योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-4, verse-37

सद्ब्रह्म शिवमात्मेति परे नामकलङ्किता ।
उदेत्यहन्ता कुम्भत्वादिव मृद्धातुविस्मृतिः ॥ ३७ ॥

sadbrahma śivamātmeti pare nāmakalaṅkitā ,
udetyahantā kumbhatvādiva mṛddhātuvismṛtiḥ 37

37. sat brahma śivam ātma iti pare nāmakalaṅkitā
udeti ahantā kumbhatvāt iva mṛt dhātu vismṛtiḥ

37. pare sat brahma śivam ātma iti nāmakalaṅkitā
ahantā udeti kumbhatvāt iva mṛt dhātu vismṛtiḥ

37. Even in the Supreme (Brahman), which is designated as 'real' (sat), 'Brahman', 'auspicious' (śivam), and the 'Self' (ātman), 'I'-ness (ahantā) arises, tainted by names. This is just as the concept of 'pot-ness' (kumbhatva) arises from the forgetfulness of the fundamental clay substance.

Words meanings summery:

• सत् (sat) - existing, real, true, good

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the ultimate reality

• शिवम् (śivam) - auspicious, benevolent, Shiva

• आत्म (ātma) - self, soul, ego, essence (ātman)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, signifies quotation or emphasis

• परे (pare) - in the supreme, in the other, in the highest

• नामकलङ्किता (nāmakalaṅkitā) - tainted by names, stained by appellations

• उदेति (udeti) - arises, comes forth, appears

• अहन्ता (ahantā) - 'I'-ness, ego-sense, egoism

• कुम्भत्वात् (kumbhatvāt) - from 'pot-ness', from the state of being a pot

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मृत् (mṛt) - clay, earth

• धातु (dhātu) - element, constituent, substance, root

• विस्मृतिः (vismṛtiḥ) - forgetfulness, oblivion

Words meanings and morphology

सत् (sat) - existing, real, true, good

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existing, real, true, good, being

Present Active Participle

From root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Modifies brahma.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the ultimate reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the absolute reality, the ultimate principle

Note: Used as an appellation for (brahman).

शिवम् (śivam) - auspicious, benevolent, Shiva

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śiva

śiva - auspicious, propitious, benevolent, Shiva (the deity)

Note: Used as an appellation.

आत्म (ātma) - self, soul, ego, essence (ātman)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, individual soul, universal soul (ātman), essence, ego

Note: Used as an appellation for (ātman).

इति (iti) - thus, so, signifies quotation or emphasis

(indeclinable)

परे (pare) - in the supreme, in the other, in the highest

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

Note: Refers to the supreme reality, (brahman).

नामकलङ्किता (nāmakalaṅkitā) - tainted by names, stained by appellations

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nāmakalaṅkita

nāmakalaṅkita - stained/tainted by names, having names as a blemish

Compound of nāman (name) + kalaṅkita (stained).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (nāman+kalaṅkita)

• nāman – name, appellation, designation
  noun (neuter)
• kalaṅkita – stained, sullied, defiled, tarnished
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kalaṅk (to stain, blemish)
  Root: kalaṅk (class 1)

उदेति (udeti) - arises, comes forth, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ud-i

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

अहन्ता (ahantā) - 'I'-ness, ego-sense, egoism

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahantā

ahantā - the state of being 'I', egoism, 'I-ness'

From aham (I) + tā (suffix for abstract noun).

Note: Subject of udeti.

कुम्भत्वात् (kumbhatvāt) - from 'pot-ness', from the state of being a pot

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kumbhatva

kumbhatva - pot-ness, the state or nature of a pot

From kumbha (pot) + tva (suffix for abstract noun).

Note: Part of the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मृत् (mṛt) - clay, earth

(noun)

feminine, singular of mṛd

mṛd - clay, earth, soil

Note: Part of compound mṛddhātu.

धातु (dhātu) - element, constituent, substance, root

(noun)

masculine, singular of dhātu

dhātu - element, constituent, substance, root (of a word), mineral

From root dhā (to place, hold).

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Part of compound mṛddhātuvismṛtiḥ.

विस्मृतिः (vismṛtiḥ) - forgetfulness, oblivion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vismṛti

vismṛti - forgetfulness, oblivion, absence of memory

From prefix vi + root smṛ (to remember).

Prefix: vi

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject for the implied verb in the simile.