योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-12, verse-27

विविधदोषदशापरिचिन्तनैर्विततभङ्गुरकारणकल्पितैः ।
मम न निर्वृतिमेति मनो मुने निगडितस्य यथा वनदन्तिनः ॥ २७ ॥

vividhadoṣadaśāparicintanairvitatabhaṅgurakāraṇakalpitaiḥ ,
mama na nirvṛtimeti mano mune nigaḍitasya yathā vanadantinaḥ 27

27. vividhadoṣadaśāparicintanaiḥ
vitatabhaṅgurakāraṇakalpitaiḥ
mama na nirvṛtim eti manaḥ mune
nigaḍitasya yathā vanadantinaḥ

27. O sage, my mind does not attain tranquility. It is weighed down by reflections on various flawed conditions, which are created by expansive and perishable causes, just like a forest elephant that has been chained.

27. מתוך הרהור במצבים השונים של הפגמים שנוצרו על ידי סיבות שבירות ורבות, פרוש קדוש, פעילות החשיבה שלי אינה מוצאת שלווה, כמו פיל פראי הכבול בשלשלאות.

Words meanings summery:

• विविधदोषदशापरिचिन्तनैः (vividhadoṣadaśāparicintanaiḥ) - by reflections on various states of faults

• विततभङ्गुरकारणकल्पितैः (vitatabhaṅgurakāraṇakalpitaiḥ) - which are caused/fabricated by widespread, perishable causes (modifies paricintanaiḥ) (by those created/conceived by widespread and perishable causes)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• न (na) - not, no

• निर्वृतिम् (nirvṛtim) - peace, tranquility, satisfaction

• एति (eti) - attains, goes, reaches

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

• मुने (mune) - O sage!

• निगडितस्य (nigaḍitasya) - of the one who is chained, fettered

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like, according to

• वनदन्तिनः (vanadantinaḥ) - of a forest elephant

Words meanings and morphology

विविधदोषदशापरिचिन्तनैः (vividhadoṣadaśāparicintanaiḥ) - by reflections on various states of faults

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of vividhadoṣadaśāparicintana

vividhadoṣadaśāparicintana - reflections on various states of faults/defects

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vividha+doṣa+daśā+paricintana)

• vividha – various, manifold, diverse
  adjective
• doṣa – fault, defect, vice, sin
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root duṣ (4P) 'to be corrupt, faulty'.
  Root: duṣ (class 4)
• daśā – state, condition, situation, period
  noun (feminine)
  Root: daś (class 1)
• paricintana – reflection, contemplation, consideration
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root cint (10P) 'to think' with prefix pari-.
  Prefix: pari
  Root: cint (class 10)

विततभङ्गुरकारणकल्पितैः (vitatabhaṅgurakāraṇakalpitaiḥ) - which are caused/fabricated by widespread, perishable causes (modifies paricintanaiḥ) (by those created/conceived by widespread and perishable causes)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of vitatabhaṅgurakāraṇakalpita

vitatabhaṅgurakāraṇakalpita - created by widespread and perishable causes

Compound adjective in instrumental plural, modifying paricintanaiḥ.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vitata+bhaṅgura+kāraṇa+kalpita)

• vitata – widespread, extensive, diffused
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root tan (8U, 10U) 'to stretch, extend' with prefix vi-.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: tan (class 8)
• bhaṅgura – fragile, perishable, brittle
  adjective
  Derived from root bhañj (7P) 'to break'.
  Root: bhañj (class 7)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root kṛ (8U, 1P, 10U) 'to do, make'.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kalpita – created, imagined, fabricated, constituted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kḷp (1P) 'to be able, to arrange, to imagine'.
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Agrees with paricintanaiḥ.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

निर्वृतिम् (nirvṛtim) - peace, tranquility, satisfaction

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nirvṛti

nirvṛti - peace, tranquility, satisfaction, cessation, liberation

Derived from root vṛt (1A) 'to be, exist, turn' with prefix nir-.

Prefix: nir

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Object of eti.

एति (eti) - attains, goes, reaches

(verb)

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

Present Active

Present indicative, third person singular.

Root: i (class 2)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, heart, soul

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of eti.

मुने (mune) - O sage!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, saint, hermit

Root: man (class 4)

निगडितस्य (nigaḍitasya) - of the one who is chained, fettered

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nigaḍita

nigaḍita - chained, fettered, bound

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. of nigaḍayati (causative of gaḍati) 'to chain'.

Prefix: ni

Root: gaḍ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vanadantinaḥ.

यथा (yathā) - just as, like, according to

(indeclinable)

वनदन्तिनः (vanadantinaḥ) - of a forest elephant

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vanadantin

vanadantin - forest elephant

Compound: vana (forest) + dantin (elephant, lit. 'tusked one').

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+dantin)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• dantin – elephant, tusked animal
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from danta (tooth, tusk) + -in (possessive suffix).

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