योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-27, verse-18

वासनातन्तुबद्धा ये आशापाशवशीकृताः ।
वश्यतां यान्ति ते लोके रज्जुबद्धाः खगा इव ॥ १८ ॥

vāsanātantubaddhā ye āśāpāśavaśīkṛtāḥ ,
vaśyatāṃ yānti te loke rajjubaddhāḥ khagā iva 18

18. vāsanā-tantu-baddhāḥ ye āśā-pāśa-vaśīkṛtāḥ
vaśyatām yānti te loke rajju-baddhāḥ khagāḥ iva

18. ye vāsanā-tantu-baddhāḥ āśā-pāśa-vaśīkṛtāḥ te
loke rajju-baddhāḥ khagāḥ iva vaśyatām yānti

18. Those who are bound by the threads of their latent impressions (vāsanā) and captivated by the snares of desire, they fall into subservience in this world, just like birds bound by ropes.

Words meanings summery:

• वासना-तन्तु-बद्धाः (vāsanā-tantu-baddhāḥ) - bound by threads of latent impressions/desires

• ये (ye) - those who (those who, which)

• आशा-पाश-वशीकृताः (āśā-pāśa-vaśīkṛtāḥ) - captivated by the snares of desire (subdued by the fetters of hope/desire)

• वश्यताम् (vaśyatām) - subservience (subservience, subjection, obedience)

• यान्ति (yānti) - they fall into, they attain (they go, they move, they obtain, they attain)

• ते (te) - they

• लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, in the realm)

• रज्जु-बद्धाः (rajju-baddhāḥ) - bound by ropes

• खगाः (khagāḥ) - birds (birds, those moving in the sky)

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as it were)

Words meanings and morphology

वासना-तन्तु-बद्धाः (vāsanā-tantu-baddhāḥ) - bound by threads of latent impressions/desires

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāsanā-tantu-baddha

vāsanā-tantu-baddha - bound by threads of latent impressions/desires

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāsanā+tantu+baddha)

• vāsanā – latent impression, desire, inclination, mental predisposition
  noun (feminine)
  From root √vas 'to dwell, inhabit' with suffix ana
  Root: vas (class 1)
• tantu – thread, string, cord
  noun (masculine)
• baddha – bound, tied, fettered, imprisoned
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √bandh 'to bind'
  Root: bandh (class 9)

ये (ye) - those who (those who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

आशा-पाश-वशीकृताः (āśā-pāśa-vaśīkṛtāḥ) - captivated by the snares of desire (subdued by the fetters of hope/desire)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āśā-pāśa-vaśīkṛta

āśā-pāśa-vaśīkṛta - subdued by the fetters of hope/desire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āśā+pāśa+vaśīkṛta)

• āśā – hope, expectation, desire
  noun (feminine)
  From root √aś 'to obtain, reach' with prefix ā and suffix a
  Prefix: ā
  Root: aś (class 5)
• pāśa – fetter, snare, noose, trap
  noun (masculine)
• vaśīkṛta – subdued, made subservient, captivated, brought under control
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vaśī-kṛ, root √kṛ 'to do, make' with nominal stem vaśī
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

वश्यताम् (vaśyatām) - subservience (subservience, subjection, obedience)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vaśyatā

vaśyatā - subservience, subjection, dependence, obedience

Derived from vaśya ('obedient') with suffix -tā ('state of being')

यान्ति (yānti) - they fall into, they attain (they go, they move, they obtain, they attain)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, in the realm)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, public

Root: lok (class 1)

रज्जु-बद्धाः (rajju-baddhāḥ) - bound by ropes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rajju-baddha

rajju-baddha - bound by ropes

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rajju+baddha)

• rajju – rope, cord, string
  noun (feminine)
• baddha – bound, tied, fettered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √bandh 'to bind'
  Root: bandh (class 9)

खगाः (khagāḥ) - birds (birds, those moving in the sky)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of khaga

khaga - bird, an arrow, a planet, one who moves in the sky

Compound of kha 'sky' and ga 'going' (from root √gam)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (kha+ga)

• kha – sky, ether, space, zero
  noun (neuter)
• ga – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/suffix
  Suffix -ga after root √gam 'to go'
  Root: gam (class 1)

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)