योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-18, verse-20

पृष्ठास्थिकाष्ठसंघट्टपरिसंकटकोटरम् ।
आन्त्ररज्जुभिराबद्धं नेष्टं देहगृहं मम ॥ २० ॥

pṛṣṭhāsthikāṣṭhasaṃghaṭṭaparisaṃkaṭakoṭaram ,
āntrarajjubhirābaddhaṃ neṣṭaṃ dehagṛhaṃ mama 20

20. pṛṣṭhāsthīkāṣṭhasaṅghaṭṭaparisaṅkaṭakoṭaram
āntrarajjubhiḥ ābaddham na iṣṭam dehagṛham mama

20. This body-house, whose hollow interior is extremely constricted by the grinding of its timber-like backbones, and which is bound together by ropes of intestines, is not what I desire.

Words meanings summery:

• पृष्ठास्थीकाष्ठसङ्घट्टपरिसङ्कटकोटरम् (pṛṣṭhāsthīkāṣṭhasaṅghaṭṭaparisaṅkaṭakoṭaram) - whose cavity is extremely confined due to the clashing/grinding of its back-bone timbers

• आन्त्ररज्जुभिः (āntrarajjubhiḥ) - by ropes of intestines

• आबद्धम् (ābaddham) - bound, tied, fastened

• न (na) - not, no

• इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desired, wished for, agreeable

• देहगृहम् (dehagṛham) - body-house

• मम (mama) - by me, for me, my

Words meanings and morphology

पृष्ठास्थीकाष्ठसङ्घट्टपरिसङ्कटकोटरम् (pṛṣṭhāsthīkāṣṭhasaṅghaṭṭaparisaṅkaṭakoṭaram) - whose cavity is extremely confined due to the clashing/grinding of its back-bone timbers

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pṛṣṭhāsthīkāṣṭhasaṅghaṭṭaparisaṅkaṭakoṭara

pṛṣṭhāsthīkāṣṭhasaṅghaṭṭaparisaṅkaṭakoṭara - having a cavity that is greatly confined by the clashing of its backbone-bones-like-wood

Bahuvrihi compound: 'pṛṣṭha' (back) + 'asthi' (bone) + 'kāṣṭha' (wood) + 'saṅghaṭṭa' (clashing, grinding) + 'parisaṅkaṭa' (very narrow, constricted) + 'koṭara' (cavity, hollow).

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (pṛṣṭha+asthi+kāṣṭha+saṅghaṭṭa+parisaṅkaṭa+koṭara)

• pṛṣṭha – back, rear
  noun (neuter)
• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)
• kāṣṭha – wood, timber, stick
  noun (neuter)
• saṅghaṭṭa – clashing, collision, grinding, friction
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: ghaṭṭ (class 10)
• parisaṅkaṭa – very narrow, greatly constricted, extremely difficult
  adjective (neuter)
  From 'saṅkaṭa' with prefix 'pari-'.
  Prefix: pari
• koṭara – hollow, cavity, hole, interior
  noun (neuter)

आन्त्ररज्जुभिः (āntrarajjubhiḥ) - by ropes of intestines

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of āntrarajju

āntrarajju - ropes of intestines

Tatpurusha compound: 'āntra' (intestine) + 'rajju' (rope).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (āntra+rajju)

• āntra – intestine, gut
  noun (neuter)
• rajju – rope, cord, string
  noun (feminine)

आबद्धम् (ābaddham) - bound, tied, fastened

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ābaddha

ābaddha - bound, tied, fastened, constrained

Past Passive Participle

From root 'bandh' with prefix 'ā-'.

Prefix: ā

Root: bandh (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective modifying 'dehagṛham'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desired, wished for, agreeable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, wished, agreeable, beloved; sacrifice (as noun)

Past Passive Participle

From root 'iṣ' (to wish, desire).

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Used as a predicate adjective with an implied 'is'.

देहगृहम् (dehagṛham) - body-house

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dehagṛha

dehagṛha - the body which is a house

Tatpurusha compound: 'deha' (body) + 'gṛha' (house).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (deha+gṛha)

• deha – body, physical form
  noun (masculine)
• gṛha – house, home, dwelling
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'na iṣṭam' (not desired).

मम (mama) - by me, for me, my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

First person singular pronoun

Note: Here indicating the agent of the passive construction 'not desired by me'.