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

मन्दुरं च तुरङ्गाणामालानमिव दन्तिनाम् ।
पुंसां मन्त्र इवाहीनां बन्धनं वामलोचना ॥ २१ ॥

manduraṃ ca turaṅgāṇāmālānamiva dantinām ,
puṃsāṃ mantra ivāhīnāṃ bandhanaṃ vāmalocanā 21

21. manduram ca turaṅgāṇām ālānam iva dantinām
puṃsām mantraḥ iva ahīnām bandhanam vāma-locanā

21. vāma-locanā turaṅgāṇām manduram ca dantinām
ālānam iva ahīnām mantraḥ iva puṃsām bandhanam

21. A charming-eyed woman (vāmalocanā) is a stable for horses, a post for tying elephants, and a mantra for snakes (āhīnām) – indeed, she is a bond for men.

Words meanings summery:

• मन्दुरम् (manduram) - a stable; a stall (for horses)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• तुरङ्गाणाम् (turaṅgāṇām) - of horses

• आलानम् (ālānam) - a post for tying elephants

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• दन्तिनाम् (dantinām) - of elephants (lit. 'tusked ones')

• पुंसाम् (puṁsām) - of men; of human beings

• मन्त्रः (mantraḥ) - a sacred utterance (mantra), hymn, spell, charm, advice

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अहीनाम् (ahīnām) - of snakes; of serpents

• बन्धनम् (bandhanam) - a fetter, binding, bondage, tie

• वाम-लोचना (vāma-locanā) - a charming-eyed woman; a beautiful-eyed woman

Words meanings and morphology

मन्दुरम् (manduram) - a stable; a stall (for horses)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mandura

mandura - a stable, a stall (especially for horses)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

तुरङ्गाणाम् (turaṅgāṇām) - of horses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of turaṅga

turaṅga - horse (literally 'swift-goer')

Derived from tura (swift) + √gam (to go), or a similar formation.

Root: gam (class 1)

आलानम् (ālānam) - a post for tying elephants

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ālāna

ālāna - a post or pillar for tying elephants

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

दन्तिनाम् (dantinām) - of elephants (lit. 'tusked ones')

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dantin

dantin - elephant (literally 'having teeth' or 'tusked')

Derived from danta (tooth, tusk) with the possessive suffix -in.

पुंसाम् (puṁsām) - of men; of human beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of puṃs

puṁs - man, male, person, soul, human being

मन्त्रः (mantraḥ) - a sacred utterance (mantra), hymn, spell, charm, advice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mantra

mantra - sacred utterance, hymn, spell, charm, advice, counsel, secret decision (mantra)

Derived from the root √man (to think) with suffix -tra.

Root: man (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अहीनाम् (ahīnām) - of snakes; of serpents

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ahi

ahi - snake, serpent, dragon

बन्धनम् (bandhanam) - a fetter, binding, bondage, tie

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bandhana

bandhana - binding, bondage, fetter, tie, imprisonment

Verbal noun

Derived from the root √bandh (to bind, tie).

Root: bandh (class 9)

वाम-लोचना (vāma-locanā) - a charming-eyed woman; a beautiful-eyed woman

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāma-locanā

vāma-locanā - a woman with beautiful or charming eyes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāma+locana)

• vāma – beautiful, charming, lovely, pleasant; also left (side)
  adjective
• locana – eye, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from the root √loc/√ruc (to see, shine).
  Root: loc (class 10)