrmiḥ) - wave

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ūrmi

ūrmi - wave, billow, surge

अविद्यावातसंभवः (avidyāvātasaṁbhavaḥ) - born from the wind of ignorance (avidyā)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avidyāvātasaṃbhava

avidyāvātasaṁbhava - born from the wind of avidya

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (avidyāvāta+saṃbhava)

• avidyāvāta – wind of ignorance (avidyā)
  noun (masculine)
• saṃbhava – born, produced, originating from
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'bhū' with prefix 'sam-'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)