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).

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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