योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-50, verse-70

तृष्णापिशाच्या परिचर्यमाणं विश्रान्तमज्ञानमहावटेषु ।
भ्रान्तं चिरं देहशतेष्वटव्यां स्वसंसृतौ चेतनवर्जितेषु ॥ ७० ॥

tṛṣṇāpiśācyā paricaryamāṇaṃ viśrāntamajñānamahāvaṭeṣu ,
bhrāntaṃ ciraṃ dehaśateṣvaṭavyāṃ svasaṃsṛtau cetanavarjiteṣu 70

70. tṛṣṇāpiśācyā paricaryamāṇam viśrāntam ajñānamahāvaṭeṣu
bhrāntam ciram dehaśateṣu aṭavyām svasaṃsṛtau cetanavarjiteṣu

70. tṛṣṇāpiśācyā paricaryamāṇam ajñānamahāvaṭeṣu viśrāntam
aṭavyām cetanavarjiteṣu dehaśateṣu svasaṃsṛtau ciram bhrāntam

70. (Banish the mind-crow) which is served (or haunted) by the demoness of craving, which has taken refuge in the great banyan trees of ignorance, and which has wandered for a long time through hundreds of bodies, devoid of consciousness, in the forest of its own cycle of rebirths (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• तृष्णापिशाच्या (tṛṣṇāpiśācyā) - by the demoness of craving/thirst

• परिचर्यमाणम् (paricaryamāṇam) - being served, being attended, being haunted

• विश्रान्तम् (viśrāntam) - rested, having rested, having taken refuge

• अज्ञानमहावटेषु (ajñānamahāvaṭeṣu) - in the great banyan trees of ignorance

• भ्रान्तम् (bhrāntam) - wandered, having wandered, deluded

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

• देहशतेषु (dehaśateṣu) - in hundreds of bodies

• अटव्याम् (aṭavyām) - in the forest, in the wilderness

• स्वसंसृतौ (svasaṁsṛtau) - in its own cycle of rebirths (saṃsāra)

• चेतनवर्जितेषु (cetanavarjiteṣu) - devoid of consciousness, lacking awareness

Words meanings and morphology

तृष्णापिशाच्या (tṛṣṇāpiśācyā) - by the demoness of craving/thirst

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇāpiśācī

tṛṣṇāpiśācī - demoness of craving, thirst-demoness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (tṛṣṇā+piśācī)

• tṛṣṇā – thirst, craving, desire
  noun (feminine)
• piśācī – demoness, female goblin
  noun (feminine)

परिचर्यमाणम् (paricaryamāṇam) - being served, being attended, being haunted

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paricaryamāṇa

paricaryamāṇa - being served, being attended, being taken care of

Present Passive Participle

Derived from the root √car (to move, to go) with the prefix pari, in the passive form with śānac suffix (māna).

Prefix: pari

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied 'mind-crow'.

विश्रान्तम् (viśrāntam) - rested, having rested, having taken refuge

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viśrānta

viśrānta - rested, reposed, ceased, taken refuge

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √śram (to be weary, to rest) with the prefix vi and the kta suffix.

Prefix: vi

Root: śram (class 4)

Note: Modifies the implied 'mind-crow'.

अज्ञानमहावटेषु (ajñānamahāvaṭeṣu) - in the great banyan trees of ignorance

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of ajñānamahāvaṭa

ajñānamahāvaṭa - great banyan tree of ignorance

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ajñāna+mahā+vaṭa)

• ajñāna – ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: a
• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• vaṭa – banyan tree, Ficus indica
  noun (masculine)

भ्रान्तम् (bhrāntam) - wandered, having wandered, deluded

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhrānta

bhrānta - wandered, strayed, deluded, mistaken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √bhram (to wander, to err) with the kta suffix.

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied 'mind-crow'.

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to indicate duration.

देहशतेषु (dehaśateṣu) - in hundreds of bodies

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of dehaśata

dehaśata - hundreds of bodies

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+śata)

• deha – body, form, existence
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)

अटव्याम् (aṭavyām) - in the forest, in the wilderness

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of aṭavī

aṭavī - forest, wilderness, jungle

स्वसंसृतौ (svasaṁsṛtau) - in its own cycle of rebirths (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of svasaṃsṛti

svasaṁsṛti - one's own transmigration, one's own cycle of rebirths (saṃsāra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+saṃsṛti)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• saṃsṛti – cycle of rebirths (saṃsāra), transmigration, continuous flow
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from the root √sṛ (to flow, to go) with the prefix sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

चेतनवर्जितेषु (cetanavarjiteṣu) - devoid of consciousness, lacking awareness

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of cetanavarjita

cetanavarjita - devoid of consciousness, lacking awareness, deprived of life/mind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cetana+varjita)

• cetana – consciousness, intelligence, soul, living being
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• varjita – abandoned, excluded, deprived of, devoid of
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √vṛj (to abandon, to avoid) with the kta suffix.
  Root: vṛj (class 6)

Note: Modifies 'dehaśateṣu'.