योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-19, verse-3

रोषरोदनरौद्रासु दैन्यजर्जरितासु च ।
दशासु बन्धनं बाल्यमालानं करिणामिव ॥ ३ ॥

roṣarodanaraudrāsu dainyajarjaritāsu ca ,
daśāsu bandhanaṃ bālyamālānaṃ kariṇāmiva 3

3. roṣarodana-raudrāsu dainyajarjaritāsu ca
daśāsu bandhanam bālyam ālānam kariṇām iva

3. roṣarodana-raudrāsu dainyajarjaritāsu ca daśāsu bālyam bandhanam,
kariṇām ālānam iva

3. In states of being terrible with anger and crying, and utterly debilitated by misery, childhood is a bondage, just like the post (ālāna) used to tether elephants.

Words meanings summery:

• रोषरोदन-रौद्रासु (roṣarodana-raudrāsu) - in those terrible with anger and crying

• दैन्यजर्जरितासु (dainyajarjaritāsu) - in those debilitated/worn out by wretchedness/misery

• च (ca) - and

• दशासु (daśāsu) - in conditions, in states, in circumstances

• बन्धनम् (bandhanam) - bondage, imprisonment, restraint

• बाल्यम् (bālyam) - childhood, infancy

• आलानम् (ālānam) - tying post, tethering stake

• करिणाम् (kariṇām) - of elephants

• इव (iva) - like, as, just as

Words meanings and morphology

रोषरोदन-रौद्रासु (roṣarodana-raudrāsu) - in those terrible with anger and crying

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of roṣarodana-raudra

roṣarodana-raudra - terrible with anger and crying

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (roṣa+rodana+raudra)

• roṣa – anger, rage
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ruṣ (class 1)
• rodana – crying, weeping
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  root rud + ana
  Root: rud (class 2)
• raudra – terrible, fierce, dreadful
  adjective
  from Rudra (Śiva)

दैन्यजर्जरितासु (dainyajarjaritāsu) - in those debilitated/worn out by wretchedness/misery

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of dainyajarjarita

dainyajarjarita - debilitated by misery

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dainya+jarjarita)

• dainya – wretchedness, misery, helplessness
  noun (neuter)
  from dīna (wretched)
• jarjarita – worn out, debilitated, shattered
  adjective
  past passive participle
  from root jṝ (to wear out)
  Root: jṝ (class 9)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

दशासु (daśāsu) - in conditions, in states, in circumstances

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of daśā

daśā - state, condition, circumstance, stage of life

Note: Refers to states of childhood.

बन्धनम् (bandhanam) - bondage, imprisonment, restraint

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bandhana

bandhana - bondage, binding, tethering, restraint

action noun

root bandh + ana

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'bālyam'.

बाल्यम् (bālyam) - childhood, infancy

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bālya

bālya - childhood, infancy, childishness

from bāla (child) + ya (suffix for state of being)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

आलानम् (ālānam) - tying post, tethering stake

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ālāna

ālāna - tying post, tethering stake (especially for elephants)

from ā-lā (to seize, bind)

Prefix: ā

Root: lā (class 1)

Note: Appears in simile.

करिणाम् (kariṇām) - of elephants

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of karin

karin - elephant

from kara (hand/trunk) + in (possessive suffix)

Note: Modifies 'ālānam'.

इव (iva) - like, as, just as

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle for comparison.