योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-87, verse-5

कुम्भकारगृहे चक्रं संरोधित इव भ्रमात् ।
अम्भोधिरिव संपूर्णस्तिमितस्फारनिर्मलः ॥ ५ ॥

kumbhakāragṛhe cakraṃ saṃrodhita iva bhramāt ,
ambhodhiriva saṃpūrṇastimitasphāranirmalaḥ 5

5. kumbhakāragṛhe cakram saṃrodhitaḥ iva bhramāt
ambhodhiḥ iva saṃpūrṇaḥ stimitasphāranirmalaḥ

5. kumbhakāragṛhe cakram bhramāt saṃrodhitaḥ iva
ambhodhiḥ iva saṃpūrṇaḥ stimitasphāranirmalaḥ

5. Like a potter's wheel (cakra) stopped from its rotation in the potter's house, and like the ocean (ambhodhi) that is full, motionless, vast, and clear.

Words meanings summery:

• कुम्भकारगृहे (kumbhakāragṛhe) - in the potter's house

• चक्रम् (cakram) - potter's wheel (wheel, disc, circle)

• संरोधितः (saṁrodhitaḥ) - stopped, restrained, arrested

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• भ्रमात् (bhramāt) - from its rotation (from revolving, from turning, from wandering)

• अम्भोधिः (ambhodhiḥ) - ocean, sea (lit. container of water/clouds)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• संपूर्णः (saṁpūrṇaḥ) - full, complete, perfect

• स्तिमितस्फारनिर्मलः (stimitasphāranirmalaḥ) - motionless, vast, and clear

Words meanings and morphology

कुम्भकारगृहे (kumbhakāragṛhe) - in the potter's house

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kumbhakāragṛha

kumbhakāragṛha - potter's house, pottery

Compound type : tatpurusha (kumbhakāra+gṛha)

• kumbhakāra – potter
  noun (masculine)
  From kumbha (pot) + kāra (maker)
• gṛha – house, home
  noun (neuter)

चक्रम् (cakram) - potter's wheel (wheel, disc, circle)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cakra

cakra - wheel, disc, circle, potter's wheel

संरोधितः (saṁrodhitaḥ) - stopped, restrained, arrested

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃrodhita

saṁrodhita - stopped, restrained, arrested, checked

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root rudh (to obstruct) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: rudh (class 7)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

भ्रमात् (bhramāt) - from its rotation (from revolving, from turning, from wandering)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bhrama

bhrama - revolving, turning, wandering, error

Derived from root bhram (to wander, revolve)

Root: bhram (class 1)

अम्भोधिः (ambhodhiḥ) - ocean, sea (lit. container of water/clouds)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ambhodhi

ambhodhi - ocean, sea (bearer of water/clouds)

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (ambhas+dhā)

• ambhas – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhā – holding, bearing, containing
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root dhā (to place, hold)
  Root: dhā (class 3)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

संपूर्णः (saṁpūrṇaḥ) - full, complete, perfect

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃpūrṇa

saṁpūrṇa - full, complete, perfect, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pṛ (to fill), with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: pṛ

स्तिमितस्फारनिर्मलः (stimitasphāranirmalaḥ) - motionless, vast, and clear

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of stimitasphāranirmala

stimitasphāranirmala - still, vast, and pure/clear

Compound type : karmadhāraya (stimita+sphāra+nirmala)

• stimita – still, motionless, tranquil
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root stimi (to be moist, to become still)
  Root: stimi
• sphāra – vast, expansive, swollen
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root sphāy (to swell)
  Root: sphāy
• nirmala – pure, clear, spotless
  adjective (masculine)
  From nis- (without) + mala (dirt)
  Prefix: nis