योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-30, verse-17

विचित्रयोनिसंरम्भमनुभूय पुनःपुनः ।
भूत्वा भूत्वा पुनर्नष्टास्तरङ्गा जलधाविव ॥ १७ ॥

vicitrayonisaṃrambhamanubhūya punaḥpunaḥ ,
bhūtvā bhūtvā punarnaṣṭāstaraṅgā jaladhāviva 17

17. vicitrayonisaṃrambham anubhūya punaḥ punaḥ
bhūtvā bhūtvā punaḥ naṣṭāḥ taraṅgāḥ jaladhau iva

17. taraṅgāḥ jaladhau iva punaḥ punaḥ vicitrayonisaṃrambham
anubhūya bhūtvā bhūtvā punaḥ naṣṭāḥ

17. Just like waves in an ocean repeatedly appear and disappear, living beings, having repeatedly experienced the commencement of various species, repeatedly come into existence and are then destroyed.

Words meanings summery:

• विचित्रयोनिसंरम्भम् (vicitrayonisaṁrambham) - the commencement/undertaking of various species/births

• अनुभूय (anubhūya) - having experienced, having perceived

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, having come into existence

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, having come into existence

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• नष्टाः (naṣṭāḥ) - destroyed, lost, ruined

• तरङ्गाः (taraṅgāḥ) - waves

• जलधौ (jaladhau) - in the ocean, in the sea

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

विचित्रयोनिसंरम्भम् (vicitrayonisaṁrambham) - the commencement/undertaking of various species/births

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vicitrayonisaṃrambha

vicitrayonisaṁrambha - the undertaking of various births, the commencement of various origins

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vicitra+yoni+saṃrambha)

• vicitra – various, diverse, variegated, wonderful
  adjective
• yoni – womb, origin, source, birth, species
  noun (feminine)
• saṃrambha – commencement, undertaking, impulse, intense effort, wrath
  noun (masculine)
  From sam- + rambh (to start, begin).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: rambh (class 1)

अनुभूय (anubhūya) - having experienced, having perceived

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From verb anu-bhū (to experience, perceive). The -ya suffix indicates absolutive after a prefixed verb.

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, having come into existence

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root bhū (to be, become). The -tvā suffix indicates absolutive.

Root: bhū (class 1)

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, having come into existence

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root bhū (to be, become). The -tvā suffix indicates absolutive.

Root: bhū (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

नष्टाः (naṣṭāḥ) - destroyed, lost, ruined

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - destroyed, lost, ruined, perished

Past Passive Participle

From root naś (to perish, be lost).

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Agrees with taraṅgāḥ.

तरङ्गाः (taraṅgāḥ) - waves

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of taraṅga

taraṅga - wave, billow, a rapid movement

From root tṛ (to cross) or taraṅg (to move to and fro).

Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'are'.

जलधौ (jaladhau) - in the ocean, in the sea

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jaladhi

jaladhi - ocean, sea (lit. 'receiver of water')

Compound: jala (water) + dhi (containing, receptacle).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+dhi)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhi – containing, receptacle, ocean (as compound ending)
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhā (to place, hold).
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Expresses location 'in the ocean'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.