योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-61, verse-14

स्फुरत्यम्भो द्रवत्वेन यथावर्तविवर्तनैः ।
यथा स्वप्नात्मिकैवेयं सर्गलक्ष्मीर्न वास्तवी ॥ १४ ॥

sphuratyambho dravatvena yathāvartavivartanaiḥ ,
yathā svapnātmikaiveyaṃ sargalakṣmīrna vāstavī 14

14. sphurati ambhaḥ dravatvena yathā āvartavivartanaiḥ
yathā svapnātmikā eva iyam sargalakṣmīḥ na vāstavī

14. yathā ambhaḥ dravatvena āvartavivartanaiḥ sphurati yathā iyam sargalakṣmīḥ svapnātmikā eva,
na vāstavī (asti)

14. Just as water (ambhaḥ) manifests its fluidity through whirlpools and eddies, similarly, this manifestation of creation (sargalakṣmī) is truly dream-like (svapna) and not ultimately real.

Words meanings summery:

• स्फुरति (sphurati) - shines, quivers, vibrates, manifests, appears suddenly

• अम्भः (ambhaḥ) - water, liquid

• द्रवत्वेन (dravatvena) - by fluidity, as fluidity, in the state of liquidity

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• आवर्तविवर्तनैः (āvartavivartanaiḥ) - by whirlpools and rotations/eddies

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, similarly

• स्वप्नात्मिका (svapnātmikā) - having the nature of a dream, dream-like

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

• इयम् (iyam) - this

• सर्गलक्ष्मीः (sargalakṣmīḥ) - the glory/nature/splendor of creation, the creation-fortune

• न (na) - not, no

• वास्तवी (vāstavī) - real, true, substantial, existing

Words meanings and morphology

स्फुरति (sphurati) - shines, quivers, vibrates, manifests, appears suddenly

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sphur

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular, parasmaipada

Root: sphur (class 6)

अम्भः (ambhaḥ) - water, liquid

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water, fluid, liquid

द्रवत्वेन (dravatvena) - by fluidity, as fluidity, in the state of liquidity

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of dravatva

dravatva - fluidity, liquid state, liquidity

Derived from 'drava' (liquid) with suffix 'tva' (neuter abstract noun)

Note: Means 'by means of its fluidity'.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a simile.

आवर्तविवर्तनैः (āvartavivartanaiḥ) - by whirlpools and rotations/eddies

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of āvartavivartana

āvartavivartana - whirlpools and their rotations/eddies

Dvandva compound (āvarta ca vivartana ca), or Tatpurusha (vivartanāni āvartānām)

Compound type : dvandva (āvarta+vivartana)

• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, circle, turning
  noun (masculine)
  From ā + vṛt (to turn)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• vivartana – turning round, revolving, eddying, transformation
  noun (neuter)
  From vi + vṛt (to turn, revolve)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, similarly

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the second part of the simile, the main point.

स्वप्नात्मिका (svapnātmikā) - having the nature of a dream, dream-like

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of svapnātmika

svapnātmika - having the nature of a dream, dream-like

Bahuvrihi compound or adjective derived from 'svapnātman'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svapna+ātman)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'sargalakṣmīḥ'.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'svapnātmikā'.

इयम् (iyam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Agrees with 'sargalakṣmīḥ'.

सर्गलक्ष्मीः (sargalakṣmīḥ) - the glory/nature/splendor of creation, the creation-fortune

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sargalakṣmī

sargalakṣmī - the glory of creation, the manifestation of creation

Tatpurusha compound (sargasya lakṣmīḥ)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarga+lakṣmī)

• sarga – creation, emanation
  noun (masculine)
  From root sṛj
  Root: sṛj (class 6)
• lakṣmī – fortune, prosperity, beauty, grace, manifestation
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'vāstavī'.

वास्तवी (vāstavī) - real, true, substantial, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāstava

vāstava - real, true, substantial, existing, essential

Derived from 'vastu' (thing, reality)

Note: Predicate adjective, agrees with 'sargalakṣmīḥ'.