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योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-33, verse-35

रक्तमांसास्थियन्त्राणि बहून्यतितराणि च ।
पदार्थानभिकर्षन्ति नास्ति तेषु सचेतनः ॥ ३५ ॥
raktamāṃsāsthiyantrāṇi bahūnyatitarāṇi ca ,
padārthānabhikarṣanti nāsti teṣu sacetanaḥ 35
35. rakta-māṃsa-asthi-yantrāṇi bahūni atitarāṇi ca
padārthān abhikarṣanti na asti teṣu sacetanaḥ
35. bahūni atitarāṇi ca rakta-māṃsa-asthi-yantrāṇi
padārthān abhikarṣanti teṣu sacetanaḥ na asti
35. These many, extremely intricate mechanisms of blood, flesh, and bones attract material objects, yet there is no conscious being within them.

Words meanings summery:

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  • रक्त-मांस-अस्थि-यन्त्राणि (rakta-māṁsa-asthi-yantrāṇi) - bodies that are intricate mechanisms made of blood, flesh, and bones (machines of blood, flesh, and bones; bodies (composed of blood, flesh, and bones))
  • बहूनि (bahūni) - many; numerous
  • अतितराणि (atitarāṇi) - extremely numerous or intricate (exceedingly; very much; extremely; numerous)
  • (ca) - and; also
  • पदार्थान् (padārthān) - material objects of sense perception (objects; material things; categories)
  • अभिकर्षन्ति (abhikarṣanti) - they attract; they draw; they pull towards
  • (na) - not; no
  • अस्ति (asti) - is; exists
  • तेषु (teṣu) - in these mechanisms/bodies (in them; among them)
  • सचेतनः (sacetanaḥ) - a conscious being; a sentient being; conscious

Words meanings and morphology

रक्त-मांस-अस्थि-यन्त्राणि (rakta-māṁsa-asthi-yantrāṇi) - bodies that are intricate mechanisms made of blood, flesh, and bones (machines of blood, flesh, and bones; bodies (composed of blood, flesh, and bones))
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of rakta-māṃsa-asthi-yantra
rakta-māṁsa-asthi-yantra - machine or mechanism made of blood, flesh, and bones
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rakta+māṃsa+asthi+yantra)
  • rakta – blood; red
    noun (neuter)
  • māṃsa – flesh; meat
    noun (neuter)
  • asthi – bone
    noun (neuter)
  • yantra – machine; instrument; device; mechanism
    noun (neuter)
बहूनि (bahūni) - many; numerous
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of bahu
bahu - many; much; numerous
अतितराणि (atitarāṇi) - extremely numerous or intricate (exceedingly; very much; extremely; numerous)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of atitara
atitara - exceeding; too much; very much; extremely; superior
From 'ati' (prefix for excess) + 'tara' (comparative suffix, but here used to imply 'exceedingly')
(ca) - and; also
(indeclinable)
पदार्थान् (padārthān) - material objects of sense perception (objects; material things; categories)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of padārtha
padārtha - object; thing; material substance; category of reality; meaning of a word
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pada+artha)
  • pada – word; step; foot
    noun (neuter)
  • artha – meaning; purpose; object; wealth
    noun (masculine)
अभिकर्षन्ति (abhikarṣanti) - they attract; they draw; they pull towards
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of abhikarṣ
Prefix: abhi
Root: kṛṣ (class 1)
(na) - not; no
(indeclinable)
अस्ति (asti) - is; exists
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
तेषु (teṣu) - in these mechanisms/bodies (in them; among them)
(pronoun)
Locative, neuter, plural of tad
tad - that; those
Note: Refers to 'rakta-māṃsa-asthi-yantrāṇi'
सचेतनः (sacetanaḥ) - a conscious being; a sentient being; conscious
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sacetana
sacetana - conscious; sentient; endowed with consciousness
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+cetana)
  • sa – with; accompanied by
    indeclinable
  • cetana – conscious; sentient; consciousness
    adjective
Note: Used substantively to mean 'a conscious being'.