योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-15, verse-21

सर्वदुःखमयाकारां जगतीजीवनच्छिदम् ।
तृष्णां परिहरेत्क्रूरामुरगीमिव दूरगः ॥ २१ ॥

sarvaduḥkhamayākārāṃ jagatījīvanacchidam ,
tṛṣṇāṃ pariharetkrūrāmuragīmiva dūragaḥ 21

21. sarvaduḥkhamayākārām jagatījīvanacchidām
tṛṣṇām pariharet krūrām uragīm iva dūragaḥ

21. dūragaḥ sarvaduḥkhamayākārām jagatījīvanacchidām
krūrām uragīm iva tṛṣṇām pariharet

21. A detached person (dūragā) should completely shun cruel desire (tṛṣṇā), which embodies all forms of suffering and severs the very life of the world, just as one would shun a venomous snake (uragī).

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वदुःखमयाकाराम् (sarvaduḥkhamayākārām) - having the form consisting of all suffering, whose nature is all misery

• जगतीजीवनच्छिदाम् (jagatījīvanacchidām) - severing the life of the world, destroying the existence of the world

• तृष्णाम् (tṛṣṇām) - desire, craving, thirst

• परिहरेत् (pariharet) - one should avoid, one should shun, one should abandon

• क्रूराम् (krūrām) - cruel, fierce, dreadful

• उरगीम् (uragīm) - a female snake, a she-serpent

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if, similar to

• दूरगः (dūragaḥ) - a person who is detached or far-sighted, implying wisdom (one who goes far, one who is detached, far-sighted)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वदुःखमयाकाराम् (sarvaduḥkhamayākārām) - having the form consisting of all suffering, whose nature is all misery

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarvaduḥkhamayākāra

sarvaduḥkhamayākāra - whose form is made of all suffering, having the nature of all misery

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarva+duḥkha+maya+ākāra)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun
• duḥkha – suffering, pain, misery, sorrow
  noun (neuter)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  suffix/adjective
  Suffix indicating 'made of' or 'full of'.
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, embodiment
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes `tṛṣṇām`.

जगतीजीवनच्छिदाम् (jagatījīvanacchidām) - severing the life of the world, destroying the existence of the world

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jagatījīvanacchida

jagatījīvanacchida - destroying the life of the world

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (jagatī+jīvana+cchida)

• jagatī – earth, world, mankind
  noun (feminine)
• jīvana – life, living, means of livelihood
  noun (neuter)
• cchida – cutting, severing, destroying, one who cuts/destroys
  adjective
  Agent Noun
  Derived from the root `chid` (to cut, to sever).
  Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Describes `tṛṣṇām`.

तृष्णाम् (tṛṣṇām) - desire, craving, thirst

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā

tṛṣṇā - thirst, desire, craving, longing

Note: Object of `pariharet`.

परिहरेत् (pariharet) - one should avoid, one should shun, one should abandon

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of hṛ

From root `hṛ` with prefix `pari`.

Prefix: pari

Root: hṛ (class 1)

क्रूराम् (krūrām) - cruel, fierce, dreadful

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of krūra

krūra - cruel, fierce, harsh, dreadful, ruthless

Note: Describes `tṛṣṇām`.

उरगीम् (uragīm) - a female snake, a she-serpent

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of uragī

uragī - female snake, she-serpent

Note: Object of comparison with `tṛṣṇām`.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison.

दूरगः (dūragaḥ) - a person who is detached or far-sighted, implying wisdom (one who goes far, one who is detached, far-sighted)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dūraga

dūraga - going far, reaching far, far-sighted, detached

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (dūra+ga)

• dūra – far, distant, remote
  indeclinable
• ga – going, moving, existing
  suffix/adjective
  Agent Noun
  Derived from the root `gam` (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of `pariharet`.