योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-44, verse-7

जीवस्य तरलः काय आवर्तः पयसो यथा ।
यथा बीजेऽङ्कुरः स्फारः पल्लवः स्वाङ्कुरे यथा ॥ ७ ॥

jīvasya taralaḥ kāya āvartaḥ payaso yathā ,
yathā bīje'ṅkuraḥ sphāraḥ pallavaḥ svāṅkure yathā 7

7. jīvasya taralaḥ kāyaḥ āvartaḥ payasaḥ yathā | yathā
bīje aṅkuraḥ sphāraḥ pallavaḥ sva-aṅkure yathā

7. jīvasya kāyaḥ payasaḥ āvartaḥ yathā taralaḥ.
yathā bīje aṅkuraḥ (asti),
(tathā) sva-aṅkure sphāraḥ pallavaḥ yathā (asti).

7. The body of a living being is as transient as a whirlpool in water. Just as a sprout is (inherently present) in a seed, so too a developed leaf is (inherently present) in its own sprout.

Words meanings summery:

• जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of a living being, of life, of a soul

• तरलः (taralaḥ) - transient, unstable, agitated, liquid

• कायः (kāyaḥ) - body

• आवर्तः (āvartaḥ) - whirlpool, eddy, revolution

• पयसः (payasaḥ) - of water, of milk

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• बीजे (bīje) - in a seed

• अङ्कुरः (aṅkuraḥ) - sprout, shoot, bud

• स्फारः (sphāraḥ) - developed, spreading, large, extensive

• पल्लवः (pallavaḥ) - sprout, tender leaf, shoot

• स्व-अङ्कुरे (sva-aṅkure) - in its own sprout

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

Words meanings and morphology

जीवस्य (jīvasya) - of a living being, of life, of a soul

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living being, soul, life

Root: jīv (class 1)

तरलः (taralaḥ) - transient, unstable, agitated, liquid

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tarala

tarala - moving, tremulous, unsteady, fluid, transient

कायः (kāyaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāya

kāya - body, collection, heap

आवर्तः (āvartaḥ) - whirlpool, eddy, revolution

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āvarta

āvarta - whirlpool, eddy, turn, revolution

Derived from root vṛt (to turn) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

पयसः (payasaḥ) - of water, of milk

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of payas

payas - water, milk, fluid

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

बीजे (bīje) - in a seed

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin

अङ्कुरः (aṅkuraḥ) - sprout, shoot, bud

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅkura

aṅkura - sprout, shoot, bud

स्फारः (sphāraḥ) - developed, spreading, large, extensive

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sphāra

sphāra - developed, extensive, spreading, large

Derived from root sphṛ (to swell, expand)

Root: sphṛ (class 1)

पल्लवः (pallavaḥ) - sprout, tender leaf, shoot

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pallava

pallava - sprout, tender leaf, shoot

स्व-अङ्कुरे (sva-aṅkure) - in its own sprout

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sva-aṅkura

sva-aṅkura - one's own sprout

Compound of sva (own) and aṅkura (sprout).

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+aṅkura)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• aṅkura – sprout, shoot
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)