योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-27, verse-37

दामव्यालकटास्त्वेते युद्धाभ्यासवशेन च ।
अहंकारमयीं मत्तास्ते ग्रहीष्यन्ति वासनाम् ॥ ३७ ॥

dāmavyālakaṭāstvete yuddhābhyāsavaśena ca ,
ahaṃkāramayīṃ mattāste grahīṣyanti vāsanām 37

37. dāmavyālakatāḥ tu ete yuddhābhyāsavaśena ca |
ahaṅkāramayīm mattāḥ te grahīṣyanti vāsanām || 37 ||

37. tu ete dāmavyālakatāḥ yuddhābhyāsavaśena ca
mattāḥ te ahaṅkāramayīm vāsanām grahīṣyanti 37

37. Indeed, these, who are like wild elephants bound with ropes, intoxicated by the force of their martial practice, will seize upon an egoistic latent impression (vāsanā).

Words meanings summery:

• दामव्यालकताः (dāmavyālakatāḥ) - Referring to warriors who are powerful but possibly constrained by their own nature or overconfidence. (like wild elephants bound with ropes)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• एते (ete) - these (masculine plural)

• युद्धाभ्यासवशेन (yuddhābhyāsavaśena) - by the power/force of battle practice, by the habit of war

• च (ca) - and, also

• अहङ्कारमयीम् (ahaṅkāramayīm) - full of ego, egoistic, consisting of ego

• मत्ताः (mattāḥ) - intoxicated, maddened, proud, excited

• ते (te) - they (masculine plural)

• ग्रहीष्यन्ति (grahīṣyanti) - will seize, will grasp, will take

• वासनाम् (vāsanām) - latent impression, desire, tendency

Words meanings and morphology

दामव्यालकताः (dāmavyālakatāḥ) - Referring to warriors who are powerful but possibly constrained by their own nature or overconfidence. (like wild elephants bound with ropes)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dāmavyālakata

dāmavyālakata - one who is like a wild elephant bound by ropes; (metaphorically) powerful but restrained or controlled

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dāma+vyāla+kata)

• dāma – rope, chain, cord, garland
  noun (neuter)
• vyāla – wild animal (especially an elephant or snake), vicious, fierce
  noun (masculine)
• kata – mat, side of an elephant's temple, bound, encompassed, crowd
  noun (masculine)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these (masculine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etas

etas - this (near the speaker), these

युद्धाभ्यासवशेन (yuddhābhyāsavaśena) - by the power/force of battle practice, by the habit of war

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yuddhābhyāsavaśa

yuddhābhyāsavaśa - power/force of battle practice, by the habit of war

Compound type : tatpurusha (yuddha+abhyāsa+vaśa)

• yuddha – battle, fight, war
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (used as noun)
  From root 'yudh' (to fight).
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• abhyāsa – practice, exercise, repetition, habit
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'as' (to throw, cast) with upasarga 'abhi'.
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: as (class 4)
• vaśa – will, desire, control, power, force
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अहङ्कारमयीम् (ahaṅkāramayīm) - full of ego, egoistic, consisting of ego

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ahaṅkāramaya

ahaṅkāramaya - full of ego, egoistic, consisting of ego (ahaṅkāra)

Derived from 'ahaṅkāra' with suffix '-maya' (full of, consisting of).

Compound type : tatpurusha (ahaṅkāra+maya)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, egoism, self-consciousness, pride
  noun (masculine)
• maya – consisting of, full of, made of
  suffix (masculine)
  Taddhita suffix indicating material or abundance.

मत्ताः (mattāḥ) - intoxicated, maddened, proud, excited

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of matta

matta - intoxicated, maddened, proud, excited, lustful

Past Passive Participle (used as adjective)

From root 'mad' (to be intoxicated, delighted).

Root: mad (class 4)

ते (te) - they (masculine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

ग्रहीष्यन्ति (grahīṣyanti) - will seize, will grasp, will take

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of grah

Future tense, third person plural

Root: grah (class 9)

वासनाम् (vāsanām) - latent impression, desire, tendency

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, tendency, habit, desire, perfume

From root 'vas' (to dwell, to perfume).

Root: vas (class 1)