योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-12, verse-6

अहन्ताखादिताद्यात्मविदः प्रसरणं जगत् ।
अम्भोद्रवप्रसरणं यथावर्तादिवेष्टनम् ॥ ६ ॥

ahantākhāditādyātmavidaḥ prasaraṇaṃ jagat ,
ambhodravaprasaraṇaṃ yathāvartādiveṣṭanam 6

6. ahantā-khāditā-ādi-ātma-vidaḥ prasaraṇam jagat
ambhaḥ-drava-prasaraṇam yathā āvarta-ādi-veṣṭanam

6. ahantā-khāditā-ādi-ātma-vidaḥ prasaraṇam jagat
ambhaḥ-drava-prasaraṇam yathā āvarta-ādi-veṣṭanam

6. The world (jagat) is an emanation from the knower of the self (ātman) whose ego (ahantā) and similar constructs have been fully consumed (khāditā). It is just like the spreading of liquid water (ambhaḥ-drava-prasaraṇam) which manifests as whirlpools and other formations.

Words meanings summery:

• अहन्ता-खादिता-आदि-आत्म-विदः (ahantā-khāditā-ādi-ātma-vidaḥ) - of the knower of self (ātman) who has consumed ego (ahantā) and similar things

• प्रसरणम् (prasaraṇam) - emanation, expansion, spreading, diffusion

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

• अम्भः-द्रव-प्रसरणम् (ambhaḥ-drava-prasaraṇam) - the spreading of liquid water, flow of water

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• आवर्त-आदि-वेष्टनम् (āvarta-ādi-veṣṭanam) - the encircling/formation of whirlpools and such

Words meanings and morphology

अहन्ता-खादिता-आदि-आत्म-विदः (ahantā-khāditā-ādi-ātma-vidaḥ) - of the knower of self (ātman) who has consumed ego (ahantā) and similar things

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ahantā-khāditā-ādi-ātma-vid

ahantā-khāditā-ādi-ātma-vid - a knower of self whose ego, etc., have been consumed/subsumed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ahantā+khādita+ādi+ātman+vid)

• ahantā – ego, egoism, the sense of 'I'
  noun (feminine)
• khādita – eaten, consumed, assimilated, suppressed
  Past Passive Participle (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root khād ('to eat') with suffix -ita
  Root: khād (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, ultimate reality
  noun (masculine)
• vid – knower, knowing
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root vid ('to know')
  Root: vid (class 2)

प्रसरणम् (prasaraṇam) - emanation, expansion, spreading, diffusion

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prasaraṇa

prasaraṇa - spreading, extension, emanation, flow

verbal noun

Derived from root sṛ ('to go, move') with upasarga pra and suffix -ana

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - the world, the universe, that which moves, moving

present active participle

Present active participle of root gam ('to go, move')

Root: gam (class 1)

अम्भः-द्रव-प्रसरणम् (ambhaḥ-drava-prasaraṇam) - the spreading of liquid water, flow of water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ambhaḥ-drava-prasaraṇa

ambhaḥ-drava-prasaraṇa - the spreading or flow of liquid water

Compound type : tatpurusha (ambhas+drava+prasaraṇa)

• ambhas – water
  noun (neuter)
• drava – liquid, fluid, flowing, a flow
  noun (masculine)
• prasaraṇa – spreading, extension, emanation, flow
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  Derived from root sṛ ('to go, move') with upasarga pra and suffix -ana
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

आवर्त-आदि-वेष्टनम् (āvarta-ādi-veṣṭanam) - the encircling/formation of whirlpools and such

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āvarta-ādi-veṣṭana

āvarta-ādi-veṣṭana - the formation or enclosure of whirlpools, etc.

Compound type : tatpurusha (āvarta+ādi+veṣṭana)

• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, turning, revolution
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable
• veṣṭana – encircling, surrounding, wrapping, formation
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  Derived from root veṣṭ ('to wrap, encircle') with suffix -ana
  Root: veṣṭ (class 1)