योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-3, verse-12

दुर्वातभूकम्प इव त्रस्तबालपिशाचवत् ।
मुक्तालीवामले व्योम्नि नौस्पन्दतरुयानवत् ॥ १२ ॥

durvātabhūkampa iva trastabālapiśācavat ,
muktālīvāmale vyomni nauspandataruyānavat 12

12. durvātabhūkampaḥ iva trasta-bāla-piśāca-vat
muktālī iva amale vyomni nau-spanda-taru-yāna-vat

12. amale vyomni muktālī iva,
durvātabhūkampaḥ iva,
trasta-bāla-piśāca-vat,
nau-spanda-taru-yāna-vat [iti jagat saṃsaraṇam asti]

12. The world's continuous cycle of existence (saṃsāra) is like a violent storm or an earthquake, like a terrified young goblin, like a string of pearls in the clear sky, and like the swaying of a boat, the trembling of a tree, or the motion of a vehicle.

Words meanings summery:

• दुर्वातभूकम्पः (durvātabhūkampaḥ) - a terrible wind and earthquake

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• त्रस्त-बाल-पिशाच-वत् (trasta-bāla-piśāca-vat) - like a terrified young goblin

• मुक्ताली (muktālī) - a string of pearls, a pearl necklace

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अमले (amale) - in the pure, in the unstained

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space

• नौ-स्पन्द-तरु-यान-वत् (nau-spanda-taru-yāna-vat) - like the swaying of a boat, a tree, or a vehicle

Words meanings and morphology

दुर्वातभूकम्पः (durvātabhūkampaḥ) - a terrible wind and earthquake

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durvātabhūkampa

durvātabhūkampa - a terrible wind and earthquake

Compound type : dvandva (durvāta+bhūkampa)

• durvāta – bad wind, storm
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: dur
• bhūkampa – earthquake, earth tremor
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: bhū
  Root: kamp (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

त्रस्त-बाल-पिशाच-वत् (trasta-bāla-piśāca-vat) - like a terrified young goblin

(indeclinable)

suffix -vat indicating likeness

Compound type : bahuvrihi (trasta+bāla+piśāca+vat)

• trasta – terrified, frightened
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root √tras (to tremble, to fear)
  Root: tras (class 4)
• bāla – young, child
  noun (masculine)
• piśāca – goblin, demon, ghost
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, as if
  indeclinable
  suffix for similarity

Note: Compound ending in the indeclinable suffix -vat

मुक्ताली (muktālī) - a string of pearls, a pearl necklace

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of muktālī

muktālī - string of pearls, pearl necklace

Compound type : tatpurusha (muktā+ālī)

• muktā – pearl
  noun (feminine)
• ālī – row, line, string
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अमले (amale) - in the pure, in the unstained

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of amala

amala - pure, clean, unstained, faultless

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mala)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• mala – dirt, impurity, stain
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'vyomni'

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space, ether

नौ-स्पन्द-तरु-यान-वत् (nau-spanda-taru-yāna-vat) - like the swaying of a boat, a tree, or a vehicle

(indeclinable)

suffix -vat indicating likeness

Compound type : dvandva (nauspanda+taru+yāna+vat)

• nauspanda – swaying of a boat
  noun (masculine)
• taru – tree
  noun (masculine)
• yāna – vehicle, going, movement
  noun (neuter)
  Root: yā (class 2)
• vat – like, as if
  indeclinable
  suffix for similarity

Note: Compound ending in the indeclinable suffix -vat