योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-47, verse-24

परमाम्बुविभागेन यद्रूपं तत्परं विदुः ।
तत्समूहस्तदेवोच्चैश्चित्तं मेरुतृणादिकम् ॥ २४ ॥

paramāmbuvibhāgena yadrūpaṃ tatparaṃ viduḥ ,
tatsamūhastadevoccaiścittaṃ merutṛṇādikam 24

24. parama ambu vibhāgena yat rūpam tat param viduḥ
tat samūhaḥ tat eva uccaiḥ cittam meru tṛṇa ādikam

24. yat rūpam parama ambu vibhāgena,
tat param viduḥ.
tat samūhaḥ eva uccaiḥ cittam meru tṛṇa ādikam

24. Whatever form arises from the differentiation of the supreme water (the undifferentiated Absolute), that form is known by the wise as supreme (param). That very aggregate of phenomena is, emphatically, the mind (citta), Mount Meru, grass, and all such things.

Words meanings summery:

• परम (parama) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• अम्बु (ambu) - metaphor for the undifferentiated Absolute (water)

• विभागेन (vibhāgena) - by differentiation (by division, by separation, by differentiation)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (form) (which, whatever (neuter singular))

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, appearance, beauty

• तत् (tat) - that (form) (that (neuter singular))

• परम् (param) - supreme, ultimate, highest

• विदुः (viduḥ) - the wise know (they know)

• तत् (tat) - that (aggregate) (that (neuter singular))

• समूहः (samūhaḥ) - totality of forms (collection, aggregate, mass, totality)

• तत् (tat) - that (neuter singular)

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

• उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - emphatically, profoundly (loudly, highly, greatly, emphatically)

• चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind (citta) (mind, thought, consciousness)

• मेरु (meru) - Mount Meru

• तृण (tṛṇa) - grass, straw

• आदिकम् (ādikam) - and all such things (beginning with, etcetera, and so on)

Words meanings and morphology

परम (parama) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, most excellent

अम्बु (ambu) - metaphor for the undifferentiated Absolute (water)

(noun)

neuter, singular of ambu

ambu - water

विभागेन (vibhāgena) - by differentiation (by division, by separation, by differentiation)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of vibhāga

vibhāga - division, separation, distinction, differentiation

From root 'bhaj' (to divide) with prefix 'vi-'

Prefix: vi

Root: bhaj (class 1)

यत् (yat) - whatever (form) (which, whatever (neuter singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, what, whatever

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, appearance, beauty

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, nature, beauty

तत् (tat) - that (form) (that (neuter singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

परम् (param) - supreme, ultimate, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, most excellent

विदुः (viduḥ) - the wise know (they know)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of vid

Root verb, 2nd class, Parasmaipada, perfect tense

Root: vid (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that (aggregate) (that (neuter singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: First part of the compound 'tat-samūhaḥ'

समूहः (samūhaḥ) - totality of forms (collection, aggregate, mass, totality)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samūha

samūha - collection, aggregate, multitude, mass, totality

From root 'ūh' (to gather) with prefix 'sam-'

Prefix: sam

Root: ūh (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (neuter singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

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

(indeclinable)

उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - emphatically, profoundly (loudly, highly, greatly, emphatically)

(indeclinable)

चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind (citta) (mind, thought, consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, consciousness, intellect

Past passive participle of root 'cit' (to perceive, to know) used as a noun.

Root: cit (class 1)

मेरु (meru) - Mount Meru

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of meru

meru - Mount Meru (mythical sacred mountain, center of the universe)

तृण (tṛṇa) - grass, straw

(noun)

neuter, singular of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - grass, straw, herb

आदिकम् (ādikam) - and all such things (beginning with, etcetera, and so on)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ādika

ādika - beginning with, and so on, having as first

Derived from 'ādi' (beginning)