योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-66, verse-28

अस्य संसारतन्त्रस्य बृहत्कालविलास्पदः ।
जीविताशामयं तन्तुमन्तकाखुर्निकृन्तति ॥ २८ ॥

asya saṃsāratantrasya bṛhatkālavilāspadaḥ ,
jīvitāśāmayaṃ tantumantakākhurnikṛntati 28

28. asya saṃsāratantrasya bṛhatkālavilāsapadaḥ
jīvitāśāmayam tantum antakākhuḥ nikṛntati

28. antakākhuḥ asya saṃsāratantrasya
bṛhatkālavilāsapadaḥ jīvitāśāmayam tantum nikṛntati

28. This system of transmigration (saṃsāra), which is the expansive playground of time, has its thread, made of the hope for life, constantly gnawed away by the mouse of Death (Antaka).

Words meanings summery:

• अस्य (asya) - of this, its

• संसारतन्त्रस्य (saṁsāratantrasya) - of the system of transmigration, of the cycle of existence

• बृहत्कालविलासपदः (bṛhatkālavilāsapadaḥ) - the expansive playground of time, the vast arena for the sport of time

• जीविताशामयम् (jīvitāśāmayam) - consisting of the hope for life, full of desire for life

• तन्तुम् (tantum) - the thread, the string

• अन्तकाखुः (antakākhuḥ) - the mouse of Death (Antaka)

• निकृन्तति (nikṛntati) - cuts, gnaws away, destroys

Words meanings and morphology

अस्य (asya) - of this, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

संसारतन्त्रस्य (saṁsāratantrasya) - of the system of transmigration, of the cycle of existence

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of saṃsāratantra

saṁsāratantra - system of transmigration (saṃsāra), mechanism of rebirth, cycle of existence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+tantra)

• saṃsāra – transmigration (saṃsāra), wandering, cycle of rebirths
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• tantra – system, doctrine, loom, thread
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tan

बृहत्कालविलासपदः (bṛhatkālavilāsapadaḥ) - the expansive playground of time, the vast arena for the sport of time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhatkālavilāsapada

bṛhatkālavilāsapada - vast playground of time, a place for the sport of great time

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bṛhat+kāla+vilāsa+pada)

• bṛhat – vast, great, large
  adjective
  Root: bṛh
• kāla – time, suitable time, death
  noun (masculine)
• vilāsa – play, sport, enjoyment, grace
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: las
• pada – place, step, foot, word, state
  noun (neuter)

जीविताशामयम् (jīvitāśāmayam) - consisting of the hope for life, full of desire for life

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jīvitāśāmaya

jīvitāśāmaya - made of the hope for life

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīvita+āśā+maya)

• jīvita – life, lived, living
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: jīv
• āśā – hope, desire, expectation
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śiṣ
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  suffix / adjective
  suffix forming adjectives meaning 'made of' or 'consisting of'

तन्तुम् (tantum) - the thread, the string

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tantu

tantu - thread, string, lineage, warp

अन्तकाखुः (antakākhuḥ) - the mouse of Death (Antaka)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antakākhu

antakākhu - mouse of Antaka (Death)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (antaka+ākhu)

• antaka – Death (Antaka), the ender, Yama
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: ant
• ākhu – mouse, rat
  noun (masculine)

निकृन्तति (nikṛntati) - cuts, gnaws away, destroys

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛnt

Root: kṛnt (class 6)