योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-18, verse-31

जिह्वामर्कटिकाक्रान्तवदनद्वारभीषणम् ।
दृष्टदन्तास्थिशकलं नेष्टं देहगृह मम ॥ ३१ ॥

jihvāmarkaṭikākrāntavadanadvārabhīṣaṇam ,
dṛṣṭadantāsthiśakalaṃ neṣṭaṃ dehagṛha mama 31

31. jihvāmārkaṭikākrāntavadanadvārabhīṣaṇam
dṛṣṭadantāsthiśakalam na iṣṭam dehagrham mama

31. This body-house of mine is undesirable: it is made dreadful by a mouth-door beset by a monkey-like tongue, and its visible teeth are like bone fragments.

Words meanings summery:

• जिह्वामार्कटिकाक्रान्तवदनद्वारभीषणम् (jihvāmārkaṭikākrāntavadanadvārabhīṣaṇam) - made dreadful by a mouth-door beset by a monkey-like tongue (referring to the restless tongue) (dreadful with its mouth-door besieged by a monkey-like tongue)

• दृष्टदन्तास्थिशकलम् (dṛṣṭadantāsthiśakalam) - whose visible teeth are like bone fragments (having visible teeth like bone fragments)

• न (na) - not, no

• इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desirable, agreeable (desired, wished, agreeable, liked)

• देहग्र्हम् (dehagrham) - body-house

• मम (mama) - my, mine

Words meanings and morphology

जिह्वामार्कटिकाक्रान्तवदनद्वारभीषणम् (jihvāmārkaṭikākrāntavadanadvārabhīṣaṇam) - made dreadful by a mouth-door beset by a monkey-like tongue (referring to the restless tongue) (dreadful with its mouth-door besieged by a monkey-like tongue)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jihvāmārkaṭikākrāntavadanadvārabhīṣaṇa

jihvāmārkaṭikākrāntavadanadvārabhīṣaṇa - that which is dreadful (bhīṣaṇa) with a mouth-door (vadana-dvāra) overrun (ākrānta) by a monkey-like (mārkaṭikā) tongue (jihvā)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (jihvā+mārkaṭikā+ākrānta+vadana+dvāra+bhīṣaṇa)

• jihvā – tongue
  noun (feminine)
• mārkaṭikā – monkey-like, belonging to a monkey; also a small monkey
  adjective (feminine)
  Derived from `markaṭa` (monkey)
• ākrānta – overcome, seized, assaulted, occupied, beset
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From `ā` + root `kram` ('to step, advance')
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kram (class 1)
• vadana – mouth, face
  noun (neuter)
  From root `vad` ('to speak')
  Root: vad (class 1)
• dvāra – door, gate, opening
  noun (neuter)
• bhīṣaṇa – dreadful, terrible, formidable, frightening
  adjective (neuter)
  From root `bhī` ('to fear')
  Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Modifies `dehagrham`.

दृष्टदन्तास्थिशकलम् (dṛṣṭadantāsthiśakalam) - whose visible teeth are like bone fragments (having visible teeth like bone fragments)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛṣṭadantāsthiśakala

dṛṣṭadantāsthiśakala - that whose teeth (danta) are seen (dṛṣṭa) as fragments (śakala) of bone (asthi)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dṛṣṭa+danta+asthi+śakala)

• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived, visible
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `dṛś` ('to see')
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• danta – tooth, tusk
  noun (masculine)
• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)
• śakala – fragment, piece, splinter, chip
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies `dehagrham`.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desirable, agreeable (desired, wished, agreeable, liked)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, wished, agreeable, liked, worshipped, sacrificed

Past Passive Participle

From root `yaj` ('to sacrifice, worship'), with irregular formation. Also from root `iṣ` ('to wish, desire'). In this context, from `iṣ`.

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Predicate adjective modifying `dehagrham`.

देहग्र्हम् (dehagrham) - body-house

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dehagrha

dehagrha - body (deha) as a house (gṛha)

Compound type : tatpurusha (deha+gṛha)

• deha – body, corporeal frame
  noun (masculine)
• gṛha – house, home, dwelling
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, ego