Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 2.3.35

Translation

In that same arrangement and in other ones, again and again, the waves of the ocean of time roll on in the shapes of creation.

Word by word

tēna

that

ēva

same

sannivēśēna

in arrangement

tathā

and

anyēna

in other ones

punaḥ

again; and again

sarga

of creation

ākārāḥ

in the shapes

pravartantē

roll on

taraṅgāḥ

the waves

kāla

of time

vāridhēḥ

of the ocean

Meaning

Time (kāla) is an ocean, and creations are its waves, sometimes in the same arrangement (sanniveśa) as before, sometimes in another. The commentary: the waves of the great ocean of time appear as creation, with the same or a different order of parts. The sarga's images have moved from the light of the sun, to the ocean of the supreme, to the ocean of time. The last is the most immediate to us: we feel time, and do not feel the Self. But all three are one ocean.