योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-186, verse-36

निम्नोन्नतान्भुवो भागान् गृह्णाति च जहाति च ।
सरित्प्रवाहोऽङ्ग यथा शरीराणि तथा मनः ॥ ३६ ॥

nimnonnatānbhuvo bhāgān gṛhṇāti ca jahāti ca ,
saritpravāho'ṅga yathā śarīrāṇi tathā manaḥ 36

36. nimnonnatān bhuvaḥ bhāgān gṛhṇāti ca jahāti ca
saritpravāhaḥ aṅga yathā śarīrāṇi tathā manaḥ

36. aṅga yathā saritpravāhaḥ nimnonnatān bhuvaḥ
bhāgān gṛhṇāti ca jahāti ca tathā manaḥ śarīrāṇi

36. O dear one, just as a river's current takes on and abandons the low and high parts of the earth, so too does the mind assume and relinquish bodies (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• निम्नोन्नतान् (nimnonnatān) - uneven (parts) (low and high, uneven)

• भुवः (bhuvaḥ) - of the earth (of the earth, of the land)

• भागान् (bhāgān) - parts (parts, portions, shares)

• गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti) - takes on, assumes (takes, seizes, accepts)

• च (ca) - and

• जहाति (jahāti) - abandons, relinquishes (leaves, abandons, gives up)

• च (ca) - and

• सरित्प्रवाहः (saritpravāhaḥ) - a river's current (river current, flow of a river)

• अङ्ग (aṅga) - O dear one (O dear one, O friend)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as)

• शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies

• तथा (tathā) - so too (so, in the same way, thus)

• मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (saṃsāra) (mind, intellect, heart)

Words meanings and morphology

निम्नोन्नतान् (nimnonnatān) - uneven (parts) (low and high, uneven)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nimnonnata

nimnonnata - low and high, uneven, undulating

Compound adjective.

Compound type : Dvandva (nimna+unnata)

• nimna – low, deep, sunken
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
  Root: NAM (class 1)
• unnata – high, raised, elevated
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From ud-nam-ta.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: NAM (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'bhāgān'.

भुवः (bhuvaḥ) - of the earth (of the earth, of the land)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, land, ground

भागान् (bhāgān) - parts (parts, portions, shares)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhāga

bhāga - part, portion, share, division

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Object of 'gṛhṇāti' and 'jahāti'.

गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti) - takes on, assumes (takes, seizes, accepts)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of gṛh

Root: grah (class 9)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

जहाति (jahāti) - abandons, relinquishes (leaves, abandons, gives up)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of hā

Reduplicated root form.

Root: hā (class 3)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सरित्प्रवाहः (saritpravāhaḥ) - a river's current (river current, flow of a river)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saritpravāha

saritpravāha - river current, stream of a river

Tatpurusha compound.

Compound type : Tatpurusha (sarit+pravāha)

• sarit – river, stream
  noun (feminine)
  From root sṛ (to flow).
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• pravāha – flow, current, stream
  noun (masculine)
  From pra-vah.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Subject of the first comparison.

अङ्ग (aṅga) - O dear one (O dear one, O friend)

(indeclinable)

Vocative particle.

Note: Vocative particle for address.

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as)

(indeclinable)

शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical form

Root: śṝ (class 9)

Note: Object of implied 'gṛhṇāti' and 'jahāti' with 'manaḥ'.

तथा (tathā) - so too (so, in the same way, thus)

(indeclinable)

मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (saṃsāra) (mind, intellect, heart)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, heart

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of the second clause.