योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-16, verse-13

क्रोडीकृतदृढग्रन्थितृष्णासूत्रे स्थितात्मना ।
विहगो जालकेनेव ब्रह्मन्बद्धोऽस्मि चेतसा ॥ १३ ॥

kroḍīkṛtadṛḍhagranthitṛṣṇāsūtre sthitātmanā ,
vihago jālakeneva brahmanbaddho'smi cetasā 13

13. kroḍīkṛtadṛḍhagranthitṛṣṇāsūtre sthitātmanā
vihagaḥ jālakena iva brahman baddhaḥ asmi cetasā

13. O Brahman, I am bound by my mind (cetas), just as a bird is bound by a net, with my self (ātman) remaining within the firmly clasped, firm-knotted thread of craving (tṛṣṇā).

Words meanings summery:

• क्रोडीकृतदृढग्रन्थितृष्णासूत्रे (kroḍīkṛtadṛḍhagranthitṛṣṇāsūtre) - within the firmly clasped, firm-knotted thread of craving (tṛṣṇā) (in the thread of craving that is a firm knot, clasped firmly)

• स्थितात्मना (sthitātmanā) - by my self (ātman) that is situated/abiding (by the situated self, by the self that abides)

• विहगः (vihagaḥ) - bird

• जालकेन (jālakena) - by a net

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman! O Supreme Being!

• बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied, fettered

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• चेतसा (cetasā) - by the mind, by consciousness

Words meanings and morphology

क्रोडीकृतदृढग्रन्थितृष्णासूत्रे (kroḍīkṛtadṛḍhagranthitṛṣṇāsūtre) - within the firmly clasped, firm-knotted thread of craving (tṛṣṇā) (in the thread of craving that is a firm knot, clasped firmly)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kroḍīkṛtadṛḍhagranthitṛṣṇāsūtra

kroḍīkṛtadṛḍhagranthitṛṣṇāsūtra - thread of craving, which is a firm knot, clasped firmly

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kroḍīkṛta+dṛḍhagranthitṛṣṇāsūtra)

• kroḍīkṛta – embraced, clasped, held firmly
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'kroḍīkṛ' (to embrace, to take into one's lap)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• dṛḍhagranthitṛṣṇāsūtra – thread of craving, which is a firm knot
  noun (neuter)
• dṛḍhagranthi – firm knot
  noun (masculine)
• dṛḍha – firm, strong, hard
  adjective
  From root 'dṛh'
  Root: dṛh (class 1)
• granthi – knot, tie, joint
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'granth'
  Root: granth (class 1)
• tṛṣṇāsūtra – thread of craving/desire
  noun (neuter)
• tṛṣṇā – thirst, craving, desire
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'tṛṣ'
  Root: tṛṣ (class 4)
• sūtra – thread, string, aphorism
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'sīv'
  Root: sīv (class 4)

Note: Adverbial locative of circumstance for 'sthita'.

स्थितात्मना (sthitātmanā) - by my self (ātman) that is situated/abiding (by the situated self, by the self that abides)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sthitātman

sthitātman - one whose self (ātman) is situated/abiding

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sthita+ātman)

• sthita – situated, abiding, standing
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'sthā' (to stand, to stay)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: This instrumental refers to 'I' (the speaker) as being 'one whose self is situated'.

विहगः (vihagaḥ) - bird

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vihaga

vihaga - bird (lit. 'sky-goer')

Compound type : upapada-tatpurusha (viha+ga)

• viha – sky, air
  noun (neuter)
• ga – going, moving
  adjective
  Kṛt suffix 'ḍa'
  From root 'gam' (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used in a simile.

जालकेन (jālakena) - by a net

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jālaka

jālaka - net, snare

Note: Used with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman! O Supreme Being!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - the Supreme Reality, the Absolute, the ultimate universal spirit (brahman); priest, Creator (Brahmā)

Note: Addressing a sage or a revered person.

बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied, fettered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, fettered

Past Passive Participle

From root 'bandh' (to bind) + suffix 'kta'

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Predicative adjective with 'asmi'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present Active

From root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

चेतसा (cetasā) - by the mind, by consciousness

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intelligence

Note: Agent of binding.