योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-186, verse-46

स्वप्नसंकल्पसंसारवरशापदृशामिह ।
सरोब्धिसरिदम्बूनामिवान्यत्वं न वाथवा ॥ ४६ ॥

svapnasaṃkalpasaṃsāravaraśāpadṛśāmiha ,
sarobdhisaridambūnāmivānyatvaṃ na vāthavā 46

46. svapna saṅkalpa saṃsāra vara śāpa dṛśām iha saras
abdhi sarit ambunām iva anyatvam na vā athavā

46. iha svapna-saṅkalpa-saṃsāra-vara-śāpa-dṛśām,
saras-abdhi-sarit-ambūnām iva,
anyatvam na vā athavā [asti]?

46. Is there any difference here among the appearances (dṛśām) such as dreams, intentions, cycles of existence (saṃsāra), boons, and curses, or not, just as there is no real difference among the waters of a lake, an ocean, and a river?

Words meanings summery:

• स्वप्न (svapna) - dream, sleep

• सङ्कल्प (saṅkalpa) - intention, resolve, conceptualization

• संसार (saṁsāra) - cycle of existence, transmigration

• वर (vara) - boon, blessing, choice

• शाप (śāpa) - curse, imprecation

• दृशाम् (dṛśām) - of appearances (like dreams, intentions, etc.) (of sights, of appearances, of visions)

• इह (iha) - in this context, in this regard (here, in this world, in this context)

• सरस् (saras) - lake, pond

• अब्धि (abdhi) - ocean, sea

• सरित् (sarit) - river, stream

• अम्बुनाम् (ambunām) - of waters

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अन्यत्वम् (anyatvam) - difference, distinctness

• न (na) - not, no

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अथवा (athavā) - or else, or, otherwise

Words meanings and morphology

स्वप्न (svapna) - dream, sleep

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep, dreaming state

From √svap (to sleep).

Root: svap (class 2)

सङ्कल्प (saṅkalpa) - intention, resolve, conceptualization

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṅkalpa

saṅkalpa - intention, resolve, will, concept, mental formation

From sam-√kḷp (to arrange, resolve).

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

संसार (saṁsāra) - cycle of existence, transmigration

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - cycle of birth, death, and rebirth; transmigration (saṃsāra)

From sam-√sṛ (to run together, to pass through).

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

वर (vara) - boon, blessing, choice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, blessing, excellent, best, choice

From √vṛ (to choose).

Root: vṛ (class 1)

शाप (śāpa) - curse, imprecation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śāpa

śāpa - curse, imprecation, malediction

From √śap (to curse, swear).

Root: śap (class 1)

दृशाम् (dṛśām) - of appearances (like dreams, intentions, etc.) (of sights, of appearances, of visions)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of dṛś

dṛś - sight, appearance, vision, eye

From √dṛś (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: The entire compound svapna-saṅkalpa-saṃsāra-vara-śāpa-dṛśām means 'of appearances such as dreams, intentions, saṃsāra, boons, and curses'.

इह (iha) - in this context, in this regard (here, in this world, in this context)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place and manner.

Note: Emphasizes 'in this context' of discussion.

सरस् (saras) - lake, pond

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool

From √sṛ (to flow, move).

Root: sṛ (class 1)

अब्धि (abdhi) - ocean, sea

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abdhi

abdhi - ocean, sea (literally "recipient of water")

From ap (water) + √dhā (to hold) + i.

Root: dhā (class 3)

सरित् (sarit) - river, stream

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarit

sarit - river, stream

From √sṛ (to flow).

Root: sṛ (class 1)

अम्बुनाम् (ambunām) - of waters

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of ambu

ambu - water

Note: The nām is the genitive plural ending.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

अन्यत्वम् (anyatvam) - difference, distinctness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anyatva

anyatva - difference, distinctness, otherness

From anya (other) + tva (suffix forming abstract neuter nouns).

Note: Subject of the rhetorical question.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

अथवा (athavā) - or else, or, otherwise

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.