योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-108, verse-5

चलच्चिन्ताचितं चक्रमारूढे भ्रान्त आत्मनि ।
प्रोह्यमाने तृण इव सावर्तं कालसागरे ॥ ५ ॥

calaccintācitaṃ cakramārūḍhe bhrānta ātmani ,
prohyamāne tṛṇa iva sāvartaṃ kālasāgare 5

5. calat-cintā-citam cakram ā-rūḍhe bhrānte ātmani
prohyamāṇe tṛṇa iva sāvartam kāla-sāgare

5. bhrānte ātmani calat-cintā-citam cakram ā-rūḍhe,
sāvartam tṛṇa iva kāla-sāgare prohyamāṇe

5. In the deluded self (ātman), having mounted the wheel laden with restless thoughts, (it is) being swept away like a blade of grass along with its whirlpool, in the ocean of time.

Words meanings summery:

• चलत्-चिन्ता-चितम् (calat-cintā-citam) - piled up with restless thoughts, laden with moving worries

• चक्रम् (cakram) - wheel; disc; cycle

• आ-रूढे (ā-rūḍhe) - having mounted/ascended, having climbed upon

• भ्रान्ते (bhrānte) - in the deluded, in the bewildered

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, in the soul, in the individual (ātman)

• प्रोह्यमाणे (prohyamāṇe) - in the one being carried away, in the one being swept along

• तृण (tṛṇa) - blade of grass

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• सावर्तम् (sāvartam) - with a whirlpool, having whirlpools; swirling

• काल-सागरे (kāla-sāgare) - in the ocean of time

Words meanings and morphology

चलत्-चिन्ता-चितम् (calat-cintā-citam) - piled up with restless thoughts, laden with moving worries

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of calat-cintā-cita

calat-cintā-cita - piled up with restless thoughts

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (calat+cintā+cita)

• calat – moving, restless, agitated
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From √cal (to move)
  Root: cal (class 1)
• cintā – thought, reflection, worry
  noun (feminine)
• cita – piled up, heaped, covered with
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √ci (to pile, gather)
  Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Qualifies cakram.

चक्रम् (cakram) - wheel; disc; cycle

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cakra

cakra - wheel, disc, circle, cycle

Note: Object of ā-rūḍhe.

आ-रूढे (ā-rūḍhe) - having mounted/ascended, having climbed upon

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ā-rūḍha

ā-rūḍha - mounted, ascended, ridden (upon)

Past Passive Participle

From ā-√ruh (to ascend, mount).

Prefix: ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Used actively to describe the ātman as one who has mounted.

भ्रान्ते (bhrānte) - in the deluded, in the bewildered

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhrānta

bhrānta - deluded, bewildered, confused, wandered

Past Passive Participle

From √bhram (to wander, be confused).

Root: bhram (class 1)

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, in the soul, in the individual (ātman)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual essence (ātman)

Root: an (class 2)

Note: The primary subject of these locative descriptions.

प्रोह्यमाणे (prohyamāṇe) - in the one being carried away, in the one being swept along

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of prohyamāṇa

prohyamāṇa - being carried away, being swept along

Present Passive Participle

From pra-√vah (to carry forth, sweep away) with śānac suffix.

Prefix: pra

Root: vah (class 1)

तृण (tṛṇa) - blade of grass

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - blade of grass, straw

Root: tṛh (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

सावर्तम् (sāvartam) - with a whirlpool, having whirlpools; swirling

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of sāvarta (with sa 'with' + āvarta 'whirlpool').

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+āvarta)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā

Note: Modifies prohyamāṇe.

काल-सागरे (kāla-sāgare) - in the ocean of time

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla-sāgara

kāla-sāgara - ocean of time

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+sāgara)

• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)