योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-21, verse-10

ललनालानसंलीना मुने मानवदन्तिनः ।
प्रबोधं नाधिगच्छन्ति दृढैरपि शमाङ्कुशैः ॥ १० ॥

lalanālānasaṃlīnā mune mānavadantinaḥ ,
prabodhaṃ nādhigacchanti dṛḍhairapi śamāṅkuśaiḥ 10

10. lalanalānasaṃlīnāḥ mune mānavadantinaḥ prabodham
na adhigacchanti dṛḍhaiḥ api śamāṅkuśaiḥ

10. mune,
lalanalānasaṃlīnāḥ mānavadantinaḥ dṛḍhaiḥ api śamāṅkuśaiḥ prabodham na adhigacchanti.

10. O sage, human elephants (men), who are entangled and confined by the chains of women, do not attain true awakening (prabodha) even with the firm goads of self-control (śama).

Words meanings summery:

• ललनलानसंलीनाः (lalanalānasaṁlīnāḥ) - confined by women who are like chains, entwined by the chains of women

• मुने (mune) - O sage

• मानवदन्तिनः (mānavadantinaḥ) - human elephants, men (likened to elephants)

• प्रबोधम् (prabodham) - awakening, enlightenment, knowledge

• न (na) - not, no

• अधिगच्छन्ति (adhigacchanti) - they attain, they reach, they understand

• दृढैः (dṛḍhaiḥ) - by firm, by strong, by rigid

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• शमाङ्कुशैः (śamāṅkuśaiḥ) - by the goads of self-control, by the restraining hooks of tranquility

Words meanings and morphology

ललनलानसंलीनाः (lalanalānasaṁlīnāḥ) - confined by women who are like chains, entwined by the chains of women

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lalanalānasaṃlīna

lalanalānasaṁlīna - confined by the chains of women, entangled by female attachments

Past Passive Participle component 'saṃlīna'

Compound adjective derived from 'lalana' (woman), 'ālāna' (chain/post), and 'saṃlīna' (confined, attached). 'saṃlīna' is from sam + lī (to cling).

Compound type : karmadhāraya-saptamī-tatpuruṣa (lalana+ālāna+saṃlīna)

• lalana – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• ālāna – post or chain to which an elephant is tied
  noun (neuter)
• saṃlīna – clinging, attached, confined, hidden
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From sam + root lī (to cling, to hide)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: lī (class 4)

मुने (mune) - O sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, hermit

मानवदन्तिनः (mānavadantinaḥ) - human elephants, men (likened to elephants)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānavadantin

mānavadantin - human elephant (a man compared to an elephant)

Compound of 'mānava' (human) and 'dantin' (elephant, lit. 'tusked')

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mānava+dantin)

• mānava – human, relating to humans, man
  noun (masculine)
• dantin – elephant (lit. 'possessing tusks'), tusked
  noun (masculine)
  From 'danta' (tusk) + suffix -in

प्रबोधम् (prabodham) - awakening, enlightenment, knowledge

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prabodha

prabodha - awakening, full knowledge, enlightenment, consciousness

From pra + root budh (to awaken, know)

Prefix: pra

Root: budh (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अधिगच्छन्ति (adhigacchanti) - they attain, they reach, they understand

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of adhigam

From adhi + root gam (to go)

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

दृढैः (dṛḍhaiḥ) - by firm, by strong, by rigid

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dṛḍha

dṛḍha - firm, strong, rigid, hard, fixed

Past Passive Participle of dṛh (to be firm)

Root: dṛh (class 5)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

शमाङ्कुशैः (śamāṅkuśaiḥ) - by the goads of self-control, by the restraining hooks of tranquility

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śamāṅkuśa

śamāṅkuśa - goad of tranquility/self-control

Compound of 'śama' (tranquility, self-control) and 'aṅkuśa' (goad, hook). Genitive Tatpuruṣa.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śama+aṅkuśa)

• śama – tranquility, calmness, self-control, mental restraint
  noun (masculine)
  From root śam (to be calm)
  Root: śam (class 4)
• aṅkuśa – goad, elephant-hook, curb, restraint
  noun (masculine)