महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-210, verse-34

सूच्या सूत्रं यथा वस्त्रे संसारयति वायकः ।
तद्वत्संसारसूत्रं हि तृष्णासूच्या निबध्यते ॥३४॥

34. sūcyā sūtraṁ yathā vastre saṁsārayati vāyakaḥ ,
tadvatsaṁsārasūtraṁ hi tṛṣṇāsūcyā nibadhyate.

34. sūcyā sūtram yathā vastre saṃsārayati vāyakaḥ |
tat-vat saṃsāra-sūtram hi tṛṣṇā-sūcyā nibadhyate

34. yathā vāyakaḥ sūcyā sūtram vastre saṃsārayati,
tat-vat hi tṛṣṇā-sūcyā saṃsāra-sūtram nibadhyate

34. Just as a weaver (vāyakaḥ) inserts a thread into cloth (vastre) with a needle (sūcyā), so too the thread of mundane existence (saṃsāra) is indeed bound by the needle of craving.

Words meanings summery:

• सूच्या (sūcyā) - by a needle

• सूत्रम् (sūtram) - thread, string, aphorism

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• वस्त्रे (vastre) - in the cloth, in the garment

• संसारयति (saṁsārayati) - causes to move through, inserts, stitches

• वायकः (vāyakaḥ) - weaver

• तत्-वत् (tat-vat) - like that, so, similarly

• संसार-सूत्रम् (saṁsāra-sūtram) - thread of mundane existence, thread of the cycle of birth and death

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• तृष्णा-सूच्या (tṛṣṇā-sūcyā) - by the needle of craving

• निबध्यते (nibadhyate) - is bound, is tied, is fastened

Words meanings and morphology

सूच्या (sūcyā) - by a needle

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sūcī

sūcī - needle, index, indicator

सूत्रम् (sūtram) - thread, string, aphorism

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sūtra

sūtra - thread, string, aphorism, rule

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

वस्त्रे (vastre) - in the cloth, in the garment

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vastra

vastra - cloth, garment, clothes

संसारयति (saṁsārayati) - causes to move through, inserts, stitches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of saṃsārayati

Causative Present Indicative

Causative of √sṛ with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

वायकः (vāyakaḥ) - weaver

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyaka

vāyaka - weaver

from √ve (to weave)

Root: ve (class 2)

तत्-वत् (tat-vat) - like that, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

suffix -vat to tat (that)

संसार-सूत्रम् (saṁsāra-sūtram) - thread of mundane existence, thread of the cycle of birth and death

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsāra-sūtra

saṁsāra-sūtra - thread of transmigration/mundane existence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+sūtra)

• saṃsāra – mundane existence, cycle of birth and death, transmigration
  noun (masculine)
  from sam + √sṛ
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• sūtra – thread, string, aphorism
  noun (neuter)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

तृष्णा-सूच्या (tṛṣṇā-sūcyā) - by the needle of craving

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā-sūcī

tṛṣṇā-sūcī - needle of craving/thirst

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tṛṣṇā+sūcī)

• tṛṣṇā – craving, thirst, desire
  noun (feminine)
  Root: tṛṣ (class 4)
• sūcī – needle, index, indicator
  noun (feminine)

निबध्यते (nibadhyate) - is bound, is tied, is fastened

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of nibandh

Present Indicative

from ni + √bandh

Prefix: ni

Root: bandh (class 9)