योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-63, verse-72

वीचिर्यथाम्भसः स्पन्दो जगच्चैव तथा चितौ ।
एतावन्मात्र एवात्र भेदो यद्रघुनन्दन ॥ ७२ ॥

vīciryathāmbhasaḥ spando jagaccaiva tathā citau ,
etāvanmātra evātra bhedo yadraghunandana 72

72. vīciḥ yathā ambhasaḥ spandaḥ jagat ca eva tathā
citau | etāvanmātraḥ eva atra bhedaḥ yat raghunandana

72. yathā vīciḥ ambhasaḥ spandaḥ tathā eva ca citau
jagat atra etāvanmātraḥ eva bhedaḥ yat raghunandana

72. Just as a wave is a ripple of water, so too is the world (jagat) in consciousness (citi). The only difference here, O delight of Raghu, is merely this much.

Words meanings summery:

• वीचिः (vīciḥ) - wave, ripple

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

• अम्भसः (ambhasaḥ) - of water

• स्पन्दः (spandaḥ) - vibration, tremor, movement, pulsation

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving, living

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

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

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• चितौ (citau) - in consciousness, in mind

• एतावन्मात्रः (etāvanmātraḥ) - merely this much, only so much

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

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• भेदः (bhedaḥ) - difference, distinction, division, splitting

• यत् (yat) - that (which), that (is)

• रघुनन्दन (raghunandana) - An address to Rama or a similar revered figure. (O delight of Raghu, O descendant of Raghu (referring to Rama))

Words meanings and morphology

वीचिः (vīciḥ) - wave, ripple

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vīci

vīci - wave, ripple, stream, current

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to introduce a simile.

अम्भसः (ambhasaḥ) - of water

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water, fluid

स्पन्दः (spandaḥ) - vibration, tremor, movement, pulsation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of spanda

spanda - vibration, tremor, movement, pulsation, throbbing

Derived from root spand (to throb, vibrate).

Root: spand (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative to `vīciḥ`.

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, moving, living

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living, all that moves

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go) with suffix śatṛ.

Root: gam (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

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

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative to `yathā`.

चितौ (citau) - in consciousness, in mind

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of citi

citi - consciousness, thought, mind, intellect, understanding

Derived from root cit (to perceive, observe, understand).

Root: cit (class 1)

एतावन्मात्रः (etāvanmātraḥ) - merely this much, only so much

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etāvanmātra

etāvanmātra - merely this much, only so great, consisting only of this

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (etāvat+mātra)

• etāvat – so much, so many, this much, this quantity
  adjective (masculine)
• mātra – only, merely, exclusively, consisting only of
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with `bhedaḥ`.

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

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial.

भेदः (bhedaḥ) - difference, distinction, division, splitting

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bheda

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

Derived from root bhid (to split, to break).

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Subject of the second sentence.

यत् (yat) - that (which), that (is)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that, who

Note: Introduces the content of the difference.

रघुनन्दन (raghunandana) - An address to Rama or a similar revered figure. (O delight of Raghu, O descendant of Raghu (referring to Rama))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of raghunandana

raghunandana - delight of Raghu, son of Raghu (an epithet for Rama)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raghu+nandana)

• raghu – Raghu (a mythical king, ancestor of Rama)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – delighting, gladdening; son, child, prince
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root nand (to rejoice).
  Root: nand (class 1)

Note: Used in address.

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