योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-174, verse-2

सर्गास्तरङ्गा ब्रह्माब्धेस्तेषु संवेदनं द्रवः ।
सर्गान्तरं सुखाद्यात्म द्वैतैक्यादीतरत्कुतः ॥ २ ॥

sargāstaraṅgā brahmābdhesteṣu saṃvedanaṃ dravaḥ ,
sargāntaraṃ sukhādyātma dvaitaikyādītaratkutaḥ 2

2. sargāḥ taraṅgāḥ brahma abdheḥ teṣu saṃvedanam dravaḥ
sarga antaram sukha ādi ātma dvaita aikya ādi itarat kutaḥ

2. sargāḥ brahma abdheḥ taraṅgāḥ teṣu saṃvedanam dravaḥ
sarga antaram sukha ādi ātma dvaita aikya ādi itarat kutaḥ

2. Creations are like waves of the ocean of Brahman. In these waves, consciousness (saṃvedana) is the very liquid essence. What other creation, having the nature (ātman) of happiness and so forth, or distinctions like duality and unity, could arise from any other source?

Words meanings summery:

• सर्गाः (sargāḥ) - creations, emanations, worlds

• तरङ्गाः (taraṅgāḥ) - waves

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute reality

• अब्धेः (abdheḥ) - of the ocean

• तेषु (teṣu) - in these (creations/waves) (in them (masculine/neuter plural))

• संवेदनम् (saṁvedanam) - consciousness (saṃvedana) (consciousness, sensation, feeling)

• द्रवः (dravaḥ) - liquid, fluid, essence

• सर्ग (sarga) - creation

• अन्तरम् (antaram) - other, different, interval

• सुख (sukha) - happiness, pleasure

• आदि (ādi) - and so forth, etc. (beginning, etcetera)

• आत्म (ātma) - intrinsic nature (ātman) (self, nature, (ātman))

• द्वैत (dvaita) - duality, dualism

• ऐक्य (aikya) - unity, oneness

• आदि (ādi) - beginning, etcetera

• इतरत् (itarat) - anything else (another, other (neuter))

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where (could it arise)? (from where? why?)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्गाः (sargāḥ) - creations, emanations, worlds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, world, chapter

From root sṛj (to emit, create).

Root: sṛj (class 6)

तरङ्गाः (taraṅgāḥ) - waves

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of taraṅga

taraṅga - wave, billow, movement

Root: tṛ (class 1)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute reality

(noun)

neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, the ultimate reality, the supreme spirit, sacred utterance

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: First part of the compound brahmābdheḥ.

अब्धेः (abdheḥ) - of the ocean

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of abdhi

abdhi - ocean, sea

From ap (water) + dhā (to hold).

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Used here in the compound brahmābdheḥ.

तेषु (teṣu) - in these (creations/waves) (in them (masculine/neuter plural))

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to sargāḥ (creations) or taraṅgāḥ (waves).

संवेदनम् (saṁvedanam) - consciousness (saṃvedana) (consciousness, sensation, feeling)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃvedana

saṁvedana - consciousness, sensation, feeling, cognition

From saṃ-vid (to know, perceive).

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

द्रवः (dravaḥ) - liquid, fluid, essence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of drava

drava - liquid, fluid, essence, flowing

From root dru (to run, flow).

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Predicate of saṃvedanam.

सर्ग (sarga) - creation

(noun)

masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, world, chapter

From root sṛj (to emit, create).

Root: sṛj (class 6)

अन्तरम् (antaram) - other, different, interval

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - internal, intimate, other, different, interval, space, opportunity

Note: Part of compound sargāntaram (another creation).

सुख (sukha) - happiness, pleasure

(noun)

neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, pleasure, ease

आदि (ādi) - and so forth, etc. (beginning, etcetera)

(noun)

masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, first, and so forth, etc.

Used often to mean 'and so on'.

आत्म (ātma) - intrinsic nature (ātman) (self, nature, (ātman))

(noun)

masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, essence, nature, Brahman

Root: an (class 2)

Note: In a Bahuvrīhi compound, ātman often becomes ātma at the end and the whole compound takes on adjective-like qualities, agreeing with sargāntaram (neuter nominative singular).

द्वैत (dvaita) - duality, dualism

(noun)

neuter, singular of dvaita

dvaita - duality, dualism, pair, two-fold

From dvi (two).

ऐक्य (aikya) - unity, oneness

(noun)

neuter, singular of aikya

aikya - unity, oneness, identity

From eka (one).

आदि (ādi) - beginning, etcetera

(noun)

masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, first, and so forth, etc.

Used often to mean 'and so on'.

इतरत् (itarat) - anything else (another, other (neuter))

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of itara

itara - other, another, different

Note: The final t is retained when sandhi is undone.

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where (could it arise)? (from where? why?)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle.