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.

19. כשאני עולה מהשאול אל הארץ ויורד מהארץ חזרה אל השאול, החשיבה המעוותת כובלת אותי סביב, בדיוק כמו חבל בלוי הכובל את דלי העץ בתוך הבאר.

Words meanings summery:

• 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)

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