योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-13, verse-32

गृहीततृष्णाशफरि वासनाजालमाविलम् ।
संसारवारिप्रसृतं चिन्तातन्तुभिराततम् ॥ ३२ ॥

gṛhītatṛṣṇāśaphari vāsanājālamāvilam ,
saṃsāravāriprasṛtaṃ cintātantubhirātatam 32

32. gṛhītatṛṣṇāśaphari vāsanājālam āvilam |
saṃsāravāriprasṛtam cintātantubhiḥ ātatam

32. gṛhītatṛṣṇāśaphari āvilam saṃsāravāriprasṛtam
cintātantubhiḥ ātatam vāsanājālam

32. It is a turbid net of latent impressions (vāsanā), which has captured the fish of desire and is spread wide in the waters of worldly existence (saṃsāra), stretched tight by the threads of anxiety.

Words meanings summery:

• गृहीततृष्णाशफरि (gṛhītatṛṣṇāśaphari) - (the net) in which desire (tṛṣṇā) acts like a trapped fish (having captured the fish of desire (tṛṣṇā))

• वासनाजालम् (vāsanājālam) - the intricate web of past karmic imprints and desires (net of latent impressions (vāsanā))

• आविलम् (āvilam) - referring to the confused and restless nature of the mind's impressions (turbid, unclear, agitated, impure)

• संसारवारिप्रसृतम् (saṁsāravāriprasṛtam) - extending throughout the continuous cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (saṃsāra) (spread out in the waters of worldly existence (saṃsāra))

• चिन्तातन्तुभिः (cintātantubhiḥ) - implying that mental anxieties are the strands that hold this 'net' together (by the threads of anxiety/worry)

• आततम् (ātatam) - the net is stretched or tightly held by the threads of anxiety (stretched, extended, spread, pervaded)

Words meanings and morphology

गृहीततृष्णाशफरि (gṛhītatṛṣṇāśaphari) - (the net) in which desire (tṛṣṇā) acts like a trapped fish (having captured the fish of desire (tṛṣṇā))

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gṛhītatṛṣṇāśaphari

gṛhītatṛṣṇāśaphari - having caught desire-fish

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'that in which the fish of desire (tṛṣṇāśaphari) is caught (gṛhīta)'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gṛhīta+tṛṣṇā+śaphari)

• gṛhīta – caught, seized
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `grah` + `kta` suffix.
  Root: grah (class 9)
• tṛṣṇā – thirst, desire, craving
  noun (feminine)
  Root: tṛṣ (class 4)
• śaphari – a small fish, a minnow
  noun (feminine)

वासनाजालम् (vāsanājālam) - the intricate web of past karmic imprints and desires (net of latent impressions (vāsanā))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāsanājāla

vāsanājāla - net of latent impressions, web of desires

Tatpurusha compound.

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāsanā+jāla)

• vāsanā – latent impression, mental predisposition, desire (vāsanā)
  noun (feminine)
  From root `vas` + `a` suffix.
  Root: vas (class 1)
• jāla – net, snare, web
  noun (neuter)

Note: The main subject being described by the adjectives.

आविलम् (āvilam) - referring to the confused and restless nature of the mind's impressions (turbid, unclear, agitated, impure)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āvila

āvila - turbid, muddy, agitated, impure

From `ā-vil` (to be agitated).

Prefix: ā

Root: vil

Note: Modifies `vāsanājālam`.

संसारवारिप्रसृतम् (saṁsāravāriprasṛtam) - extending throughout the continuous cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (saṃsāra) (spread out in the waters of worldly existence (saṃsāra))

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsāravāriprasṛta

saṁsāravāriprasṛta - spread in the waters of saṃsāra

Compound formed by `saṃsāravāri` (water of saṃsāra - Tatpurusha) + `prasṛta` (spread out - PPP).

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃsāra+vāri+prasṛta)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  From `sam-sṛ` + `ghañ` suffix.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• prasṛta – spread out, extended, diffused
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From `pra-sṛ` + `kta` suffix.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies `vāsanājālam`.

चिन्तातन्तुभिः (cintātantubhiḥ) - implying that mental anxieties are the strands that hold this 'net' together (by the threads of anxiety/worry)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of cintātantū

cintātantū - threads of anxiety

Tatpurusha compound: `cintā` (anxiety) + `tantu` (thread).

Compound type : tatpurusha (cintā+tantu)

• cintā – thought, worry, anxiety
  noun (feminine)
  From root `cit` + `a` suffix.
  Root: cit (class 1)
• tantu – thread, string, continuous line
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Instrumental plural, referring to the means by which the net is stretched.

आततम् (ātatam) - the net is stretched or tightly held by the threads of anxiety (stretched, extended, spread, pervaded)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ātata

ātata - stretched, extended, pervaded

Past Passive Participle

From `ā-tan` (to stretch) + `kta` suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)