योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-41, verse-25

शिव आत्मा परं ब्रह्मेत्यादिशब्दैस्तु भिन्नता ।
पुरातनैर्विरचिता तस्य भेदो न वस्तुतः ॥ २५ ॥

śiva ātmā paraṃ brahmetyādiśabdaistu bhinnatā ,
purātanairviracitā tasya bhedo na vastutaḥ 25

25. śivaḥ ātmā param brahma iti ādi śabdaiḥ tu bhinnatā
purātanaiḥ viracitā tasya bhedaḥ na vastutaḥ

25. purātanaiḥ śivaḥ ātmā param brahma iti ādi śabdaiḥ
tu bhinnatā viracitā tasya bhedaḥ vastutaḥ na

25. Terms like 'Śiva', 'ātman' (ātman), and 'supreme brahman' (brahman) are merely words by which the ancients created distinctions. In reality, there is no inherent difference.

Words meanings summery:

• शिवः (śivaḥ) - the deity Śiva or the concept of the auspicious ultimate reality (auspicious, benevolent, Śiva (a name for the supreme deity))

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the individual or universal self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, individual essence)

• परम् (param) - supreme (describing brahman) (supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, farthest)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - the ultimate reality (brahman) (Brahman, the absolute reality, the ultimate truth, the creative principle)

• इति (iti) - indicating the preceding words are examples (thus, so, this way, indicating direct speech or enumeration)

• आदि (ādi) - and others (referring to other terms like Śiva, ātman, brahman) (beginning, first, and so forth, etc.)

• शब्दैः (śabdaiḥ) - by these words (like Śiva, ātman, brahman) (by words, with words)

• तु (tu) - indeed, merely (but, indeed, on the other hand, however)

• भिन्नता (bhinnatā) - distinction (between concepts of ultimate reality) (difference, distinction, diversity)

• पुरातनैः (purātanaiḥ) - by the ancient sages or philosophers (by the ancients, by the old ones)

• विरचिता (viracitā) - created (distinctions) (created, composed, fashioned, performed)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (ultimate reality, referred to implicitly) (of that, his, her, its)

• भेदः (bhedaḥ) - difference (between various ultimate concepts) (difference, distinction, division, separation)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ) - in reality, fundamentally (in reality, fundamentally, actually)

Words meanings and morphology

शिवः (śivaḥ) - the deity Śiva or the concept of the auspicious ultimate reality (auspicious, benevolent, Śiva (a name for the supreme deity))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śiva

śiva - auspicious, benevolent, kind, propitious, happy, Śiva (the deity)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the individual or universal self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, individual essence)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual essence, life principle, breath

परम् (param) - supreme (describing brahman) (supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, farthest)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, other, beyond

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the ultimate reality (brahman) (Brahman, the absolute reality, the ultimate truth, the creative principle)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the absolute reality, the ultimate truth, the creative principle, sacred utterance, prayer

इति (iti) - indicating the preceding words are examples (thus, so, this way, indicating direct speech or enumeration)

(indeclinable)

आदि (ādi) - and others (referring to other terms like Śiva, ātman, brahman) (beginning, first, and so forth, etc.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, first, and so forth, etc., preceded by

Note: Here functioning adjectivally with śabdaiḥ

शब्दैः (śabdaiḥ) - by these words (like Śiva, ātman, brahman) (by words, with words)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śabda

śabda - word, sound, utterance, speech, noise

तु (tu) - indeed, merely (but, indeed, on the other hand, however)

(indeclinable)

भिन्नता (bhinnatā) - distinction (between concepts of ultimate reality) (difference, distinction, diversity)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhinnatā

bhinnatā - difference, distinction, diversity, dissimilarity

पुरातनैः (purātanaiḥ) - by the ancient sages or philosophers (by the ancients, by the old ones)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of purātana

purātana - ancient, old, former, primitive

विरचिता (viracitā) - created (distinctions) (created, composed, fashioned, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viracita

viracita - created, composed, fashioned, arranged, prepared

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root rac (to arrange, make, create) with upasarga vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: rac (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - of that (ultimate reality, referred to implicitly) (of that, his, her, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भेदः (bhedaḥ) - difference (between various ultimate concepts) (difference, distinction, division, separation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bheda

bheda - difference, distinction, division, separation, break, split

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

वस्तुतः (vastutaḥ) - in reality, fundamentally (in reality, fundamentally, actually)

(indeclinable)

Avyaya derived from vastu (reality, thing) + suffix -tas (indicating manner or source).