योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-60, verse-2

जगज्जीर्णारघट्टेऽस्मिन्वहति स्वव्यवस्थया ।
विप्रेतभूतघटया रज्वा जीविततृष्णया ॥ २ ॥

jagajjīrṇāraghaṭṭe'sminvahati svavyavasthayā ,
vipretabhūtaghaṭayā rajvā jīvitatṛṣṇayā 2

2. jagat jīrṇa araghaṭṭe asmin vahati svavyavasthayā
vipreta-bhūta-ghaṭayā rajjvā jīvita-tṛṣṇayā

2. asmin jīrṇa araghaṭṭe jagat svavyavasthayā
jīvita-tṛṣṇayā rajjvā vipreta-bhūta-ghaṭayā vahati

2. This world (jagat), resembling an old well-pulley system (araghaṭṭa), functions according to its own natural law (dharma). It is driven by the rope of the desire for life (jīvitatṛṣṇā), with a succession of departed beings serving as its buckets.

Words meanings summery:

• जगत् (jagat) - world, this transient existence (world, universe, moving)

• जीर्ण (jīrṇa) - old, worn out (old, worn out, decayed)

• अरघट्टे (araghaṭṭe) - on a well-pulley system (on a water-drawing machine, on a well-pulley system)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (in this, on this)

• वहति (vahati) - operates, functions (carries, flows, moves, operates)

• स्वव्यवस्थया (svavyavasthayā) - by its own natural law (dharma) (by its own arrangement, by its own constitution, by its own natural law)

• विप्रेत-भूत-घटया (vipreta-bhūta-ghaṭayā) - by a series of buckets of departed beings (by a collection of departed beings / by a series of buckets of departed beings)

• रज्ज्वा (rajjvā) - by the rope

• जीवित-तृष्णया (jīvita-tṛṣṇayā) - by the desire for life (by the desire for life, by the thirst for life)

Words meanings and morphology

जगत् (jagat) - world, this transient existence (world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, people

Present Active Participle

Derived from root gam- (to go) or jag- (to move).

Root: gam (class 1)

जीर्ण (jīrṇa) - old, worn out (old, worn out, decayed)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of jīrṇa

jīrṇa - old, decayed, worn out, digested

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jṛ- (to decay, grow old).

Root: jṛ (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'araghaṭṭe'.

अरघट्टे (araghaṭṭe) - on a well-pulley system (on a water-drawing machine, on a well-pulley system)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of araghaṭṭa

araghaṭṭa - a water-drawing machine, well-pulley system, Persian wheel

Compound type : tatpurusha (ara+ghaṭṭa)

• ara – spoke (of a wheel), spoke-wheel
  noun (masculine)
• ghaṭṭa – pulley, bucket, landing-place
  noun (masculine)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (in this, on this)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Agrees with 'araghaṭṭe'.

वहति (vahati) - operates, functions (carries, flows, moves, operates)

(verb)

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

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: The subject is 'jagat'.

स्वव्यवस्थया (svavyavasthayā) - by its own natural law (dharma) (by its own arrangement, by its own constitution, by its own natural law)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of svavyavasthā

svavyavasthā - self-arrangement, self-management, natural law, inherent constitution

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+vyavasthā)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• vyavasthā – arrangement, system, order, natural law, constitution
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root sthā- (to stand) with prefixes vi- and ava-.
  Prefixes: vi+ava
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Implies the mechanism by which the world operates.

विप्रेत-भूत-घटया (vipreta-bhūta-ghaṭayā) - by a series of buckets of departed beings (by a collection of departed beings / by a series of buckets of departed beings)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vipreta-bhūta-ghaṭā

vipreta-bhūta-ghaṭā - a collection/series of departed beings, buckets of departed beings

Compound type : tatpurusha (vipreta+bhūta+ghaṭā)

• vipreta – departed, dead
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root i- (to go) with prefixes vi- and pra-.
  Prefixes: vi+pra
  Root: i (class 2)
• bhūta – being, creature, element, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū- (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ghaṭā – jar, pot, collection, series, bucket
  noun (feminine)

Note: It's a karmadhāraya compound where 'vipreta-bhūta' (departed beings) describes the 'ghaṭā' (series/buckets).

रज्ज्वा (rajjvā) - by the rope

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of rajju

rajju - rope, cord

Note: Acts as the instrument, connected with 'jīvita-tṛṣṇayā'.

जीवित-तृष्णया (jīvita-tṛṣṇayā) - by the desire for life (by the desire for life, by the thirst for life)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jīvita-tṛṣṇā

jīvita-tṛṣṇā - desire for life, thirst for life

Compound type : tatpurusha (jīvita+tṛṣṇā)

• jīvita – life, living, lived
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (from jīv-)
  Derived from root jīv- (to live).
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• tṛṣṇā – thirst, desire, craving
  noun (feminine)

Note: It is the instrument that drives the system, likened to the rope.