योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-68, verse-18

वीरुत्तृणदशां याता म्रियन्ते यत्पुनःपुनः ।
नरा विगतसंचारास्तत्संसक्तिविजृम्भितम् ॥ १८ ॥

vīruttṛṇadaśāṃ yātā mriyante yatpunaḥpunaḥ ,
narā vigatasaṃcārāstatsaṃsaktivijṛmbhitam 18

18. vīrut-tṛṇa-daśām yātāḥ mriyante yat punaḥ punaḥ
narāḥ vigata-saṃcārāḥ tat saṃsakti-vijṛmbhitam

18. yat narāḥ vīrut-tṛṇa-daśām yātāḥ vigata-saṃcārāḥ
punaḥ punaḥ mriyante tat saṃsakti-vijṛmbhitam

18. That people (narāḥ), after reaching the state of plants and grass and becoming motionless, repeatedly die – that is the expansion (vijṛmbhitam) of clinging (saṃsakti).

Words meanings summery:

• वीरुत्-तृण-दशाम् (vīrut-tṛṇa-daśām) - the state of plants and grass

• याताः (yātāḥ) - having gone, having attained, having reached

• म्रियन्ते (mriyante) - they die

• यत् (yat) - that (conjunction), which

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

• विगत-संचाराः (vigata-saṁcārāḥ) - having ceased movement, motionless

• तत् (tat) - that, this, it

• संसक्ति-विजृम्भितम् (saṁsakti-vijṛmbhitam) - manifestation of attachment, expansion of clinging

Words meanings and morphology

वीरुत्-तृण-दशाम् (vīrut-tṛṇa-daśām) - the state of plants and grass

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vīrut-tṛṇa-daśā

vīrut-tṛṇa-daśā - the state or condition of being a plant or grass

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (vīrudh+tṛṇa+daśā)

• vīrudh – creeper, plant, herb
  noun (feminine)
• tṛṇa – grass, straw, blade of grass
  noun (neuter)
• daśā – state, condition, situation
  noun (feminine)

याताः (yātāḥ) - having gone, having attained, having reached

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yāta

yāta - gone, past, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √yā (to go).

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'narāḥ' (people), implying people who have become like plants/grass.

म्रियन्ते (mriyante) - they die

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of mṛ

Present Middle

From root √mṛ, ātmanepada, 3rd person plural, present tense.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

यत् (yat) - that (conjunction), which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that which, because, since

Note: Functions as a conjunction 'that' introducing the subordinate clause.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in repetition 'punaḥ punaḥ' for 'repeatedly'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition for emphasis, meaning 'repeatedly'.

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human being

विगत-संचाराः (vigata-saṁcārāḥ) - having ceased movement, motionless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vigata-saṃcāra

vigata-saṁcāra - whose movement has ceased, motionless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vigata+saṃcāra)

• vigata – gone away, ceased, disappeared
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from vi-√gam (to go away).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: gam (class 1)
• saṃcāra – movement, wandering, going about
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from saṃ-√car (to move about).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'narāḥ'.

तत् (tat) - that, this, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Refers back to the entire phenomenon described.

संसक्ति-विजृम्भितम् (saṁsakti-vijṛmbhitam) - manifestation of attachment, expansion of clinging

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsakti-vijṛmbhita

saṁsakti-vijṛmbhita - expansion/manifestation of attachment or clinging

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (saṃsakti+vijṛmbhita)

• saṃsakti – attachment, clinging, connection, contact
  noun (feminine)
  From saṃ-√sañj (to attach, cling).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sañj (class 1)
• vijṛmbhita – expanded, manifested, developed, yawned
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi-√jṛmbh (to open wide, expand, yawn). Used as a noun here meaning 'manifestation' or 'expansion'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jṛmbh (class 1)