योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-23, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
य उत्तमपदालम्बी चक्रभ्रमवदास्थितः ।
शरीरनगरीराज्यं कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यते ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
ya uttamapadālambī cakrabhramavadāsthitaḥ ,
śarīranagarīrājyaṃ kurvannapi na lipyate 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | yaḥ uttamapadālambī cakrabhramavat
āsthitaḥ | śarīranagarīrājyam kurvan api na lipyate ||

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca yaḥ uttamapadālambī cakrabhramavat
āsthitaḥ śarīranagarīrājyam kurvan api na lipyate

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: "He who, resting on the supreme state, remains established like the rotation of a wheel (cakra) – active but fundamentally unmoving – is not tainted even while governing the kingdom of the body-city."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - the venerable Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• उत्तमपदालम्बी (uttamapadālambī) - resting upon the supreme state/position

• चक्रभ्रमवत् (cakrabhramavat) - like the rotation of a wheel

• आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - established, situated, abiding

• शरीरनगरीराज्यम् (śarīranagarīrājyam) - the kingdom of the body-city

• कुर्वन् (kurvan) - doing, performing, making

• अपि (api) - even, also, although

• न (na) - not, no

• लिप्यते (lipyate) - is stained, is attached, is smeared

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - the venerable Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Revered Vasiṣṭha (a Vedic sage)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – venerable, glorious, prosperity
  adjective
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

उत्तमपदालम्बी (uttamapadālambī) - resting upon the supreme state/position

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttamapadālambin

uttamapadālambin - resting on the highest state, upholding the supreme position

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (uttama+pada+ālambin)

• uttama – highest, supreme, best
  adjective
• pada – state, position, foot, step
  noun (neuter)
• ālambin – resting on, depending on, holding, supporting
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: labh (class 1)

चक्रभ्रमवत् (cakrabhramavat) - like the rotation of a wheel

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cakrabhramavat

cakrabhramavat - like the turning of a wheel, like a wheel's rotation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cakra+bhrama+vat)

• cakra – wheel, discus, cycle
  noun (neuter)
• bhrama – turning, wandering, rotation, error
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, similar to (suffix)
  indeclinable

आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - established, situated, abiding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - placed, standing, abiding, established

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

शरीरनगरीराज्यम् (śarīranagarīrājyam) - the kingdom of the body-city

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śarīranagarīrājya

śarīranagarīrājya - the kingdom which is the city of the body

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śarīra+nagarī+rājya)

• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)
• nagarī – city, town
  noun (feminine)
• rājya – kingdom, rule, sovereignty
  noun (neuter)

कुर्वन् (kurvan) - doing, performing, making

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kurvat

kurvat - doing, making, performing

Present Active Participle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अपि (api) - even, also, although

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

लिप्यते (lipyate) - is stained, is attached, is smeared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of lip

Root: lip (class 6)