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योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-16, verse-19

पातालाद्गच्छता पृथ्वीं पृथ्व्याः पातालगामिना ।
कूपकाष्ठं कुदाम्नेव वेष्टितोऽस्मि कुचेतसा ॥ १९ ॥
pātālādgacchatā pṛthvīṃ pṛthvyāḥ pātālagāminā ,
kūpakāṣṭhaṃ kudāmneva veṣṭito'smi kucetasā 19
19. pātālāt gacchatā pṛthvīm pṛthvyāḥ pātālagāminā
kūpakāṣṭham kudāmnā iva veṣṭitaḥ asmi kucetasā
19. I am bound by my corrupted mind, just as a log in a well is entangled by a bad rope, through the agency of one who pulls it from the netherworld (Pātāla) to Earth, and another who pulls it from Earth to the netherworld.

Words meanings summery:

(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)

  • पातालात् (pātālāt) - from the netherworld, from Pātāla
  • गच्छता (gacchatā) - by the agent who goes/pulls (by the one going, by the one moving)
  • पृथ्वीम् (pṛthvīm) - to the Earth, to the ground
  • पृथ्व्याः (pṛthvyāḥ) - from the Earth, from the ground
  • पातालगामिना (pātālagāminā) - by the agent who goes/pulls to the netherworld (by the one going to Pātāla (the netherworld))
  • कूपकाष्ठम् (kūpakāṣṭham) - a log in a well, a piece of wood from a well
  • कुदाम्ना (kudāmnā) - by a bad rope, by an inferior rope
  • इव (iva) - like, as, as if
  • वेष्टितः (veṣṭitaḥ) - entangled, bound (bound, encircled, wrapped)
  • अस्मि (asmi) - I am
  • कुचेतसा (kucetasā) - by the bad mind, by the corrupted mind

Words meanings and morphology

पातालात् (pātālāt) - from the netherworld, from Pātāla
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of pātāla
pātāla - the netherworld, one of the seven regions below the earth
गच्छता (gacchatā) - by the agent who goes/pulls (by the one going, by the one moving)
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of gacchat
gacchat - going, moving, proceeding
Present Active Participle
Root gam + śatṛ suffix
Root: gam (class 1)
पृथ्वीम् (pṛthvīm) - to the Earth, to the ground
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthvī
pṛthvī - Earth, ground, land
पृथ्व्याः (pṛthvyāḥ) - from the Earth, from the ground
(noun)
Ablative, feminine, singular of pṛthvī
pṛthvī - Earth, ground, land
पातालगामिना (pātālagāminā) - by the agent who goes/pulls to the netherworld (by the one going to Pātāla (the netherworld))
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of pātālagāmin
pātālagāmin - going to the netherworld, descending to Pātāla
Agent noun/adjective
Compound of pātāla and gāmin (from root gam)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pātāla+gāmin)
  • pātāla – the netherworld, one of the seven regions below the earth
    noun (neuter)
  • gāmin – going, moving, reaching, resorting to
    adjective
    Agent noun/adjective
    Root gam + ṇin suffix
    Root: gam (class 1)
कूपकाष्ठम् (kūpakāṣṭham) - a log in a well, a piece of wood from a well
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kūpakāṣṭha
kūpakāṣṭha - a log in a well, a piece of wood from a well
Tatpuruṣa compound
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kūpa+kāṣṭha)
  • kūpa – well, pit
    noun (masculine)
  • kāṣṭha – wood, log, timber
    noun (neuter)
कुदाम्ना (kudāmnā) - by a bad rope, by an inferior rope
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of kudāman
kudāman - bad rope, inferior rope
Karmadhāraya compound
Compound type : karmadhāraya (ku+dāman)
  • ku – bad, evil, deficient, wrong
    indeclinable
    Prefix indicating badness or deficiency
  • dāman – rope, cord, string
    noun (neuter)
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
वेष्टितः (veṣṭitaḥ) - entangled, bound (bound, encircled, wrapped)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of veṣṭita
veṣṭita - bound, encircled, wrapped, covered
Past Passive Participle
Root veṣṭ + kta suffix
Root: veṣṭ (class 10)
अस्मि (asmi) - I am
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as
Present Indicative
Root: as (class 2)
कुचेतसा (kucetasā) - by the bad mind, by the corrupted mind
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of kucetas
kucetas - bad mind, corrupted mind, evil thought
Karmadhāraya compound
Compound type : karmadhāraya (ku+cetas)
  • ku – bad, evil, deficient, wrong
    indeclinable
    Prefix indicating badness or deficiency
  • cetas – mind, thought, intellect, consciousness
    noun (neuter)