योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-26, verse-41

सर्व एव नरा मोहाद्दुराशापाशपाशिनः ।
दोषगुल्मकसारङ्गा विशीर्णा जन्मजङ्गले ।
संक्षीयते जगति जन्मपरम्परासु लोकस्य तैरिह कुकर्मभिरायुरेतत् ॥ ४१ ॥

sarva eva narā mohāddurāśāpāśapāśinaḥ ,
doṣagulmakasāraṅgā viśīrṇā janmajaṅgale ,
saṃkṣīyate jagati janmaparamparāsu lokasya tairiha kukarmabhirāyuretat 41

41. sarve eva narāḥ mohāt durāśāpāśapāśinaḥ
doṣagulmakasāraṅgāḥ viśīrṇāḥ janmajaṅgale
saṃkṣīyate jagati janmaparamparāsu
lokasya taiḥ iha kukarmabhiḥ āyuḥ etat

41. sarve eva narāḥ mohāt durāśāpāśapāśinaḥ
doṣagulmakasāraṅgāḥ janmajaṅgale
viśīrṇāḥ iha jagati taiḥ kukarmabhiḥ lokasya
etat āyuḥ janmaparamparāsu saṃkṣīyate

41. All people, deluded, are ensnared by the bonds of unwholesome desires. They are like deer lost and scattered amidst the thickets of their own faults within the dense forest of repeated births (saṃsāra). In this world, the lifespan of people is wasted away by these unwholesome actions (karma) through successive existences (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, whole, entire

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people, human beings

• मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion, out of confusion, due to infatuation

• दुराशापाशपाशिनः (durāśāpāśapāśinaḥ) - tied by the ropes of evil desires, ensnared by the bonds of unwholesome desires

• दोषगुल्मकसारङ्गाः (doṣagulmakasāraṅgāḥ) - deer in the thickets of faults

• विशीर्णाः (viśīrṇāḥ) - scattered, wasted away, perished, decayed

• जन्मजङ्गले (janmajaṅgale) - in the forest of existence (saṃsāra)

• संक्षीयते (saṁkṣīyate) - diminishes, wastes away, perishes, is exhausted

• जगति (jagati) - in the world, in the universe

• जन्मपरम्परासु (janmaparamparāsu) - in the successions of births, in the series of existences

• लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the people, of the world, of an individual

• तैः (taiḥ) - by them, by those

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• कुकर्मभिः (kukarmabhiḥ) - by bad actions, by evil deeds

• आयुः (āyuḥ) - lifespan, life, duration of life

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वे (sarve) - all, whole, entire

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, whole, entire

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

(indeclinable)

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people, human beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human being

मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion, out of confusion, due to infatuation

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, confusion, infatuation, bewilderment

Root: muh (class 4)

दुराशापाशपाशिनः (durāśāpāśapāśinaḥ) - tied by the ropes of evil desires, ensnared by the bonds of unwholesome desires

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durāśāpāśapāśin

durāśāpāśapāśin - one who is tied by the ropes of evil desires

Compound type : tatpurusha (durāśā+pāśa+pāśin)

• durāśā – evil desire, bad hope
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: dur
  Root: āś (class 5)
• pāśa – rope, fetter, bond, snare
  noun (masculine)
• pāśin – one who has a rope, one who is tied, ensnared
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix -in

Note: qualifying "narāḥ"

दोषगुल्मकसारङ्गाः (doṣagulmakasāraṅgāḥ) - deer in the thickets of faults

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of doṣagulmakasāraṅga

doṣagulmakasāraṅga - a deer in a thicket of faults

Compound type : tatpurusha (doṣa+gulmaka+sāraṅga)

• doṣa – fault, defect, vice
  noun (masculine)
  Root: duṣ (class 4)
• gulmaka – thicket, shrub, bush
  noun (masculine)
• sāraṅga – deer, antelope
  noun (masculine)

Note: metaphorically refers to people as deer

विशीर्णाः (viśīrṇāḥ) - scattered, wasted away, perished, decayed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viśīrṇa

viśīrṇa - scattered, decayed, withered, perished

Past Passive Participle

from root śṝ + vi

Prefix: vi

Root: śṝ (class 9)

Note: qualifying "narāḥ"

जन्मजङ्गले (janmajaṅgale) - in the forest of existence (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of janmajaṅgala

janmajaṅgala - forest of birth/existence

Compound type : tatpurusha (janma+jaṅgala)

• janma – birth, existence, life
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• jaṅgala – forest, wilderness, thicket
  noun (masculine)

Note: A common metaphor for saṃsāra (cycle of rebirth).

संक्षीयते (saṁkṣīyate) - diminishes, wastes away, perishes, is exhausted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of saṃkṣī

Present Middle Passive

Prefix: sam

Root: kṣi (class 5)

जगति (jagati) - in the world, in the universe

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living

Root: gam (class 1)

जन्मपरम्परासु (janmaparamparāsu) - in the successions of births, in the series of existences

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of janmaparamparā

janmaparamparā - succession of births/existences

Compound type : tatpurusha (janma+paramparā)

• janma – birth, existence, life
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• paramparā – succession, series, tradition
  noun (feminine)

Note: Related to saṃsāra (cycle of rebirth).

लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the people, of the world, of an individual

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, individual

तैः (taiḥ) - by them, by those

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to 'kukarman'.

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

कुकर्मभिः (kukarmabhiḥ) - by bad actions, by evil deeds

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of kukarman

kukarman - bad action, evil deed

Compound type : tatpurusha (ku+karman)

• ku – bad, evil, wicked (prefix)
  indeclinable
• karman – action, deed, work (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  root kṛ (to do) + suffix -man
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

आयुः (āyuḥ) - lifespan, life, duration of life

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āyus

āyus - lifespan, life, duration of life

Note: Subject of "saṃkṣīyate".

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: qualifying "āyuḥ"