योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-66, verse-33

चिन्ताचक्रे चिरं बद्धं कुक्रियाचारचञ्चुरम् ।
चेतो भ्रमति सामुद्रे गर्तावर्ते तृणं यथा ॥ ३३ ॥

cintācakre ciraṃ baddhaṃ kukriyācāracañcuram ,
ceto bhramati sāmudre gartāvarte tṛṇaṃ yathā 33

33. cintācakre ciram baddham kukriyācāracañcuram
cetas bhramati sāmudre gartāvarte tṛṇam yathā

33. cetas ciram baddham cintācakre kukriyācāracañcuram
sāmudre gartāvarte tṛṇam yathā bhramati

33. Long bound within the wheel of anxieties, and rendered unstable by unwholesome actions and conduct, the mind (cetas) wanders like a blade of grass caught in an oceanic pit's whirlpool.

Words meanings summery:

• चिन्ताचक्रे (cintācakre) - in the wheel of worries/anxieties

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

• बद्धम् (baddham) - bound, tied, restrained

• कुक्रियाचारचञ्चुरम् (kukriyācāracañcuram) - unsteady/fickle due to bad actions and conduct

• चेतस् (cetas) - mind, consciousness, intellect

• भ्रमति (bhramati) - wanders, roams, revolves

• सामुद्रे (sāmudre) - oceanic, belonging to the ocean

• गर्तावर्ते (gartāvarte) - in the pit-whirlpool, in the whirlpool of a pit

• तृणम् (tṛṇam) - grass, blade of grass

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

Words meanings and morphology

चिन्ताचक्रे (cintācakre) - in the wheel of worries/anxieties

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cintācakra

cintācakra - wheel of worries, cycle of anxieties

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cintā+cakra)

• cintā – thought, worry, anxiety, reflection
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'cit' (cl. 1), verbal noun.
  Root: cit (class 1)
• cakra – wheel, disc, cycle
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(indeclinable)

बद्धम् (baddham) - bound, tied, restrained

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, restrained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'bandh' (cl. 9) with 'kta' suffix. Neuter accusative singular, agreeing with 'cetas'.

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Modifies 'cetas'.

कुक्रियाचारचञ्चुरम् (kukriyācāracañcuram) - unsteady/fickle due to bad actions and conduct

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kukriyācāracañcura

kukriyācāracañcura - unsteady/fickle due to bad actions and conduct

Compound type : tatpuruṣa / karmadhāraya (ku+kriyā+ācāra+cañcura)

• ku – bad, evil, contemptible
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating negativity.
• kriyā – action, deed, performance, ritual
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'kṛ' (cl. 8), verbal noun.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ācāra – conduct, custom, practice, behavior
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'car' with 'ā' prefix, verbal noun.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: car (class 1)
• cañcura – unsteady, fickle, wavering
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'cetas'.

चेतस् (cetas) - mind, consciousness, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intellect

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

भ्रमति (bhramati) - wanders, roams, revolves

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root 'bhram' (cl. 1), present tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: bhram (class 1)

सामुद्रे (sāmudre) - oceanic, belonging to the ocean

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of sāmudra

sāmudra - oceanic, marine, from the ocean

Derived from 'samudra' (ocean). Locative singular, neuter, agreeing with 'gartāvarte'.

Note: Modifies 'gartāvarte'.

गर्तावर्ते (gartāvarte) - in the pit-whirlpool, in the whirlpool of a pit

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of gartāvarta

gartāvarta - pit-whirlpool, vortex in a cavity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (garta+āvarta)

• garta – pit, hole, cavity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gṛ
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, current
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'vṛt' with 'ā' prefix.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

तृणम् (tṛṇam) - grass, blade of grass

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - grass, blade of grass, straw

Root: tṛd (class 6)

Note: Object of comparison with 'yathā'.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)