योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-42, verse-31

इति शक्तिमयं चेतो घनाहंकारतां गतम् ।
कोशकारक्रिमिरिव स्वेच्छया याति बन्धनम् ॥ ३१ ॥

iti śaktimayaṃ ceto ghanāhaṃkāratāṃ gatam ,
kośakārakrimiriva svecchayā yāti bandhanam 31

31. iti śakti-mayam cetaḥ ghana-ahaṅkāra-tām gatam |
kośa-kāra-krimiḥ iva sva-icchayā yāti bandhanam ||

31. iti śakti-mayam cetaḥ ghana-ahaṅkāra-tām gatam
kośa-kāra-krimiḥ iva sva-icchayā bandhanam yāti

31. Thus, the mind (cetas), which is full of power (śakti), having attained a state of dense ego (ahaṅkāra), goes into bondage by its own will, just like the silkworm [traps itself in its cocoon].

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, to this effect

• शक्ति-मयम् (śakti-mayam) - full of power, consisting of energy

• चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind, consciousness

• घन-अहङ्कार-ताम् (ghana-ahaṅkāra-tām) - a state of dense egoism, profound self-identification

• गतम् (gatam) - having gone, having attained, having reached

• कोश-कार-क्रिमिः (kośa-kāra-krimiḥ) - a cocoon-making worm, silkworm

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• स्व-इच्छया (sva-icchayā) - by its own will, of its own accord

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains, enters

• बन्धनम् (bandhanam) - bondage, fetter, confinement

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, to this effect

(indeclinable)

शक्ति-मयम् (śakti-mayam) - full of power, consisting of energy

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śakti-maya

śakti-maya - consisting of power, full of energy

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śakti+maya)

• śakti – power, energy, capability
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śak (class 5)
• maya – consisting of, full of, made of
  suffix
  suffix forming adjectives indicating composition or abundance

Note: agrees with 'cetaḥ'

चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intelligence

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: subject of the sentence

घन-अहङ्कार-ताम् (ghana-ahaṅkāra-tām) - a state of dense egoism, profound self-identification

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ghana-ahaṅkāra-tā

ghana-ahaṅkāra-tā - state of dense egoism

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ghana+ahaṅkāra+tā)

• ghana – dense, solid, intense
  adjective (masculine)
• ahaṅkāra – ego, egoism, false self-identification
  noun (masculine)
• tā – state, condition
  suffix (feminine)
  suffix forming abstract nouns

Note: object of 'gatam'

गतम् (gatam) - having gone, having attained, having reached

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, attained, reached

Past Passive Participle

From root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: agrees with 'cetaḥ'

कोश-कार-क्रिमिः (kośa-kāra-krimiḥ) - a cocoon-making worm, silkworm

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kośa-kāra-krimi

kośa-kāra-krimi - cocoon-making worm, silkworm

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kośa+kāra+krimi)

• kośa – cocoon, sheath, treasury
  noun (masculine)
• kāra – maker, doer
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root 'kṛ' (to do) + 'ghañ' suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• krimi – worm, insect
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kram (class 1)

Note: subject of comparison

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: particle of comparison

स्व-इच्छया (sva-icchayā) - by its own will, of its own accord

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sva-icchā

sva-icchā - one's own will, free will

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+icchā)

• sva – own, one's own
  adjective (masculine)
• icchā – will, desire, wish
  noun (feminine)
  from root 'iṣ' (to wish) + 'a' suffix
  Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: adverbial use, 'by its own will'

याति (yāti) - goes, attains, enters

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: verb for 'cetaḥ'

बन्धनम् (bandhanam) - bondage, fetter, confinement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bandhana

bandhana - bondage, fetter, binding

derived from root 'bandh' (to bind)

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: object of 'yāti'

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