योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-22, verse-35

ऊर्मितां पुनरासाद्य पुनरेति निरूर्मिताम् ।
यथा जलं तथैवायं तां तामेति क्रियां जनः ॥ ३५ ॥

ūrmitāṃ punarāsādya punareti nirūrmitām ,
yathā jalaṃ tathaivāyaṃ tāṃ tāmeti kriyāṃ janaḥ 35

35. ūrmitām punar āsādya punar eti nirūrmitām | yathā
jalam tatha eva ayam tām tām eti kriyām janaḥ

35. yathā jalam punar ūrmitām āsādya punar nirūrmitām
eti tatha eva ayam janaḥ tām tām kriyām eti

35. Just as water, having once more become agitated, again attains stillness, so too does a person repeatedly experience those very states (kriyā).

Words meanings summery:

• ऊर्मिताम् (ūrmitām) - agitated state, state of having waves

• पुनर् (punar) - again, repeatedly

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having attained, having reached

• पुनर् (punar) - again, repeatedly

• एति (eti) - attains, goes, comes

• निरूर्मिताम् (nirūrmitām) - wavelessness, calmness

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• जलम् (jalam) - water

• तथ (tatha) - so, likewise

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine singular)

• ताम् (tām) - that (feminine singular)

• ताम् (tām) - that (feminine singular)

• एति (eti) - attains, goes, comes

• क्रियाम् (kriyām) - the alternating states of agitation and stillness. (action, deed, state)

• जनः (janaḥ) - person, people

Words meanings and morphology

ऊर्मिताम् (ūrmitām) - agitated state, state of having waves

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ūrmitā

ūrmitā - agitation, waviness, having waves

Derived from ūrmi (wave) + -ita (suffix forming nouns/adjectives indicating possession or state)

पुनर् (punar) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having attained, having reached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from the root √sad (to sit, approach) with upasarga ā- (towards) and the suffix -ya.

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

पुनर् (punar) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

एति (eti) - attains, goes, comes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice.

Root: i (class 2)

निरूर्मिताम् (nirūrmitām) - wavelessness, calmness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nirūrmitā

nirūrmitā - wavelessness, calmness, tranquility

Formed from nir- (without) + ūrmi (wave) + -ita (suffix forming nouns/adjectives).

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

जलम् (jalam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

Note: Also accusative singular. Here it is nominative as subject of an implied verb.

तथ (tatha) - so, likewise

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used with eva.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Demonstrative pronoun.

ताम् (tām) - that (feminine singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

ताम् (tām) - that (feminine singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

एति (eti) - attains, goes, comes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice.

Root: i (class 2)

क्रियाम् (kriyām) - the alternating states of agitation and stillness. (action, deed, state)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kriyā

kriyā - action, deed, performance, state

From root √kṛ (to do) + suffix -yā.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

जनः (janaḥ) - person, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - man, person, creature, people

From root √jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)