योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-114, verse-28

तथैवेयमविद्येह भवबन्धनबन्धनी ।
चपला न सुखायैव बालेन कलिता दृढा ॥ २८ ॥

tathaiveyamavidyeha bhavabandhanabandhanī ,
capalā na sukhāyaiva bālena kalitā dṛḍhā 28

28. tathā eva iyam avidyā iha bhava-bandhana-bandhanī
capalā na sukhāya eva bālena kalitā dṛḍhā

28. iha iyam avidyā bhava-bandhana-bandhanī tathā eva capalā ca na sukhāya eva (asti),
bālena dṛḍhā kalitā (asti).

28. This ignorance (avidyā) here, which binds one to the cycle of existence (saṃsāra), is fickle and certainly does not lead to happiness, yet it is firmly grasped by a foolish person.

Words meanings summery:

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

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• इयम् (iyam) - this, she

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, nescience

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

• भव-बन्धन-बन्धनी (bhava-bandhana-bandhanī) - that which binds to the fetters of worldly existence or the cycle of rebirth

• चपला (capalā) - fickle, unsteady, transient, restless

• न (na) - not, no

• सुखाय (sukhāya) - for happiness, for comfort, for pleasure

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• बालेन (bālena) - by a child, by a foolish person, by an ignorant person

• कलिता (kalitā) - firmly grasped or conceived (by the ignorant) (grasped, understood, taken hold of, reckoned)

• दृढा (dṛḍhā) - firm, strong, rigid, hard, steady

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

इयम् (iyam) - this, she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, nescience

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'vidyā' (knowledge).

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine noun derived from the root 'vid' (to know).
  Root: vid (class 2)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

(indeclinable)

भव-बन्धन-बन्धनी (bhava-bandhana-bandhanī) - that which binds to the fetters of worldly existence or the cycle of rebirth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhava-bandhana-bandhanī

bhava-bandhana-bandhanī - that which binds to the bondage of existence/saṃsāra

A compound descriptive noun.

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhava+bandhana+bandhanī)

• bhava – existence, birth, becoming, the world, saṃsāra
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root 'bhū' (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bandhana – bondage, fetter, binding
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from the root 'bandh' (to bind).
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• bandhanī – one that binds, a female binder, a fetter
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine agent noun from 'bandh' (to bind).
  Root: bandh (class 9)

चपला (capalā) - fickle, unsteady, transient, restless

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of capalā

capalā - fickle, unsteady, transient, restless

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सुखाय (sukhāya) - for happiness, for comfort, for pleasure

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, comfort, pleasure

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

बालेन (bālena) - by a child, by a foolish person, by an ignorant person

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young, ignorant, foolish

कलिता (kalitā) - firmly grasped or conceived (by the ignorant) (grasped, understood, taken hold of, reckoned)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalita

kalita - grasped, understood, considered, counted

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the root 'kal' (to count, to hold) with the suffix -ta.

Root: kal (class 1)

दृढा (dṛḍhā) - firm, strong, rigid, hard, steady

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛḍha

dṛḍha - firm, strong, rigid, hard, steady