योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-17, verse-9

पयसीव जरत्पर्णं वायाविव जरत्तृणम् ।
नभसीव शरन्मेघश्चिन्ताचक्रे भ्रमाम्यहम् ॥ ९ ॥

payasīva jaratparṇaṃ vāyāviva jarattṛṇam ,
nabhasīva śaranmeghaścintācakre bhramāmyaham 9

9. payasi iva jarat parṇam vāyau iva jarat tṛṇam
nabhasi iva śarat meghaḥ cintācakre bhramāmi aham

9. I wander in the wheel of worries, just like an old leaf in water, or old grass in the wind, or an autumn cloud in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• पयसि (payasi) - in water

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• जरत् (jarat) - old, decaying

• पर्णम् (parṇam) - leaf

• वायौ (vāyau) - in the wind

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• जरत् (jarat) - old, decaying

• तृणम् (tṛṇam) - grass, straw

• नभसि (nabhasi) - in the sky

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• शरत् (śarat) - autumn

• मेघः (meghaḥ) - cloud

• चिन्ताचक्रे (cintācakre) - in the wheel of worries, in the cycle of thoughts

• भ्रमामि (bhramāmi) - I wander, I roam

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

पयसि (payasi) - in water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of payas

payas - water, milk

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

जरत् (jarat) - old, decaying

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jarat

jarat - old, decayed, worn out

Present Active Participle

Derived from root jṛ (to decay) in present active participle form.

Root: jṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'parṇam'.

पर्णम् (parṇam) - leaf

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parṇa

parṇa - leaf, feather

वायौ (vāyau) - in the wind

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

जरत् (jarat) - old, decaying

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jarat

jarat - old, decayed, worn out

Present Active Participle

Derived from root jṛ (to decay) in present active participle form.

Root: jṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tṛṇam'.

तृणम् (tṛṇam) - grass, straw

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - grass, straw

नभसि (nabhasi) - in the sky

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, cloud

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

शरत् (śarat) - autumn

(noun)

feminine, singular of śarad

śarad - autumn

Note: Stem form of 'śarad', used as the first member of a compound adjective modifying 'meghaḥ'.

मेघः (meghaḥ) - cloud

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of megha

megha - cloud

Root: mīh (class 1)

चिन्ताचक्रे (cintācakre) - in the wheel of worries, in the cycle of thoughts

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cintācakra

cintācakra - wheel of thought, cycle of worries

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cintā+cakra)

• cintā – thought, worry, anxiety
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 10)
• cakra – wheel, disk, circle
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

भ्रमामि (bhramāmi) - I wander, I roam

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhram

Root: bhram (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I, me