योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-187, verse-46

जीवाभिधाना सैषाद्य भावाभावप्लवभ्रमैः ।
भ्रमत्यात्मपदे वीचिरूपैर्वारीव वारिणि ॥ ४६ ॥

jīvābhidhānā saiṣādya bhāvābhāvaplavabhramaiḥ ,
bhramatyātmapade vīcirūpairvārīva vāriṇi 46

46. jīvābhidhānā sā eṣā adya bhāvābhāvaplavabhramaiḥ
bhramati ātmapade vīcirūpaiḥ vāri iva vāriṇi

46. adya jīvābhidhānā sā eṣā bhāvābhāvaplavabhramaiḥ
ātmapade bhramati vāriṇi vāri vīcirūpaiḥ iva

46. That very consciousness, now known as the individual soul (jīva), revolves in its own essence (ātman), deluded by the fluctuations of existence and non-existence, just like waves in water.

Words meanings summery:

• जीवाभिधाना (jīvābhidhānā) - now known as the individual soul (jīva) (named Jīva, designated as individual soul)

• सा (sā) - that very (that (feminine))

• एषा (eṣā) - this (consciousness) (this (feminine))

• अद्य (adya) - now (today, now, at present)

• भावाभावप्लवभ्रमैः (bhāvābhāvaplavabhramaiḥ) - by the illusory fluctuations of being and non-being (by the delusive fluctuations of existence and non-existence)

• भ्रमति (bhramati) - revolves (wanders, revolves, moves about)

• आत्मपदे (ātmapade) - in its own essence (ātman) (in the state of the self, in the abode of the self)

• वीचिरूपैः (vīcirūpaiḥ) - just like waves (in the form of waves, as waves)

• वारि (vāri) - water

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

• वारिणि (vāriṇi) - in water

Words meanings and morphology

जीवाभिधाना (jīvābhidhānā) - now known as the individual soul (jīva) (named Jīva, designated as individual soul)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jīvābhidhāna

jīvābhidhāna - having the name Jīva, called Jīva

Compound: jīva (individual soul) + abhidhāna (name/designation).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (jīva+abhidhāna)

• jīva – living being, individual soul, life
  noun (masculine)
  From root jīv (to live).
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• abhidhāna – name, designation, appellation
  noun (neuter)
  From abhi + dhā (to place, hold, say).
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

सा (sā) - that very (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to cit from previous verse.

एषा (eṣā) - this (consciousness) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Reinforces sā.

अद्य (adya) - now (today, now, at present)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time.

भावाभावप्लवभ्रमैः (bhāvābhāvaplavabhramaiḥ) - by the illusory fluctuations of being and non-being (by the delusive fluctuations of existence and non-existence)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhāvābhāvaplavabhrama

bhāvābhāvaplavabhrama - illusion/delusion of floating/fluctuating between existence and non-existence

Compound.

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhāva+abhāva+plava+bhrama)

• bhāva – being, existence, state, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū.
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abhāva – non-existence, absence, non-being
  noun (masculine)
  Negative of bhāva.
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• plava – floating, swimming, fluctuation, movement
  noun (masculine)
  From root plu (to float).
  Root: plu (class 1)
• bhrama – wandering, error, delusion, confusion
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhram (to wander).
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Indicates the means by which bhramati occurs.

भ्रमति (bhramati) - revolves (wanders, revolves, moves about)

(verb)

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

Root bhram, 1st conjugation, present tense.

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: The action of the individual soul.

आत्मपदे (ātmapade) - in its own essence (ātman) (in the state of the self, in the abode of the self)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ātmapada

ātmapada - state of the self, abode of the self, one's own place

Compound of ātman and pada.

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+pada)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)
• pada – foot, step, place, state, abode
  noun (neuter)
  From root pad (to go).
  Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Location of wandering.

वीचिरूपैः (vīcirūpaiḥ) - just like waves (in the form of waves, as waves)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vīcirūpa

vīcirūpa - having the form of waves, like waves

Compound of vīci (wave) and rūpa (form).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vīci+rūpa)

• vīci – wave, ripple
  noun (feminine)
  From root vij (to tremble, move).
  Root: vij (class 6)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, appearance
  noun (neuter)

Note: Analogous to the fluctuations.

वारि (vāri) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāri

vāri - water

i-stem neuter noun.

Note: Subject of the simile.

इव (iva) - just like (as if, like, similar to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates comparison.

वारिणि (vāriṇi) - in water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vāri

vāri - water

i-stem neuter noun.

Note: Location for the comparison.