योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-30, verse-103

एतास्वन्यासु चान्यासु परिभ्रमति योनिषु ।
विवर्तमानसंसारे जलावर्ते तृणं यथा ॥ १०३ ॥

etāsvanyāsu cānyāsu paribhramati yoniṣu ,
vivartamānasaṃsāre jalāvarte tṛṇaṃ yathā 103

103. etāsu anyāsu ca anyāsu paribhramati yoniṣu
vivartamānasaṃsāre jalāvarte tṛṇam yathā

103. yathā tṛṇam jalāvarte vivartamānasaṃsāre
etāsu ca anyāsu anyāsu yoniṣu paribhramati

103. Just as a blade of grass [is tossed] in a whirlpool of water, so too [the living being] wanders through these and other various births (yoni) within the revolving cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• एतासु (etāsu) - in these

• अन्यासु (anyāsu) - in other, in different

• च (ca) - and, also

• अन्यासु (anyāsu) - in other, in different

• परिभ्रमति (paribhramati) - wanders, roams around, revolves

• योनिषु (yoniṣu) - in various forms of existence or species (births) (in wombs, in births, in species, in sources)

• विवर्तमानसंसारे (vivartamānasaṁsāre) - within the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (in the revolving cycle of existence)

• जलावर्ते (jalāvarte) - in a whirlpool of water, in a water vortex

• तृणम् (tṛṇam) - blade of grass, straw

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

Words meanings and morphology

एतासु (etāsu) - in these

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

अन्यासु (anyāsu) - in other, in different

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of anya

anya - other, different

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अन्यासु (anyāsu) - in other, in different

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of anya

anya - other, different

परिभ्रमति (paribhramati) - wanders, roams around, revolves

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root 'bhram' (to wander) with prefix 'pari'.

Prefix: pari

Root: bhram (class 1)

योनिषु (yoniṣu) - in various forms of existence or species (births) (in wombs, in births, in species, in sources)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of yoni

yoni - womb, birth, source, species

विवर्तमानसंसारे (vivartamānasaṁsāre) - within the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (in the revolving cycle of existence)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vivartamānasaṃsāra

vivartamānasaṁsāra - revolving cycle of existence, turning saṃsāra

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vivartamāna+saṃsāra)

• vivartamāna – revolving, turning, existing, active
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)
  Derived from root 'vṛt' with prefix 'vi', using the 'śānac' affix.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• saṃsāra – cycle of rebirth, transmigration, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Compound of present active participle 'vivartamāna' (revolving) and 'saṃsāra' (cycle of existence).

जलावर्ते (jalāvarte) - in a whirlpool of water, in a water vortex

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jalāvarta

jalāvarta - whirlpool of water, water vortex

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+āvarta)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, turn, revolution
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'vṛt' with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Tatpuruṣa compound: 'āvarta' (whirlpool) of 'jala' (water).

तृणम् (tṛṇam) - blade of grass, straw

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - blade of grass, straw

Note: Can be nominative or accusative singular. Here, it functions as the subject of the implied verb 'is tossed'.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to introduce a comparison.