योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-48, verse-33

हा धिक्कष्टमबुद्धं मे मनो वासनया हतम् ।
पश्यति भ्रमजालानि विततानि शिशोरिव ॥ ३३ ॥

hā dhikkaṣṭamabuddhaṃ me mano vāsanayā hatam ,
paśyati bhramajālāni vitatāni śiśoriva 33

33. hā dhik kaṣṭam abuddham me manaḥ vāsanayā
hatam paśyati bhramajālāni vitatāni śiśoḥ iva

33. hā dhik kaṣṭam me abuddham manaḥ vāsanayā
hatam śiśoḥ iva vitatāni bhramajālāni paśyati

33. Ah, woe! My ignorant mind (manas), afflicted by habitual tendencies (vāsanā), perceives illusory networks spread out, as if for a child.

Words meanings summery:

• हा (hā) - ah!, alas!, woe!

• धिक् (dhik) - fie!, shame!, curse!

• कष्टम् (kaṣṭam) - alas!, woe!, misery

• अबुद्धम् (abuddham) - ignorant, deluded, not awakened

• मे (me) - my

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

• वासनया (vāsanayā) - by habitual tendency, by impression, by desire

• हतम् (hatam) - struck, killed, afflicted

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, beholds

• भ्रमजालानि (bhramajālāni) - networks of illusion, snares of delusion

• विततानि (vitatāni) - spread out, extended, expanded

• शिशोः (śiśoḥ) - of a child, for a child

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

हा (hā) - ah!, alas!, woe!

(indeclinable)

धिक् (dhik) - fie!, shame!, curse!

(indeclinable)

कष्टम् (kaṣṭam) - alas!, woe!, misery

(indeclinable)

Root: kaṣ (class 1)

अबुद्धम् (abuddham) - ignorant, deluded, not awakened

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abuddha

abuddha - not awakened, ignorant, deluded

Past Passive Participle (negative)

Negative prefix a + buddha (awakened, known). Derived from root budh (to know, awaken).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+buddha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle.
• buddha – awakened, known, perceived
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root budh (to know, awaken)
  Root: budh (class 1)

मे (me) - my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Genitive singular of 'aham'.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart

Root: man (class 4)

वासनया (vāsanayā) - by habitual tendency, by impression, by desire

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - impression, habitual tendency, desire

Derived from root vas (to dwell) as in 'impressions that dwell in the mind'.

Root: vas (class 4)

Note: Expresses the agent by which the mind is afflicted.

हतम् (hatam) - struck, killed, afflicted

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hata

hata - struck, killed, destroyed, afflicted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, beholds

(verb)

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

Present stem is paśya.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Verb for 'manaḥ'.

भ्रमजालानि (bhramajālāni) - networks of illusion, snares of delusion

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bhramajāla

bhramajāla - network of illusions, snare of delusion

Compound of bhrama (illusion, error) and jāla (net, snare)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhrama+jāla)

• bhrama – illusion, error, wandering
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhram (to wander, be confused)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• jāla – net, snare
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'paśyati'.

विततानि (vitatāni) - spread out, extended, expanded

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vitata

vitata - spread out, extended

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root tan (to stretch) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'bhramajālāni'.

शिशोः (śiśoḥ) - of a child, for a child

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śiśu

śiśu - child, infant

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)