योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-168, verse-27

यथाकथंचिदेवेदमादौ संपद्यते जगत् ।
पश्चाद्गृह्णाति नियतिमावर्तोऽब्धाविवात्मनि ॥ २७ ॥

yathākathaṃcidevedamādau saṃpadyate jagat ,
paścādgṛhṇāti niyatimāvarto'bdhāvivātmani 27

27. yathākathañcit eva idam ādau saṃpadyate jagat
paścāt gṛhṇāti niyatim āvartaḥ abdhau iva ātmani

27. idam jagat ādau yathākathañcit eva saṃpadyate
paścāt niyatim gṛhṇāti abdhau āvartaḥ iva ātmani

27. This world (jagat) somehow or other comes into existence initially. Afterwards, it assumes a fixed order (niyati), just as a whirlpool in the ocean (abdhi) takes on its form within itself (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• यथाकथञ्चित् (yathākathañcit) - in whatever manner (somehow or other, in whatever way, by any means)

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

• इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this, this one)

• आदौ (ādau) - initially, at first (in the beginning, at first, initially)

• संपद्यते (saṁpadyate) - comes into existence (comes into being, arises, becomes, is accomplished)

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

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards (afterwards, later, behind, to the west)

• गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti) - assumes, takes on (grasps, takes, seizes, assumes)

• नियतिम् (niyatim) - a fixed order (niyati) (fixed order, destiny, fate, necessity, restraint)

• आवर्तः (āvartaḥ) - a whirlpool (whirlpool, eddy, rolling, revolution)

• अब्धौ (abdhau) - in the ocean (abdhi) (in the ocean, in the sea)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - within itself (ātman) (in the self, in the soul, in the essence)

Words meanings and morphology

यथाकथञ्चित् (yathākathañcit) - in whatever manner (somehow or other, in whatever way, by any means)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

इदम् (idam) - this (world) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to 'jagat'

आदौ (ādau) - initially, at first (in the beginning, at first, initially)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, commencement, first

संपद्यते (saṁpadyate) - comes into existence (comes into being, arises, becomes, is accomplished)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of sampad

Present tense

From 'sam-' (prefix) + root 'pad' (to go, fall)

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Atmanepada form

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe; moving, living

Present Active Participle (from 'gam' to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence

पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards (afterwards, later, behind, to the west)

(indeclinable)

गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti) - assumes, takes on (grasps, takes, seizes, assumes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of grah

Present tense

From root 'grah' (class 9 verb)

Root: grah (class 9)

नियतिम् (niyatim) - a fixed order (niyati) (fixed order, destiny, fate, necessity, restraint)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of niyati

niyati - fixed order, destiny, fate, necessity, restraint, control

From 'ni-' (prefix) + root 'yam' (to restrain, control)

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Object of 'gṛhṇāti'

आवर्तः (āvartaḥ) - a whirlpool (whirlpool, eddy, rolling, revolution)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āvarta

āvarta - whirlpool, eddy, rolling, turning, revolution

From 'ā-' (prefix) + root 'vṛt' (to turn, roll)

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Subject of the simile

अब्धौ (abdhau) - in the ocean (abdhi) (in the ocean, in the sea)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of abdhi

abdhi - ocean, sea (literally 'recipient of waters')

From 'ap' (water) + 'dhā' (to hold/place)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ap+dhi)

• ap – water
  noun (feminine)
• dhi – holding, receptacle, intellect
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhā
  Root: dhā (class 3)

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison

आत्मनि (ātmani) - within itself (ātman) (in the self, in the soul, in the essence)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, mind, body

From root 'an' (to breathe)

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Refers to the inherent nature or essence of the whirlpool.