योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-43, verse-39

यथैकश्लेषपिण्डात्म वहत्यम्बु तरङ्गिणाम् ।
सबाह्याभ्यन्तराकारमर्थानर्थमयात्मकम् ॥ ३९ ॥

yathaikaśleṣapiṇḍātma vahatyambu taraṅgiṇām ,
sabāhyābhyantarākāramarthānarthamayātmakam 39

39. yathā eka-śleṣa-piṇḍa-ātma vahati ambu taraṅgiṇām |
sa-bāhya-abhyantara-ākāram artha-anartha-maya-ātmakam ||

39. yathā ambu taraṅgiṇām (api)
eka-śleṣa-piṇḍa-ātma vahati (tathā
sarvam) sa-bāhya-abhyantara-ākāram
artha-anartha-maya-ātmakam (asti)

39. Just as water, despite its waves, flows as a single unified mass, similarly (the ultimate reality is experienced as) having both external and internal forms, and being fundamentally constituted by both meaning (artha) and non-meaning or negation (anartha).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• एक-श्लेष-पिण्ड-आत्म (eka-śleṣa-piṇḍa-ātma) - having the nature of a single cohesive mass/lump

• वहति (vahati) - flows, carries

• अम्बु (ambu) - water

• तरङ्गिणाम् (taraṅgiṇām) - of waves, of those having waves

• स-बाह्य-अभ्यन्तर-आकारम् (sa-bāhya-abhyantara-ākāram) - having the form of both external and internal

• अर्थ-अनर्थ-मय-आत्मकम् (artha-anartha-maya-ātmakam) - having the nature of being composed of meaning (artha) and non-meaning/negation (anartha)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

एक-श्लेष-पिण्ड-आत्म (eka-śleṣa-piṇḍa-ātma) - having the nature of a single cohesive mass/lump

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of eka-śleṣa-piṇḍa-ātman

eka-śleṣa-piṇḍa-ātman - having the nature of a lump/mass of single cohesion

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (eka+śleṣa+piṇḍa+ātman)

• eka – one, single, unified
  numeral/adjective (masculine)
• śleṣa – union, cohesion, embrace
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √śliṣ (class 1)
• piṇḍa – lump, mass, ball
  noun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, nature
  noun (masculine)

वहति (vahati) - flows, carries

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vahati

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice (parasmaipada)

Root: √vah (class 1)

अम्बु (ambu) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ambu

ambu - water

तरङ्गिणाम् (taraṅgiṇām) - of waves, of those having waves

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of taraṅgin

taraṅgin - having waves, undulating; a wavy thing

Note: Adjective in genitive plural, often implies 'though it has waves' when used with 'ambu'.

स-बाह्य-अभ्यन्तर-आकारम् (sa-bāhya-abhyantara-ākāram) - having the form of both external and internal

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sa-bāhya-abhyantara-ākāra

sa-bāhya-abhyantara-ākāra - having external and internal forms

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (sa+bāhya+abhyantara+ākāra)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• bāhya – external, outer
  adjective (neuter)
• abhyantara – internal, inner
  adjective (neuter)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)

अर्थ-अनर्थ-मय-आत्मकम् (artha-anartha-maya-ātmakam) - having the nature of being composed of meaning (artha) and non-meaning/negation (anartha)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of artha-anartha-maya-ātmaka

artha-anartha-maya-ātmaka - having the nature of consisting of meaning and non-meaning (or good and bad, purpose and purposelessness)

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (artha+anartha+maya+ātmaka)

• artha – aim, purpose, meaning, object, thing
  noun (masculine)
• anartha – meaningless, useless, bad, evil, misfortune
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: an
• maya – consisting of, full of, made of
  adjective (masculine)
• ātmaka – having the nature of, consisting of, characterized by
  adjective (masculine)