योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-21, verse-34

शोच्यतां परमां याति तरुणस्तरुणीपरः ।
निबद्धः करिणीलोलो विन्ध्यखाते यथा गजः ॥ ३४ ॥

śocyatāṃ paramāṃ yāti taruṇastaruṇīparaḥ ,
nibaddhaḥ kariṇīlolo vindhyakhāte yathā gajaḥ 34

34. śocyatām paramām yāti taruṇaḥ taruṇīparaḥ |
nibaddhaḥ kariṇīlolaḥ vindhyakhāte yathā gajaḥ ||

34. taruṇaḥ taruṇīparaḥ paramām śocyatām yāti,
yathā kariṇīlolaḥ gajaḥ vindhyakhāte nibaddhaḥ.

34. A young man who is obsessed with young women falls into the utmost misery, just like an elephant, eager for a female elephant, becomes ensnared in a pit in the Vindhya mountains.

Words meanings summery:

• शोच्यताम् (śocyatām) - wretchedness, pitiable state, state of grief

• परमाम् (paramām) - supreme, ultimate, utmost, highest

• याति (yāti) - goes, reaches, attains

• तरुणः (taruṇaḥ) - young man, youth

• तरुणीपरः (taruṇīparaḥ) - devoted to young women, obsessed with young women

• निबद्धः (nibaddhaḥ) - bound, tied, trapped, ensnared

• करिणीलोलः (kariṇīlolaḥ) - eager for a female elephant, lustful for a female elephant

• विन्ध्यखाते (vindhyakhāte) - in a pit of the Vindhya mountains, in a Vindhya pit

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• गजः (gajaḥ) - elephant

Words meanings and morphology

शोच्यताम् (śocyatām) - wretchedness, pitiable state, state of grief

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śocyatā

śocyatā - pitiable state, wretchedness, state of grief

Derived from śocya (pitiable) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Root: śuc (class 1)

परमाम् (paramām) - supreme, ultimate, utmost, highest

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, most excellent

Note: Agrees with śocyatām

याति (yāti) - goes, reaches, attains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present active indicative

3rd person singular present tense of root yā

Root: yā (class 2)

तरुणः (taruṇaḥ) - young man, youth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of taruṇa

taruṇa - young, youthful, a young man

Note: Subject of the sentence

तरुणीपरः (taruṇīparaḥ) - devoted to young women, obsessed with young women

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of taruṇīpara

taruṇīpara - devoted to young women, attached to young women

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (taruṇī+para)

• taruṇī – young woman, maiden
  noun (feminine)
• para – after, beyond, devoted to, intent on
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with taruṇaḥ

निबद्धः (nibaddhaḥ) - bound, tied, trapped, ensnared

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nibaddha

nibaddha - bound, tied, fixed, trapped, caught

Past Passive Participle

Prefix ni + root bandh + suffix kta

Prefix: ni

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Agrees with gajaḥ

करिणीलोलः (kariṇīlolaḥ) - eager for a female elephant, lustful for a female elephant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kariṇīlola

kariṇīlola - eager for a female elephant, passionately desiring a female elephant

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kariṇī+lola)

• kariṇī – female elephant
  noun (feminine)
• lola – moving, shaking, unsteady, desirous, eager, lustful
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: lul (class 1)

Note: Agrees with gajaḥ

विन्ध्यखाते (vindhyakhāte) - in a pit of the Vindhya mountains, in a Vindhya pit

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vindhyakhāta

vindhyakhāta - a pit in the Vindhya mountains

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vindhya+khāta)

• vindhya – Vindhya mountain range
  proper noun (masculine)
• khāta – pit, ditch, excavation
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root khan (to dig)
  Root: khan (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

गजः (gajaḥ) - elephant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gaja

gaja - elephant

Root: gaj (class 1)