योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-11, verse-57

स्वेच्छयात्मात्मनो ब्रह्मन्भावयित्वैष विस्मृतिम् ।
करोति कठिनं बन्धं कोशकारकृमिर्यथा ॥ ५७ ॥

svecchayātmātmano brahmanbhāvayitvaiṣa vismṛtim ,
karoti kaṭhinaṃ bandhaṃ kośakārakṛmiryathā 57

57. sva-icchayā ātmā ātmanaḥ brahman bhāvayitvā eṣa
vismṛtim karoti kaṭhinam bandham kośakāra-kṛmiḥ yathā

57. brahman eṣaḥ ātmā sva-icchayā ātmanaḥ vismṛtim
bhāvayitvā kaṭhinam bandham karoti yathā kośakāra-kṛmiḥ

57. O Brahman, this self (ātman), by its own will, having conceived forgetfulness for itself, creates a strong bondage, just as a silkworm does.

Words meanings summery:

• स्व-इच्छया (sva-icchayā) - by its own will (by one's own will, by free will)

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman) (the self, the soul, the essence)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - for itself (of the self, for the self, from the self)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman (referring to the interlocutor, possibly a sage or deity) (O Brahman, O divine one)

• भावयित्वा (bhāvayitvā) - having conceived (forgetfulness) (having caused to be, having imagined, having conceived, having created)

• एष (eṣa) - this (self/ātman) (this, this one)

• विस्मृतिम् (vismṛtim) - forgetfulness (forgetfulness, oblivion, absence of memory)

• करोति (karoti) - creates (makes, does, performs, creates)

• कठिनम् (kaṭhinam) - strong (bondage) (hard, difficult, severe, strong)

• बन्धम् (bandham) - bondage (bondage, tie, fetter, confinement)

• कोशकार-कृमिः (kośakāra-kṛmiḥ) - silkworm (silkworm, cocoon-making worm)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

Words meanings and morphology

स्व-इच्छया (sva-icchayā) - by its own will (by one's own will, by free will)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sva-icchā

sva-icchā - one's own will, free will, self-desire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+icchā)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• icchā – will, desire, wish
  noun (feminine)
  From root iṣ (to wish, desire).
  Root: iṣ (class 6)

आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman) (the self, the soul, the essence)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature

Root: an (class 2)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - for itself (of the self, for the self, from the self)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Here used in the sense of 'for oneself' or 'of oneself'.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman (referring to the interlocutor, possibly a sage or deity) (O Brahman, O divine one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, the ultimate reality, a sage, a priest

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Used as an address.

भावयित्वा (bhāvayitvā) - having conceived (forgetfulness) (having caused to be, having imagined, having conceived, having created)

(indeclinable)

absolutival participle (ktvā)

Causative stem of root bhū (to be, to become).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Absolutive participle, meaning "having done X".

एष (eṣa) - this (self/ātman) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'ātmā'.

विस्मृतिम् (vismṛtim) - forgetfulness (forgetfulness, oblivion, absence of memory)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vismṛti

vismṛti - forgetfulness, oblivion, error, absence of memory

From prefix vi + root smṛ (to remember).

Prefix: vi

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'bhāvayitvā'.

करोति (karoti) - creates (makes, does, performs, creates)

(verb)

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

present active

Class 8 verb (tanādi gaṇa).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कठिनम् (kaṭhinam) - strong (bondage) (hard, difficult, severe, strong)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kaṭhina

kaṭhina - hard, difficult, severe, strong, harsh

Note: Qualifies 'bandham'.

बन्धम् (bandham) - bondage (bondage, tie, fetter, confinement)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bandha

bandha - bondage, tie, fetter, confinement, union

From root bandh (to bind).

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Object of 'karoti'.

कोशकार-कृमिः (kośakāra-kṛmiḥ) - silkworm (silkworm, cocoon-making worm)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kośakāra-kṛmi

kośakāra-kṛmi - silkworm, cocoon-making worm

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kośakāra+kṛmi)

• kośakāra – cocoon-maker
  noun (masculine)
  From kośa (cocoon) + kāra (maker).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kṛmi – worm, insect
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used in comparison.

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

(indeclinable)