योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-16, verse-5

तरङ्गतरलां वृत्तिं दधदालूनशीर्णताम् ।
परित्यज्य क्षणमपि हृदये याति न स्थितिम् ॥ ५ ॥

taraṅgataralāṃ vṛttiṃ dadhadālūnaśīrṇatām ,
parityajya kṣaṇamapi hṛdaye yāti na sthitim 5

5. taraṅgataraḷām vṛttim dadhat ālūnaśīrṇatām
parityajya kṣaṇam api hṛdaye yāti na sthitim

5. The mind, manifesting a disposition as restless as waves, and prone to disruption and decay, does not find stability in the heart even for a moment, having forsaken any repose.

Words meanings summery:

• तरङ्गतरऌआम् (taraṅgataraḷām) - restless/fickle like waves

• वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - mode of being, state, tendency, disposition

• दधत् (dadhat) - holding, assuming, manifesting

• आलूनशीर्णताम् (ālūnaśīrṇatām) - state of being cut off and decaying/worn out, fragmentation and decay

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having forsaken

• क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - moment, instant

• अपि (api) - even, also

• हृदये (hṛdaye) - in the heart

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains

• न (na) - not

• स्थितिम् (sthitim) - stability, steadiness, rest, abode

Words meanings and morphology

तरङ्गतरऌआम् (taraṅgataraḷām) - restless/fickle like waves

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of taraṅgataraḷa

taraṅgataraḷa - fickle as waves, restless as waves

Compound type : karmadhāraya (taraṅga+taraḷa)

• taraṅga – wave, billow
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tṛ (class 1)
• taraḷa – trembling, fickle, restless
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'vṛttim'.

वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - mode of being, state, tendency, disposition

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - mode of being, state, course of action, tendency, disposition

Derived from root 'vṛt' (to be, exist).

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Object of 'dadhat'.

दधत् (dadhat) - holding, assuming, manifesting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhā

dhā - to hold, place, assume, bear

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'dhā' (to place, hold).

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Present active participle, functioning adjectivally.

आलूनशीर्णताम् (ālūnaśīrṇatām) - state of being cut off and decaying/worn out, fragmentation and decay

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ālūnaśīrṇatā

ālūnaśīrṇatā - state of being severed and worn out, fragmentation and decay

Derived from ālūnaśīrṇa + tā (suffix for abstract noun).

Compound type : tatpurusha (ālūna+śīrṇa+tā)

• ālūna – cut off, severed, plucked
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'lū' (to cut) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lū (class 9)
• śīrṇa – worn out, decayed, broken, shattered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'śṝ' (to tear, break, decay).
  Root: śṝ (class 9)
• tā – state, quality (abstract noun suffix)
  indeclinable (feminine)

Note: Object of 'dadhat' (it assumes this state).

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having forsaken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'tyaj' (to abandon) with prefix 'pari'.

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Action completed before the main verb 'yāti'.

क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - moment, instant

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, short time

Note: Adverbial accusative, indicating duration.

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

हृदये (hṛdaye) - in the heart

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, core

याति (yāti) - goes, attains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present Active Indicative

Root: yā (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

स्थितिम् (sthitim) - stability, steadiness, rest, abode

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, stability, steadiness, position, rest

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Object of 'yāti'.