योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-27, verse-59

योनिष्वनेकविधदुःखशतान्वितासु भ्रान्तं मयोन्नमनसन्नमनाकुलात्मा ।
संसारदीर्घसरितश्चलया लहर्या दुर्वारवातहरिणीसरणक्रमेण ॥ ५९ ॥

yoniṣvanekavidhaduḥkhaśatānvitāsu bhrāntaṃ mayonnamanasannamanākulātmā ,
saṃsāradīrghasaritaścalayā laharyā durvāravātahariṇīsaraṇakrameṇa 59

59. yoniṣu anekavidhaduḥkhaśatānvitāsu
bhrāntam mayā unnamanasannamanākulātmā
saṃsāradīrghasaritaḥ calayā
laharyā durvāravātahariṇīsaraṇakrameṇa

59. mayā unnamanasannamanākulātmā anekavidhaduḥkhaśatānvitāsu yoniṣu bhrāntam,
saṃsāradīrghasaritaḥ calayā laharyā durvāravātahariṇīsaraṇakrameṇa

59. I have wandered through countless births (yoni), each filled with hundreds of diverse sufferings, my self (ātman) agitated by constant ups and downs. This was like being carried by the restless wave of the long river of cyclic existence (saṃsāra), following the path of a doe whose course is driven by an irresistible wind.

Words meanings summery:

• योनिषु (yoniṣu) - in various births or states of existence (in the wombs, in the births, in the origins)

• अनेकविधदुःखशतान्वितासु (anekavidhaduḥkhaśatānvitāsu) - in those (births) associated with hundreds of various kinds of suffering (in those associated with hundreds of various kinds of suffering)

• भ्रान्तम् (bhrāntam) - I have wandered (through transmigration) (wandered, roamed, confused)

• मया (mayā) - by me (as the agent of wandering) (by me)

• उन्नमनसन्नमनाकुलात्मा (unnamanasannamanākulātmā) - my self (ātman), agitated by constant ups and downs (whose self is agitated by rising and falling)

• संसारदीर्घसरितः (saṁsāradīrghasaritaḥ) - of the long river of cyclic existence (saṃsāra) (of the long river of cyclic existence)

• चलया (calayā) - by the restless (wave) (by the restless, by the moving, by the unsteady)

• लहर्या (laharyā) - by the wave (of saṃsāra) (by the wave)

• दुर्वारवातहरिणीसरणक्रमेण (durvāravātahariṇīsaraṇakrameṇa) - following the path of a doe whose course is driven by an irresistible wind (by the manner of movement of a doe swift as an irresistible wind)

Words meanings and morphology

योनिषु (yoniṣu) - in various births or states of existence (in the wombs, in the births, in the origins)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of yoni

yoni - womb, origin, source, place of birth, species, condition of existence

अनेकविधदुःखशतान्वितासु (anekavidhaduḥkhaśatānvitāsu) - in those (births) associated with hundreds of various kinds of suffering (in those associated with hundreds of various kinds of suffering)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of anekavidhaduḥkhaśatānvita

anekavidhaduḥkhaśatānvita - associated with hundreds of various kinds of suffering

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (aneka+vidha+duḥkha+śata+anvita)

• aneka – many, various, diverse
  adjective
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (masculine)
• duḥkha – suffering, pain, misery, sorrow
  noun (neuter)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• anvita – joined, accompanied, endowed with, associated with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From verb root 'anv-i' (to go after, to follow) + kta suffix
  Prefix: anu
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'yoniṣu'

भ्रान्तम् (bhrāntam) - I have wandered (through transmigration) (wandered, roamed, confused)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhrānta

bhrānta - wandered, roamed, confused, mistaken

Past Passive Participle

From verb root 'bhram' (to wander, roam) + kta suffix

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Syntactically agrees with an implied 'it' or state, but semantically 'I wandered'.

मया (mayā) - by me (as the agent of wandering) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, ego (ahaṅkāra)

Note: Agent for the past passive participle 'bhrāntam'.

उन्नमनसन्नमनाकुलात्मा (unnamanasannamanākulātmā) - my self (ātman), agitated by constant ups and downs (whose self is agitated by rising and falling)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of unnamanasannamanākulātman

unnamanasannamanākulātman - whose self is agitated by rising and falling

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (unnamana+sannamana+ākula+ātman)

• unnamana – rising, ascending
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  From root 'nam' (to bow, bend) with prefix 'ud' (up)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: nam (class 1)
• sannamana – sinking, descending, bending down
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  From root 'nam' (to bow, bend) with prefix 'sam' (down, together)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: nam (class 1)
• ākula – agitated, confused, distressed, crowded
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the speaker's self/mind.

संसारदीर्घसरितः (saṁsāradīrghasaritaḥ) - of the long river of cyclic existence (saṃsāra) (of the long river of cyclic existence)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of saṃsāradīrghasarit

saṁsāradīrghasarit - the long river of saṃsāra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+dīrgha+sarit)

• saṃsāra – cyclic existence, transmigration, wandering through successive states of existence (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  verbal noun
  From root 'sṛ' (to flow, move) with prefix 'sam' (together, completely)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• dīrgha – long, extensive, protracted
  adjective (masculine)
• sarit – river, stream
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'laharyā'.

चलया (calayā) - by the restless (wave) (by the restless, by the moving, by the unsteady)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of calā

cala - moving, shaking, unsteady, restless

From root 'cal' (to move)

Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'laharyā'.

लहर्या (laharyā) - by the wave (of saṃsāra) (by the wave)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of laharī

laharī - wave, billow, surge

दुर्वारवातहरिणीसरणक्रमेण (durvāravātahariṇīsaraṇakrameṇa) - following the path of a doe whose course is driven by an irresistible wind (by the manner of movement of a doe swift as an irresistible wind)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of durvāravātahariṇīsaraṇakrama

durvāravātahariṇīsaraṇakrama - the sequence/manner of movement of a doe irresistible like the wind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (durvāra+vāta+hariṇī+saraṇa+krama)

• durvāra – irresistible, hard to restrain, uncontrollable
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'dus' (bad, difficult) + root 'vṛ' (to cover, restrain)
  Prefix: dus
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vā (class 2)
• hariṇī – doe, female deer
  noun (feminine)
• saraṇa – movement, course, path, flowing
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  From root 'sṛ' (to flow, move)
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• krama – step, sequence, order, manner, method
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kram' (to step, go)
  Root: kram (class 1)