योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-9, verse-23

श्रीराम उवाच ।
प्राक्तनं वासनाजालं नियोजयति मां यथा ।
मुने तथैव तिष्ठामि कृपणः किं करोम्यहम् ॥ २३ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
prāktanaṃ vāsanājālaṃ niyojayati māṃ yathā ,
mune tathaiva tiṣṭhāmi kṛpaṇaḥ kiṃ karomyaham 23

23. śrīrāma uvāca prāktanam vāsanājālam niyojayati mām
yathā mune tathā eva tiṣṭhāmi kṛpaṇaḥ kim karomi aham

23. śrīrāma uvāca.
mune yathā prāktanam vāsanājālam mām niyojayati,
tathā eva kṛpaṇaḥ aham tiṣṭhāmi.
kim karomi?

23. Śrī Rāma said: "O sage, just as the network of past latent impressions (vāsanā) impels me, exactly so do I remain helpless. What can I, a wretched one, do?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• प्राक्तनम् (prāktanam) - ancient, former, pertaining to the past, from previous existence

• वासनाजालम् (vāsanājālam) - network of past latent impressions (vāsanā) (network of latent impressions, web of vāsanās)

• नियोजयति (niyojayati) - impels, directs, employs, assigns

• माम् (mām) - me

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• मुने (mune) - O sage, O ascetic

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

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

• तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand, I remain, I abide

• कृपणः (kṛpaṇaḥ) - miserable, wretched, helpless, poor

• किम् (kim) - what, why, whether

• करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma (an honorific proper name)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – splendor, prosperity, revered, holy
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (name of the deity/prince)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Tense (lit), Parasmaipada

Formed from root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

प्राक्तनम् (prāktanam) - ancient, former, pertaining to the past, from previous existence

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prāktana

prāktana - ancient, former, pertaining to the past, from previous existence

Derived from prāc (east/past) + ktana suffix.

Note: Modifies vāsanājālam.

वासनाजालम् (vāsanājālam) - network of past latent impressions (vāsanā) (network of latent impressions, web of vāsanās)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāsanājāla

vāsanājāla - network of latent impressions, web of vāsanās

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāsanā+jāla)

• vāsanā – latent impression, subconscious tendency, desire, mental conditioning
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vas (class 1)
• jāla – net, web, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of niyojayati.

नियोजयति (niyojayati) - impels, directs, employs, assigns

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ni-yuj

Present Tense, Causative, Parasmaipada

Formed from ni + root yuj + causative suffix ṇic.

Prefix: ni

Root: yuj (class 7)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

Accusative singular of aham.

Note: Object of niyojayati.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

मुने (mune) - O sage, O ascetic

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, silent one

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Addressed to Vasiṣṭha.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand, I remain, I abide

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Present Tense, Parasmaipada

Formed from root sthā.

Root: sthā (class 1)

कृपणः (kṛpaṇaḥ) - miserable, wretched, helpless, poor

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛpaṇa

kṛpaṇa - miserable, wretched, helpless, poor, pitiable

From root kṛp (to pity).

Root: kṛp (class 1)

Note: Modifies aham.

किम् (kim) - what, why, whether

(indeclinable)

करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present Tense, Parasmaipada

Formed from root kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

Nominative singular of aham.

Note: Subject of karomi.