योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-68, verse-16

कृमिकीटत्वमायान्ति जायमानाः पुनःपुनः ।
यदिमा जनता जीर्णास्तत्संसक्तिविजृम्भितम् ॥ १६ ॥

kṛmikīṭatvamāyānti jāyamānāḥ punaḥpunaḥ ,
yadimā janatā jīrṇāstatsaṃsaktivijṛmbhitam 16

16. kṛmikīṭatvam āyānti jāyamānāḥ punaḥpunaḥ yat
imāḥ janatāḥ jīrṇāḥ tat saṃsaktivijṛmbhitam

16. yat imāḥ jīrṇāḥ janatāḥ punaḥpunaḥ jāyamānāḥ kṛmikīṭatvam āyānti,
tat saṃsaktivijṛmbhitam

16. The fact that these worn-out people, being born repeatedly within the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra), attain the state of worms and insects, is an expansion of (worldly) attachment (saṃsakti).

Words meanings summery:

• कृमिकीटत्वम् (kṛmikīṭatvam) - the state of being worms and insects; insect-hood and worm-hood

• आयान्ति (āyānti) - they attain, they come, they approach

• जायमानाः (jāyamānāḥ) - being born repeatedly (in the cycle of saṃsāra) (being born, coming into existence, becoming)

• पुनःपुनः (punaḥpunaḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

• यत् (yat) - Introduces the dependent clause stating the reason or circumstance: 'The fact that...' (that which, because (introducing a clause of cause or explanation))

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these

• जनताः (janatāḥ) - people, humanity, creatures, beings

• जीर्णाः (jīrṇāḥ) - worn out, old, decayed, wasted away

• तत् (tat) - The entire situation described in the preceding 'yat' clause, which is the subject of the final predicate. (that, therefore (referring to the preceding clause))

• संसक्तिविजृम्भितम् (saṁsaktivijṛmbhitam) - expansion of attachment, manifestation of attachment, consequence of attachment

Words meanings and morphology

कृमिकीटत्वम् (kṛmikīṭatvam) - the state of being worms and insects; insect-hood and worm-hood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛmikīṭatva

kṛmikīṭatva - the state of being a worm and an insect

Abstract noun formed by adding the taddhita suffix '-tva' to the dvandva compound 'kṛmikīṭa' (worms and insects).

Compound type : dvandva (kṛmi+kīṭa)

• kṛmi – worm, grub, vermin
  noun (masculine)
• kīṭa – insect, worm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Direct object of 'āyānti'.

आयान्ति (āyānti) - they attain, they come, they approach

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of ā-i

Present Active

Root verb from Dhātupāṭha (Class 2), with prefix ā-, conjugated in present tense, 3rd person plural.

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

जायमानाः (jāyamānāḥ) - being born repeatedly (in the cycle of saṃsāra) (being born, coming into existence, becoming)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jāyamānā

jāyamāna - being born, arising, becoming

Present Passive Participle (Ātmanepada)

Derived from the root jan (to be born, produce), conjugated as a present passive participle.

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'janatāḥ'.

पुनःपुनः (punaḥpunaḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

(indeclinable)

Reduplication of the indeclinable 'punaḥ' (again).

Note: Emphasizes the continuous cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra).

यत् (yat) - Introduces the dependent clause stating the reason or circumstance: 'The fact that...' (that which, because (introducing a clause of cause or explanation))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the entire clause 'imāḥ janatāḥ ... kṛmikīṭatvam āyānti' as the subject of 'tat saṃsaktivijṛmbhitam'.

इमाः (imāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, these (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Modifies 'janatāḥ'.

जनताः (janatāḥ) - people, humanity, creatures, beings

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of janatā

janatā - people, multitude of men, public, creatures

Note: The subject of 'āyānti'.

जीर्णाः (jīrṇāḥ) - worn out, old, decayed, wasted away

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jīrṇā

jīrṇa - worn out, old, decayed, digested, wasted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root jṝ (to wear out, decay, digest).

Root: jṝ (class 9)

Note: Modifies 'janatāḥ'.

तत् (tat) - The entire situation described in the preceding 'yat' clause, which is the subject of the final predicate. (that, therefore (referring to the preceding clause))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers back to the entire condition described by the 'yat' clause.

संसक्तिविजृम्भितम् (saṁsaktivijṛmbhitam) - expansion of attachment, manifestation of attachment, consequence of attachment

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsaktivijṛmbhita

saṁsaktivijṛmbhita - expansion, manifestation, or consequence caused by attachment

Compound of saṃsakti (attachment) and vijṛmbhita (expansion/manifestation), which is a past passive participle from vi-jṛmbh. The compound forms a Tatpuruṣa (manifestation of attachment).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsakti+vijṛmbhita)

• saṃsakti – attachment, close contact, connection
  noun (feminine)
  From saṃ-sañj + ktin.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sañj (class 1)
• vijṛmbhita – expanded, manifested, developed, caused
  noun/adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (substantivized)
  Derived from the root jṛmbh (to yawn, expand, manifest) with the prefix vi-.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jṛmbh (class 1)

Note: This is the predicate complement of the 'tat' clause, usually implicitly understood with 'asti' (is).