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).

103. בצורות קיום אלו ובאחרות היא נודדת בסבך הקיום התופעתי (סַמְסָארָה), כמו קש המסתחרר במערבולת מים.

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.

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