योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-38, verse-18

द्रव्यमेव यथा द्रव्यं तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधस्तथा ।
सर्वमेव तथा ब्रह्म येन तेन यथा तथा ॥ १८ ॥

dravyameva yathā dravyaṃ tiryagūrdhvamadhastathā ,
sarvameva tathā brahma yena tena yathā tathā 18

18. dravyam eva yathā dravyam tiryāk ūrdhvam adhaḥ tathā
| sarvam eva tathā brahma yena tena yathā tathā

18. yathā dravyam eva dravyam tiryāk ūrdhvam adhaḥ
tathā tathā sarvam eva brahma yena tena yathā tathā

18. Just as substance (dravya) itself exists as substance (dravya), pervading horizontally, upwards, and downwards, similarly, all things are indeed Brahman (brahman), manifesting in whatever way or manner.

Words meanings summery:

• द्रव्यम् (dravyam) - substance, material, thing

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

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• द्रव्यम् (dravyam) - substance, material, thing

• तिर्याक् (tiryāk) - horizontally, across, obliquely

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, above

• अधः (adhaḥ) - downwards, below

• तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, in that way

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, the whole

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

• तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, in that way, thus

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (brahman), the Absolute Reality

• येन (yena) - by whatever means (by which, in which way)

• तेन (tena) - by that means (by that, in that way)

• यथा (yathā) - in whatever manner (as, in which way, howsoever)

• तथा (tathā) - in that manner (so, similarly, in that way, thus)

Words meanings and morphology

द्रव्यम् (dravyam) - substance, material, thing

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dravya

dravya - substance, material, thing, object, wealth

From root √dru (to flow, run) + suffix '-ya'.

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: The subject of the first clause.

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

(indeclinable)

An emphatic particle.

Note: Emphasizes 'dravyam'.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from relative pronoun 'yad'.

द्रव्यम् (dravyam) - substance, material, thing

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dravya

dravya - substance, material, thing, object, wealth

From root √dru (to flow, run) + suffix '-ya'.

Root: dru (class 1)

तिर्याक् (tiryāk) - horizontally, across, obliquely

(indeclinable)

From 'tiraśc' (across) + suffix '-āk'.

Note: 'tiryag' is the sandhied form. 'tiryāk' is the unsandhied form before vowels.

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, above

(indeclinable)

Adverbial use of adjective.

अधः (adhaḥ) - downwards, below

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, in that way

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from demonstrative pronoun 'tad'.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, the whole

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Universal pronoun.

Note: Subject of the second clause.

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

(indeclinable)

An emphatic particle.

Note: Emphasizes 'sarvam'.

तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, in that way, thus

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from demonstrative pronoun 'tad'.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (brahman), the Absolute Reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, ultimate reality, the universal spirit (brahman)

From root √bṛh (to grow, expand).

Root: bṛh (class 1)

येन (yena) - by whatever means (by which, in which way)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that which

Relative pronoun.

Note: Part of the correlative 'yena tena'.

तेन (tena) - by that means (by that, in that way)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Part of the correlative 'yena tena'.

यथा (yathā) - in whatever manner (as, in which way, howsoever)

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from relative pronoun 'yad'.

तथा (tathā) - in that manner (so, similarly, in that way, thus)

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from demonstrative pronoun 'tad'.