योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-15, verse-15

तृष्णयेमे जनाः सर्वे सूत्रयन्त्रपतत्रिवत् ।
भ्राम्यन्ते प्रविशीर्यन्ते संह्रियन्ते च भूरिशः ॥ १५ ॥

tṛṣṇayeme janāḥ sarve sūtrayantrapatatrivat ,
bhrāmyante praviśīryante saṃhriyante ca bhūriśaḥ 15

15. tṛṣṇayā ime janāḥ sarve sūtrayantrapetatrivat
bhrāmyante praviśīryante saṃhriyante ca bhūriśaḥ

15. tṛṣṇayā ime sarve janāḥ sūtrayantrapetatrivat
bhūriśaḥ bhrāmyante ca praviśīryante ca saṃhriyante

15. By craving (tṛṣṇā), all these people (jana) are spun around, dispersed, and repeatedly destroyed, just like birds caught in a string-operated machine (sūtrayantra).

Words meanings summery:

• तृष्णया (tṛṣṇayā) - by craving (tṛṣṇā), by desire

• इमे (ime) - these

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, beings

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• सूत्रयन्त्रपेतत्रिवत् (sūtrayantrapetatrivat) - like birds in a string-operated machine, like puppet birds

• भ्राम्यन्ते (bhrāmyante) - they are whirled, wander, revolve

• प्रविशीर्यन्ते (praviśīryante) - they are dispersed, scattered, destroyed

• संह्रियन्ते (saṁhriyante) - they are drawn together, collected, destroyed

• च (ca) - and, also

• भूरिशः (bhūriśaḥ) - greatly, repeatedly, extensively

Words meanings and morphology

तृष्णया (tṛṣṇayā) - by craving (tṛṣṇā), by desire

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā

tṛṣṇā - thirst, craving, desire, longing

Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

इमे (ime) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Qualifies janāḥ.

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - man, person, people, creature

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Universal pronoun.

सूत्रयन्त्रपेतत्रिवत् (sūtrayantrapetatrivat) - like birds in a string-operated machine, like puppet birds

(indeclinable)

Compound noun sūtrayantrapetatrin (string-machine bird) with vat suffix meaning 'like'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sūtrayantra+patatrin+vat)

• sūtrayantra – string-operated machine, puppet-mechanism
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of sūtra (string) and yantra (machine).
• patatrin – bird (lit. 'having wings')
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, as if
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating similarity.

Note: Used as an adverbial comparison.

भ्राम्यन्ते (bhrāmyante) - they are whirled, wander, revolve

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of bhram

Present Passive/Middle Indicative

From root bhram, ātmanepada, often used in passive sense for intransitive verbs.

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: This is an intransitive verb, so bhrāmyate is middle/passive.

प्रविशीर्यन्ते (praviśīryante) - they are dispersed, scattered, destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of śīr

Present Passive Indicative

From root śīr (or śṝ) with prefix pra and vi. Passive voice.

Prefixes: pra+vi

Root: śṝ (class 9)

संह्रियन्ते (saṁhriyante) - they are drawn together, collected, destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of hṛ

Present Passive Indicative

From root hṛ with prefix sam. Passive voice.

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

भूरिशः (bhūriśaḥ) - greatly, repeatedly, extensively

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed with the suffix śaḥ.