योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-110, verse-67

चित्तं चलत्कुवलयं वलयन्त एते मूढा महाजडजवे मदमोहमन्दाः ।
आवर्तवर्तिनि विलूनविशीर्णचिन्ताचक्रभ्रमे पुरुषदुर्भ्रमराः पतन्ति ॥ ६७ ॥

cittaṃ calatkuvalayaṃ valayanta ete mūḍhā mahājaḍajave madamohamandāḥ ,
āvartavartini vilūnaviśīrṇacintācakrabhrame puruṣadurbhramarāḥ patanti 67

67. cittam calatkuvalayam valayantaḥ ete
mūḍhāḥ mahājaḍajave madamohamandāḥ
āvartavartini vilūnaviśīrṇacintācakrabhrome
puruṣadurbhramarāḥ patanti

67. ete mūḍhāḥ madamohamandāḥ mahājaḍajave
cittam calatkuvalayam valayantaḥ
puruṣadurbhramarāḥ āvartavartini
vilūnaviśīrṇacintācakrabhrome patanti

67. These foolish individuals, dulled by intoxication and delusion, whirl around the restless water-lily of the mind (citta) and fall into the bewildering vortex of its thought-cycle, which is shattered and fragmented.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind (citta) (mind, consciousness)

• चलत्कुवलयम् (calatkuvalayam) - restless water-lily

• वलयन्तः (valayantaḥ) - circling around, trying to encircle (encircling, revolving, causing to whirl)

• एते (ete) - these (foolish individuals) (these (masculine plural))

• मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - foolish individuals (deluded, foolish, ignorant ones)

• महाजडजवे (mahājaḍajave) - in great stupor (in great dullness/stupor/inertia)

• मदमोहमन्दाः (madamohamandāḥ) - dulled by intoxication and delusion

• आवर्तवर्तिनि (āvartavartini) - into the whirlpool-like (delusion) (located in a whirlpool, whirlpool-like)

• विलूनविशीर्णचिन्ताचक्रभ्रोमे (vilūnaviśīrṇacintācakrabhrome) - into the bewildering vortex of its thought-cycle, which is shattered and fragmented (in the delusion of the shattered and broken wheel of thoughts)

• पुरुषदुर्भ्रमराः (puruṣadurbhramarāḥ) - like wretched bees (wretched bees of men, men like troublesome bees)

• पतन्ति (patanti) - fall (they fall)

Words meanings and morphology

चित्तम् (cittam) - the mind (citta) (mind, consciousness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, consciousness

Past Passive Participle

can be a noun or an adjective, here used as a noun.

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Object of 'valayantaḥ'.

चलत्कुवलयम् (calatkuvalayam) - restless water-lily

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of calatkuvalaya

calatkuvalaya - moving water-lily

Compound type : karmadhāraya (calat+kuvalaya)

• calat – moving, wavering, trembling
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  from root cal (to move)
  Root: cal (class 1)
• kuvalaya – water-lily, blue lotus
  noun (neuter)

Note: Appositive to 'cittam'.

वलयन्तः (valayantaḥ) - circling around, trying to encircle (encircling, revolving, causing to whirl)

(nominal form)

Nominative, masculine, plural of valayant

valayant - causing to whirl, encircling

Present Active Participle

causative from root val (to turn, roll)

Root: val (class 1)

Note: Describes the action of the subjects (mūḍhāḥ).

एते (ete) - these (foolish individuals) (these (masculine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

demonstrative pronoun

Note: Subject of the sentence along with 'mūḍhāḥ'.

मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - foolish individuals (deluded, foolish, ignorant ones)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, deluded, ignorant, stupid

Past Passive Participle

from root muh (to be bewildered, confused)

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Main subject.

महाजडजवे (mahājaḍajave) - in great stupor (in great dullness/stupor/inertia)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahājaḍajava

mahājaḍajava - great dullness/stupor/inertia

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+jaḍa+java)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• jaḍa – dull, inert, cold, stupid
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: jaḍ (class 10)
• java – speed, swiftness, impulse, force, vehemence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jū (class 1)

Note: Describes the condition or state.

मदमोहमन्दाः (madamohamandāḥ) - dulled by intoxication and delusion

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of madamohamanda

madamohamanda - dull/slowed by intoxication and delusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mada+moha+manda)

• mada – intoxication, pride, passion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mad (class 4)
• moha – delusion, infatuation, ignorance
  noun (masculine)
  Root: muh (class 4)
• manda – slow, dull, sluggish, foolish
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: mand (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'mūḍhāḥ'.

आवर्तवर्तिनि (āvartavartini) - into the whirlpool-like (delusion) (located in a whirlpool, whirlpool-like)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of āvartavartin

āvartavartin - moving in a whirlpool, being in a whirlpool

Derived from āvarta (whirlpool) + vartin (being, existing in)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āvarta+vartin)

• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, turning
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• vartin – existing, being in, located in, acting
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix -in after a verb root or noun
  Agent noun/adjective from vṛt
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Locative singular agreeing with 'bhrama'.

विलूनविशीर्णचिन्ताचक्रभ्रोमे (vilūnaviśīrṇacintācakrabhrome) - into the bewildering vortex of its thought-cycle, which is shattered and fragmented (in the delusion of the shattered and broken wheel of thoughts)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vilūnaviśīrṇacintācakrabhrama

vilūnaviśīrṇacintācakrabhrama - delusion of the thought-wheel, shattered and broken

Compound type : karmadhāraya / tatpuruṣa (vilūna+viśīrṇa+cintācakra+bhrama)

• vilūna – cut off, torn, severed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root lū (to cut) with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: lū (class 9)
• viśīrṇa – shattered, broken, crumbled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root śṝ (to shatter) with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śṝ (class 9)
• cintācakra – wheel of thoughts, cycle of worries
  noun (neuter)
• bhrama – delusion, error, confusion, whirling
  noun (masculine)
  from root bhram (to wander, revolve)
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Location into which they fall.

पुरुषदुर्भ्रमराः (puruṣadurbhramarāḥ) - like wretched bees (wretched bees of men, men like troublesome bees)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣadurbhramara

puruṣadurbhramara - troublesome bee-like men

Compound type : upamāna-pūrvapada bahuvrīhi or tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+durbhramara)

• puruṣa – man, person, human being, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pṛ (class 3)
• durbhramara – bad bee, troublesome bee
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: dur
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Metaphorically describes the 'mūḍhāḥ'.

पतन्ति (patanti) - fall (they fall)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pat

Present tense, 3rd person plural

Parasmaipada

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.