योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-50, verse-4

श्रीराम उवाच ।
एतेषां भगवन्भेदो बोधाय मम कथ्यताम् ।
जीवानां सप्तरूपाणां जलानामर्णवेष्विव ॥ ४ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
eteṣāṃ bhagavanbhedo bodhāya mama kathyatām ,
jīvānāṃ saptarūpāṇāṃ jalānāmarṇaveṣviva 4

4. śrī-rāma uvāca eteṣām bhagavan bhedaḥ bodhāya mama
kathyatām jīvānām saptarūpāṇām jalānām arṇaveṣu iva

4. bhagavan mama bodhāya eteṣām saptarūpāṇām
jīvānām bhedaḥ kathyatām jalānām arṇaveṣu iva

4. Śrī Rāma said: O Lord, please explain to me the distinctions among these living beings (jīva) of seven forms, for my understanding, just as one distinguishes various waters within the oceans.

Words meanings summery:

• श्री-राम (śrī-rāma) - The speaker, an incarnation of Viṣṇu. (Lord Rāma, the glorious Rāma)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Past action of speaking. (said, spoke)

• एतेषाम् (eteṣām) - Refers to the seven types of living beings (jīva) mentioned. (of these)

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - Address to Sage Vasiṣṭha. (O Lord, O blessed one)

• भेदः (bhedaḥ) - The different characteristics or categories. (distinction, difference, division)

• बोधाय (bodhāya) - For the purpose of my (Rāma's) comprehension. (for understanding, for knowledge)

• मम (mama) - Refers to Śrī Rāma's understanding. (my, of me)

• कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - A request for explanation. (may it be told, let it be narrated)

• जीवानाम् (jīvānām) - Referring to the categories of individual consciousnesses. (of living beings, of souls)

• सप्तरूपाणाम् (saptarūpāṇām) - Describing the specific classification mentioned for jīvas. (of seven forms, of seven natures)

• जलानाम् (jalānām) - Part of the simile, 'like waters in oceans'. (of waters)

• अर्णवेषु (arṇaveṣu) - Part of the simile, 'like waters in oceans'. (in oceans, in seas)

• इव (iva) - Introduces a comparison. (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

श्री-राम (śrī-rāma) - The speaker, an incarnation of Viṣṇu. (Lord Rāma, the glorious Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrī-rāma

śrī-rāma - Lord Rāma, the glorious Rāma

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – glory, prosperity, splendor, divine grace
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (proper name), pleasing, dark-colored
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - Past action of speaking. (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of vac

Perfect tense (Lit)

Perfect tense 3rd person singular active, from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

एतेषाम् (eteṣām) - Refers to the seven types of living beings (jīva) mentioned. (of these)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

भगवन् (bhagavan) - Address to Sage Vasiṣṭha. (O Lord, O blessed one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, divine, lord

Root: bhaj (class 1)

भेदः (bhedaḥ) - The different characteristics or categories. (distinction, difference, division)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bheda

bheda - distinction, difference, division, separation

Derived from root bhid (to split, break)

Root: bhid (class 7)

बोधाय (bodhāya) - For the purpose of my (Rāma's) comprehension. (for understanding, for knowledge)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of bodha

bodha - understanding, knowledge, awakening, perception

Derived from root budh (to know, perceive)

Root: budh (class 1)

मम (mama) - Refers to Śrī Rāma's understanding. (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, me

First person singular pronoun

कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - A request for explanation. (may it be told, let it be narrated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (Lot) of kath

Imperative (Lot) - passive voice

3rd person singular imperative middle/passive, from root kath (to tell, 10th class)

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Often formed by adding `ya` to the root and then the middle voice endings.

जीवानाम् (jīvānām) - Referring to the categories of individual consciousnesses. (of living beings, of souls)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jīva

jīva - living being, soul, individual consciousness, life

Derived from root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

सप्तरूपाणाम् (saptarūpāṇām) - Describing the specific classification mentioned for jīvas. (of seven forms, of seven natures)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of saptarūpa

saptarūpa - of seven forms, seven-shaped, having seven natures

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sapta+rūpa)

• sapta – seven
  numeral
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature, type
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `jīvānām`.

जलानाम् (jalānām) - Part of the simile, 'like waters in oceans'. (of waters)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of jala

jala - water

अर्णवेषु (arṇaveṣu) - Part of the simile, 'like waters in oceans'. (in oceans, in seas)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of arṇava

arṇava - ocean, sea, flood

इव (iva) - Introduces a comparison. (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)