योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-64, verse-21

आशापाशशतैर्बद्धं भोगोलपसुलालसम् ।
जराजर्जरिताकारं शोकोच्छ्वासकदर्थितम् ॥ २१ ॥

āśāpāśaśatairbaddhaṃ bhogolapasulālasam ,
jarājarjaritākāraṃ śokocchvāsakadarthitam 21

21. āśā-pāśa-śataiḥ baddham bhoga-olapa-su-lālasam
jarā-jarjarita-ākāram śoka-ucchvāsa-kadarthitam

21. आशा-पाश-शतैः बद्धम्,
भोग-ओलप-सु-लालसम्,
जरा-जर्जरित-आकारम्,
शोक-उच्छ्वास-कदर्थितम् [पुरुषम्/मनुष्यम्] ।

21. (Someone) bound by hundreds of ropes of hope, exceedingly greedy for sensual enjoyments (bhoga), whose form is wasted by old age, and tormented by sighs of sorrow.

21. כבולים במאות כבלי ציפייה, משתוקקים בלהט לקש של תענוגות החושים, בלוים מזקנה ומעונים מנשמות יגון...

Words meanings summery:

• आशा-पाश-शतैः (āśā-pāśa-śataiḥ) - by hundreds of ropes of hope

• बद्धम् (baddham) - bound, tied, fettered

• भोग-ओलप-सु-लालसम् (bhoga-olapa-su-lālasam) - exceedingly greedy for sensual enjoyments (bhoga)

• जरा-जर्जरित-आकारम् (jarā-jarjarita-ākāram) - whose form is wasted/worn out by old age

• शोक-उच्छ्वास-कदर्थितम् (śoka-ucchvāsa-kadarthitam) - tormented by sighs of sorrow

Words meanings and morphology

आशा-पाश-शतैः (āśā-pāśa-śataiḥ) - by hundreds of ropes of hope

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of āśāpāśaśata

āśāpāśaśata - hundreds of nooses/fetters of hope

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āśā+pāśa+śata)

• āśā – hope, desire, expectation
  noun (feminine)
• pāśa – noose, rope, fetter, bond
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

बद्धम् (baddham) - bound, tied, fettered

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, fettered, caught

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bandh (to bind).

Root: bandh (class 9)

भोग-ओलप-सु-लालसम् (bhoga-olapa-su-lālasam) - exceedingly greedy for sensual enjoyments (bhoga)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhogolapasulālasa

bhogolapasulālasa - very greedy/longing for sensual enjoyments

Compound expressing extreme desire for bhoga. 'su-' is an intensifier. 'olapa' can mean greedy or covetous.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhoga+olapa+su+lālasa)

• bhoga – enjoyment, sensual pleasure, experience, possession
  noun (masculine)
• olapa – greedy, covetous, clinging (rare usage)
  adjective
  A less common word, here used in the sense of 'greedy' or 'clinging to' pleasures.
• su – very, exceedingly, well, good
  indeclinable
  Intensifying prefix.
• lālasa – longing, desirous, eager, greedy, covetous
  adjective (masculine)

जरा-जर्जरित-आकारम् (jarā-jarjarita-ākāram) - whose form is wasted/worn out by old age

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jarājarjaritākāra

jarājarjaritākāra - having a form/appearance worn out/decrepit by old age

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'jarā' (old age) + 'jarjarita' (worn out, PPP) + 'ākāra' (form).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jarā+jarjarita+ākāra)

• jarā – old age, decrepitude, decay
  noun (feminine)
• jarjarita – worn out, decrepit, wasted away, broken down
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root jṝ (to wear out, decay) with reduplication.
  Root: jṝ (class 9)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, external aspect
  noun (masculine)

शोक-उच्छ्वास-कदर्थितम् (śoka-ucchvāsa-kadarthitam) - tormented by sighs of sorrow

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śokocchvāsakadarthita

śokocchvāsakadarthita - afflicted/tormented by sighs of grief

Compound: śoka (sorrow) + ucchvāsa (sigh) + kadarthita (tormented, PPP).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoka+ucchvāsa+kadarthita)

• śoka – sorrow, grief, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
• ucchvāsa – sigh, breathing out, exhalation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root śvas (to breathe) with upasarga ud-.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: śvas (class 2)
• kadarthita – tormented, afflicted, harassed, distressed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the verb kadarthayati (to harass, to torment).
  Root: kadarth (class 10)

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