योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-126, verse-4

चलार्णवयुगच्छिद्रकूर्मग्रीवाप्रवेशवत् ।
अनेकजन्मनामन्ते विवेकी जायते पुमान् ॥ ४ ॥

calārṇavayugacchidrakūrmagrīvāpraveśavat ,
anekajanmanāmante vivekī jāyate pumān 4

4. calārṇavayugacchidrakūrmagrīvāpraveśavat
aneka janmanām ante vivekī jāyate pumān

4. calārṇavayugacchidrakūrmagrīvāpraveśavat
aneka janmanām ante pumān vivekī jāyate

4. Like a tortoise's neck finding its way into the hole of a yoke floating in the turbulent ocean, a discerning person (vivekī) arises at the end of many births (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• चलार्णवयुगच्छिद्रकूर्मग्रीवाप्रवेशवत् (calārṇavayugacchidrakūrmagrīvāpraveśavat) - like the entering of a tortoise's neck into the hole of a floating yoke in the ocean

• अनेक (aneka) - many (many, not one)

• जन्मनाम् (janmanām) - of births (in the cycle of saṃsāra) (of births, of existences)

• अन्ते (ante) - at the end (at the end, finally)

• विवेकी (vivekī) - a discerning person (discerning, discriminating, wise person)

• जायते (jāyate) - arises, comes into being (is born, arises, happens)

• पुमान् (pumān) - a man, a person

Words meanings and morphology

चलार्णवयुगच्छिद्रकूर्मग्रीवाप्रवेशवत् (calārṇavayugacchidrakūrmagrīvāpraveśavat) - like the entering of a tortoise's neck into the hole of a floating yoke in the ocean

(indeclinable)

Compound with -vat suffix for comparison.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (calārṇavayugacchidra+kūrmagrīvāpraveśa+vat)

• cala – moving, trembling, unsteady
  adjective (masculine)
  From root cal (to move)
  Root: cal (class 1)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• yuga – yoke
  noun (neuter)
• cchidra – hole, opening, flaw
  noun (neuter)
• kūrma – tortoise, turtle
  noun (masculine)
• grīvā – neck
  noun (feminine)
• praveśa – entering, entry
  noun (masculine)
  From pra- + root viś (to enter)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: viś (class 6)
• vat – like, similar to
  indeclinable
  Suffix for comparison

Note: Acts as an adverb modifying 'jāyate'.

अनेक (aneka) - many (many, not one)

(adjective)

neuter, plural of aneka

aneka - not one, many, numerous

Negative compound (na-eka)

Note: Adjectival form here, modifying 'janmanām'.

जन्मनाम् (janmanām) - of births (in the cycle of saṃsāra) (of births, of existences)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of janman

janman - birth, origin, existence, life

From root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

अन्ते (ante) - at the end (at the end, finally)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, boundary

विवेकी (vivekī) - a discerning person (discerning, discriminating, wise person)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vivekin

vivekin - discerning, discriminating, wise, sagacious

From vi- + root vic (to separate, distinguish)

Prefix: vi

Root: vic (class 7)

जायते (jāyate) - arises, comes into being (is born, arises, happens)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

Present Middle

root jan, 3rd person singular, present middle (ātmanepada)

Root: jan (class 4)

पुमान् (pumān) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pums

pums - man, male, person, spirit