योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-103, verse-95

यदेव स्पन्दनं नाम स एव पवनो यथा ।
स्पन्दास्पन्दैकरूपात्मा वायुर्व्योमोपमो यथा ॥ ९५ ॥

yadeva spandanaṃ nāma sa eva pavano yathā ,
spandāspandaikarūpātmā vāyurvyomopamo yathā 95

95. yat eva spandanam nāma saḥ eva pavanaḥ yathā
spanda-aspanda-ekarūpa-ātmā vāyuḥ vyomopamaḥ yathā

95. yat eva spandanam nāma saḥ eva pavanaḥ yathā
spanda-aspanda-ekarūpa-ātmā vāyuḥ vyomopamaḥ yathā

95. Just as what is called vibration (spandana) is verily the wind, so also is the wind (vāyu) itself, whose intrinsic nature (ātman) is a single form encompassing both vibration and non-vibration, just like space.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - just as (what, which, that which)

• एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, very

• स्पन्दनम् (spandanam) - vibration, pulsation, movement

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, verily (named, by name, indeed, verily)

• सः (saḥ) - that (wind) (that, he)

• एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, very

• पवनः (pavanaḥ) - wind (wind, air, purifier)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• स्पन्द-अस्पन्द-एकरूप-आत्मा (spanda-aspanda-ekarūpa-ātmā) - whose nature is one with vibration and non-vibration

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air

• व्योमोपमः (vyomopamaḥ) - like space, resembling space

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - just as (what, which, that which)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - what, which, that which

एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

स्पन्दनम् (spandanam) - vibration, pulsation, movement

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of spandana

spandana - vibration, pulsation, movement, tremor

from root spand (to vibrate, tremble)

Root: spand (class 1)

नाम (nāma) - indeed, verily (named, by name, indeed, verily)

(indeclinable)

can function as an indeclinable particle

सः (saḥ) - that (wind) (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

पवनः (pavanaḥ) - wind (wind, air, purifier)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pavana

pavana - wind, air, purifying, purifier

from root pū (to purify, blow)

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: The o in pavano is from visarga sandhi.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

particle of comparison

स्पन्द-अस्पन्द-एकरूप-आत्मा (spanda-aspanda-ekarūpa-ātmā) - whose nature is one with vibration and non-vibration

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of spandāspandaikarūpātman

spandāspandaikarūpātman - one whose intrinsic nature (ātman) is of the single form of both vibration and non-vibration

bahuvrihi compound

Compound type : bahuvrihi (spanda+aspanda+ekarūpa+ātman)

• spanda – vibration, tremor, motion
  noun (masculine)
  from root spand
  Root: spand (class 1)
• aspanda – non-vibration, stillness, immobility
  noun (masculine)
  negation of spanda
• ekarūpa – single form, uniform
  adjective (neuter)
  karmadhāraya compound of eka and rūpa
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, intrinsic nature (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: ātman here is ātmā in nominative singular.

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, vital breath

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Visarga lost in sandhi.

व्योमोपमः (vyomopamaḥ) - like space, resembling space

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyomopama

vyomopama - like space, similar to sky/ether

tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (vyoman+upama)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
  from vi (to go, move through) or yu (to join) + vi (prefix)
• upama – comparison, resemblance, like
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  from upa (near) + root mā (to measure, compare)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Visarga lost in sandhi.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

particle of comparison