योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-93, verse-14

अगृहीतमहापीठं विचारकुसुमद्रुमम् ।
चिन्तावात्याविधुन्वन्ति नास्थिरस्थितिसुस्थितम् ॥ १४ ॥

agṛhītamahāpīṭhaṃ vicārakusumadrumam ,
cintāvātyāvidhunvanti nāsthirasthitisusthitam 14

14. agṛhītamahāpīṭham vicārakusumadrumam cintāvātyāḥ
vidhunvanti na asthirasthitisusthitam

14. cintāvātyāḥ agṛhītamahāpīṭham vicārakusumadrumam
na asthirasthitisusthitam vidhunvanti

14. The whirlwinds of worry shake the tree of inquiry (vicāra), which has not firmly secured its great foundation and is not well-established even in an unstable state.

Words meanings summery:

• अगृहीतमहापीठम् (agṛhītamahāpīṭham) - whose great base is not firm, not having secured a great foundation

• विचारकुसुमद्रुमम् (vicārakusumadrumam) - the tree of inquiry-flower, tree of discriminating thought

• चिन्तावात्याः (cintāvātyāḥ) - whirlwinds of worry, anxieties acting as storms

• विधुन्वन्ति (vidhunvanti) - they shake, they agitate, they stir up

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्थिरस्थितिसुस्थितम् (asthirasthitisusthitam) - not well-established in an unstable position (negated by 'na'), i.e., easily disturbed

Words meanings and morphology

अगृहीतमहापीठम् (agṛhītamahāpīṭham) - whose great base is not firm, not having secured a great foundation

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agṛhītamahāpīṭha

agṛhītamahāpīṭha - whose great base is not firm, not having secured a great foundation

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (a+gṛhīta+mahā+pīṭha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• gṛhīta – grasped, seized, accepted, secured
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root grah (to grasp)
  Root: grah (class 9)
• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• pīṭha – seat, base, foundation, pedestal
  noun (neuter)

विचारकुसुमद्रुमम् (vicārakusumadrumam) - the tree of inquiry-flower, tree of discriminating thought

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vicārakusumadruma

vicārakusumadruma - the tree of inquiry-flower, tree of discriminating thought

Compound type : Tatpurusha (vicāra+kusuma+druma)

• vicāra – inquiry, investigation, deliberation, discernment
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car (class 1)
• kusuma – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)

चिन्तावात्याः (cintāvātyāḥ) - whirlwinds of worry, anxieties acting as storms

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of cintāvātyā

cintāvātyā - whirlwinds of worry, anxieties acting as storms

Compound type : Tatpurusha (cintā+vātyā)

• cintā – thought, worry, anxiety
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• vātyā – storm, whirlwind, gust of wind
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vā (class 2)

विधुन्वन्ति (vidhunvanti) - they shake, they agitate, they stir up

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vidhū

Prefix: vi

Root: dhū (class 5)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्थिरस्थितिसुस्थितम् (asthirasthitisusthitam) - not well-established in an unstable position (negated by 'na'), i.e., easily disturbed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asthirasthitisusthita

asthirasthitisusthita - well-established in an unstable state/position

Compound type : Tatpurusha (a+sthira+sthiti+su+sthita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• sthiti – state, condition, position, stability
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  augmentative/positive prefix
• sthita – situated, standing, established
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)