योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-70, verse-21

एकवस्त्वतिरागाणामहो नु विषमा गतिः ।
देहोऽपि तृणवत्त्यक्तो राक्षस्या निजयेच्छया ॥ २१ ॥

ekavastvatirāgāṇāmaho nu viṣamā gatiḥ ,
deho'pi tṛṇavattyakto rākṣasyā nijayecchayā 21

21. ekavastvatirāgāṇām aho nu viṣamā gatiḥ dehaḥ
api tṛṇavat tyaktaḥ rākṣasyā nijayecchayā

21. aho nu ekavastvatirāgāṇām viṣamā gatiḥ rākṣasyā
nijayecchayā dehaḥ api tṛṇavat tyaktaḥ

21. Oh, indeed, what a dire consequence (gati) for those with excessive attachment to a single object! Even her own body was abandoned by the female demon (rākṣasī) like a blade of grass, by her desire for victory.

Words meanings summery:

• एकवस्त्वतिरागाणाम् (ekavastvatirāgāṇām) - of those excessively attached to one thing

• अहो (aho) - an exclamation of surprise or wonder (Oh!, Ah!, Alas!)

• नु (nu) - emphasizes the preceding exclamation 'aho' (indeed, surely, now, then)

• विषमा (viṣamā) - dire, referring to the consequence (gati) (uneven, difficult, dire, dangerous)

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - state or consequence, referring to the outcome of excessive attachment (motion, course, path, state, condition, destiny, consequence)

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body

• अपि (api) - emphasizes that 'even' the body was abandoned (even, also, too)

• तृणवत् (tṛṇavat) - indicating something treated as utterly worthless (like grass, like a blade of grass)

• त्यक्तः (tyaktaḥ) - abandoned, given up, renounced

• राक्षस्या (rākṣasyā) - by the female demon

• निजयेच्छया (nijayecchayā) - by her own desire for victory; by her will to conquer

Words meanings and morphology

एकवस्त्वतिरागाणाम् (ekavastvatirāgāṇām) - of those excessively attached to one thing

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ekavastvatirāga

ekavastvatirāga - excessive attachment to one object

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (eka+vastu+ati+rāga)

• eka – one, single
  numeral (masculine)
• vastu – object, thing, substance
  noun (neuter)
• ati – over, beyond, excessively
  indeclinable
• rāga – color, hue, passion, attachment, love, desire
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root 'rañj'
  Root: rañj (class 1)

अहो (aho) - an exclamation of surprise or wonder (Oh!, Ah!, Alas!)

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - emphasizes the preceding exclamation 'aho' (indeed, surely, now, then)

(indeclinable)

विषमा (viṣamā) - dire, referring to the consequence (gati) (uneven, difficult, dire, dangerous)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viṣama

viṣama - uneven, difficult, dire, dangerous, unequal

गतिः (gatiḥ) - state or consequence, referring to the outcome of excessive attachment (motion, course, path, state, condition, destiny, consequence)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - motion, course, path, state, condition, destiny, consequence

Derived from the root 'gam'

Root: gam (class 1)

देहः (dehaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

Root: dih (class 4)

अपि (api) - emphasizes that 'even' the body was abandoned (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

तृणवत् (tṛṇavat) - indicating something treated as utterly worthless (like grass, like a blade of grass)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tṛṇa' (grass) with suffix '-vat'

त्यक्तः (tyaktaḥ) - abandoned, given up, renounced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tyakta

tyakta - abandoned, given up, renounced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'tyaj'

Root: tyaj (class 1)

राक्षस्या (rākṣasyā) - by the female demon

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - female demon, ogress

निजयेच्छया (nijayecchayā) - by her own desire for victory; by her will to conquer

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of nijayecchā

nijayecchā - own desire for victory, will to conquer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nija+jaya+icchā)

• nija – own, innate, natural
  adjective (masculine)
• jaya – victory, triumph, conquest
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root 'ji'
  Root: ji (class 1)
• icchā – desire, wish, will
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from the root 'iṣ'
  Root: iṣ (class 6)