योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-5, verse-15

संसारकुहरादस्मान्निर्गन्तव्यं स्वयं बलात् ।
पौरुषं यत्नमाश्रित्य हरिणेवारिपञ्जरात् ॥ १५ ॥

saṃsārakuharādasmānnirgantavyaṃ svayaṃ balāt ,
pauruṣaṃ yatnamāśritya hariṇevāripañjarāt 15

15. saṃsāra-kuharāt asmāt nirgantavyam svayam balāt
pauruṣam yatnam āśritya hariṇā iva ari-pañjarāt

15. asmāt saṃsāra-kuharāt svayam balāt pauruṣam yatnam
āśritya nirgantavyam hariṇā iva ari-pañjarāt

15. From this cavern of the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra), one must escape by oneself, with strength, relying on manly effort, just as a lion breaks free from an enemy's cage.

Words meanings summery:

• संसार-कुहरात् (saṁsāra-kuharāt) - from the deep, confining nature of worldly existence (saṃsāra) (from the cavern/cave of (saṃsāra))

• अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this, from here

• निर्गन्तव्यम् (nirgantavyam) - to be gone out, to be escaped, to be exited

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, spontaneously

• बलात् (balāt) - by force, by strength, forcibly

• पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - of heroic or vigorous human effort (manly, heroic, human, potent)

• यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort, exertion, endeavor, attempt

• आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in, having relied upon, having adopted

• हरिणा (hariṇā) - by a lion (given the context of breaking out of a cage) (by a lion, by a deer)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अरि-पञ्जरात् (ari-pañjarāt) - from an enemy's cage

Words meanings and morphology

संसार-कुहरात् (saṁsāra-kuharāt) - from the deep, confining nature of worldly existence (saṃsāra) (from the cavern/cave of (saṃsāra))

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of saṃsāra-kuhara

saṁsāra-kuhara - the cavern of transmigration

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃsāra+kuhara)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  From 'sam' + root 'sṛ' (to flow, move)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• kuhara – cave, cavern, hole, hollow
  noun (neuter)

अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this, from here

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'saṃsāra-kuharāt'

निर्गन्तव्यम् (nirgantavyam) - to be gone out, to be escaped, to be exited

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirgantavya

nirgantavya - to be gone out, to be escaped, to be exited

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

From 'nir' (out) + root 'gam' (to go) + suffix '-tavya'

Prefix: nir

Root: gam (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

बलात् (balāt) - by force, by strength, forcibly

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, might

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'with force' or 'forcibly'

पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - of heroic or vigorous human effort (manly, heroic, human, potent)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - manly, heroic, human, virile, potent

From 'puruṣa' (man) + 'aṇ' suffix

Note: Qualifies 'yatnam'

यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort, exertion, endeavor, attempt

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, endeavor, attempt, care

From root 'yat' (to strive)

Root: yat (class 1)

आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in, having relied upon, having adopted

(indeclinable)

absolutive

From 'ā' (towards) + root 'śri' (to resort to) + absolutive suffix '-ya'

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

हरिणा (hariṇā) - by a lion (given the context of breaking out of a cage) (by a lion, by a deer)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hariṇa

hariṇa - deer, antelope, lion, horse

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अरि-पञ्जरात् (ari-pañjarāt) - from an enemy's cage

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ari-pañjara

ari-pañjara - enemy's cage

Compound type : tatpurusha (ari+pañjara)

• ari – enemy, foe, adversary
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'ṛ' (to go, move)
  Root: ṛ (class 1)
• pañjara – cage, network, framework
  noun (neuter)