योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-110, verse-11

वासनावागुराकृष्टो मनोहरिणको नृणाम् ।
परां विवशतामेति संसारवनगुल्मके ॥ ११ ॥

vāsanāvāgurākṛṣṭo manohariṇako nṛṇām ,
parāṃ vivaśatāmeti saṃsāravanagulmake 11

11. vāsanāvāgurākṛṣṭaḥ manaḥ hariṇakaḥ nṛṇām
parām vivaśatām eti saṃsāravanagulmake

11. nṛṇām manaḥ hariṇakaḥ vāsanāvāgurākṛṣṭaḥ
saṃsāravanagulmake parām vivaśatām eti

11. The deer-like mind of human beings, when ensnared by the net of latent impressions (vāsanā), falls into utter helplessness within the thickets of the forest of transmigration (saṃsāra).

11. אייל החשיבה של בני האדם, הנלכד ברשת הרשמים והתשוקות (וָאסָנָאה), שוקע בחוסר אונים מוחלט בסבך היער של הַסַּמְסָארָה (סבך הקיום התופעתי).

Words meanings summery:

• वासनावागुराकृष्टः (vāsanāvāgurākṛṣṭaḥ) - drawn/attracted/ensnared by the net of desires/latent impressions.

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect.

• हरिणकः (hariṇakaḥ) - Refers to the mind being compared to a deer. (a small deer, a fawn; deer-like.)

• नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of humans, of men.

• पराम् (parām) - supreme, ultimate, highest, greatest.

• विवशताम् (vivaśatām) - helplessness, powerlessness, dependency.

• एति (eti) - goes, attains, reaches.

• संसारवनगुल्मके (saṁsāravanagulmake) - in the thicket of the forest of transmigration/worldly existence (saṃsāra).

Words meanings and morphology

वासनावागुराकृष्टः (vāsanāvāgurākṛṣṭaḥ) - drawn/attracted/ensnared by the net of desires/latent impressions.

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsanāvāgurākṛṣṭa

vāsanāvāgurākṛṣṭa - drawn by the net of desires/latent impressions

Past Passive Participle

Compound of vāsanā-vāgurā (net of desires) and ākṛṣṭa (drawn).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāsanā+vāgurā+ākṛṣṭa)

• vāsanā – latent impression, desire (vāsanā)
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vas (class 1)
• vāgurā – net, snare, trap
  noun (feminine)
• ākṛṣṭa – drawn, pulled, attracted, ensnared
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From ā-kṛṣ + kta suffix.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies hariṇakaḥ.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect.

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, consciousness

Root: man (class 4)

Note: The ḥ here is due to internal sandhi of a compound. The base is manas.

हरिणकः (hariṇakaḥ) - Refers to the mind being compared to a deer. (a small deer, a fawn; deer-like.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hariṇaka

hariṇaka - small deer, fawn, deer-like

Diminutive of hariṇa (deer).

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Serves as the subject of the sentence.

नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of humans, of men.

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, human, hero

पराम् (parām) - supreme, ultimate, highest, greatest.

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of para

para - supreme, ultimate, highest, greatest, distant, other

Note: Agrees with vivaśatām.

विवशताम् (vivaśatām) - helplessness, powerlessness, dependency.

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vivaśatā

vivaśatā - helplessness, powerlessness, dependency, compulsion

Derived from vivaśa (helpless) + tā (suffix forming abstract noun).

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Object of the verb eti.

एति (eti) - goes, attains, reaches.

(verb)

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

present active

Root: i (class 2)

संसारवनगुल्मके (saṁsāravanagulmake) - in the thicket of the forest of transmigration/worldly existence (saṃsāra).

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃsāravanagulmaka

saṁsāravanagulmaka - thicket of the forest of transmigration/worldly existence (saṃsāra)

Compound of saṃsāra (transmigration) + vana (forest) + gulmaka (thicket).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+vana+gulmaka)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, worldly existence, cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  From saṃ-sṛ.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
  Root: van (class 1)
• gulmaka – thicket, bush, shrub, cluster
  noun (masculine)
  Diminutive of gulma.

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