योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-17, verse-7

वेगं सरोद्धुमुदितो वात्ययेव जरत्तृणम् ।
नीतः कलुषया क्वापि तृष्णया चित्तचातकः ॥ ७ ॥

vegaṃ saroddhumudito vātyayeva jarattṛṇam ,
nītaḥ kaluṣayā kvāpi tṛṣṇayā cittacātakaḥ 7

7. vegam saroḍdhum uditaḥ vātyayā iva jarattṛṇam
nītaḥ kaluṣayā kvāpi tṛṣṇayā cittacātakaḥ

7. The cātaka-bird of my mind (cittacātaka), even though it tried to restrain its own impulses, has been swept away somewhere by impure craving (tṛṣṇā), just like dry grass by a whirlwind.

Words meanings summery:

• वेगम् (vegam) - speed, force, impulse

• सरोड्धुम् (saroḍdhum) - to restrain, to obstruct

• उदितः (uditaḥ) - having risen, attempted, desirous of

• वात्यया (vātyayā) - by a whirlwind

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• जरत्तृणम् (jarattṛṇam) - dry grass, old grass

• नीतः (nītaḥ) - led, taken away, carried away

• कलुषया (kaluṣayā) - by the impure, by the turbid

• क्वापि (kvāpi) - somewhere, anywhere

• तृष्णया (tṛṣṇayā) - by craving (tṛṣṇā)

• चित्तचातकः (cittacātakaḥ) - the cātaka-bird of the mind

Words meanings and morphology

वेगम् (vegam) - speed, force, impulse

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vega

vega - speed, impulse, force, current

सरोड्धुम् (saroḍdhum) - to restrain, to obstruct

(verb)

singular

Infinitive

infinitive of `sam-√rudh`

Prefix: sam

Root: rudh (class 7)

उदितः (uditaḥ) - having risen, attempted, desirous of

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udita

udita - risen, appeared, attempted, said

Past Passive Participle

derived from `ud-√i` (to rise, go up)

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

वात्यया (vātyayā) - by a whirlwind

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vātyā

vātyā - whirlwind, storm

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

जरत्तृणम् (jarattṛṇam) - dry grass, old grass

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jarattṛṇa

jarattṛṇa - dry/old grass, withered grass

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jarat+tṛṇa)

• jarat – old, decaying, withered
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  derived from `√jṝ` (to age, decay)
  Root: jṝ (class 4)
• tṛṇa – grass, blade of grass
  noun (neuter)

नीतः (nītaḥ) - led, taken away, carried away

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīta

nīta - led, taken, carried

Past Passive Participle

derived from `√nī` (to lead, carry)

Root: nī (class 1)

कलुषया (kaluṣayā) - by the impure, by the turbid

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kaluṣa

kaluṣa - impure, turbid, sinful, dirty

क्वापि (kvāpi) - somewhere, anywhere

(indeclinable)

तृष्णया (tṛṣṇayā) - by craving (tṛṣṇā)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā

tṛṣṇā - craving, thirst, desire

चित्तचातकः (cittacātakaḥ) - the cātaka-bird of the mind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cittacātaka

cittacātaka - mind-cātaka bird

Compound type : karmadhāraya (citta+cātaka)

• citta – mind, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
• cātaka – cātaka bird (fabled to drink only rainwater)
  noun (masculine)