योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-71, verse-53

तदज्ञानमनन्तात्मभूषितं जीव उच्यते ।
स संसारे महामोहमायापञ्जरकुञ्जरः ॥ ५३ ॥

tadajñānamanantātmabhūṣitaṃ jīva ucyate ,
sa saṃsāre mahāmohamāyāpañjarakuñjaraḥ 53

53. tadajñānam anantātma-bhūṣitam jīvaḥ ucyate
saḥ saṃsāre mahāmohamāyāpañjarakuñjaraḥ

53. tadajñānam anantātma-bhūṣitam jīvaḥ ucyate
saḥ saṃsāre mahāmohamāyāpañjarakuñjaraḥ

53. That ignorance, adorned with countless individual selves (ātman), is called the embodied soul. He (the embodied soul) is like an elephant caught in the cage of great delusion and illusion (māyā) within the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• तदज्ञानम् (tadajñānam) - that ignorance

• अनन्तात्म-भूषितम् (anantātma-bhūṣitam) - adorned with infinite selves, pervaded by countless souls

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - living being, individual soul, embodied spirit

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said, is spoken of

• सः (saḥ) - that embodied soul (jīva) (he, that one)

• संसारे (saṁsāre) - in the cycle of transmigration, in worldly existence

• महामोहमायापञ्जरकुञ्जरः (mahāmohamāyāpañjarakuñjaraḥ) - describes the jīva as being trapped (an elephant in the cage of great delusion and illusion)

Words meanings and morphology

तदज्ञानम् (tadajñānam) - that ignorance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tadajñāna

tadajñāna - that ignorance

compound of tad and ajñāna

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+ajñāna)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• ajñāna – ignorance, nescience
  noun (neuter)
  negative prefix 'a' + 'jñāna' (knowledge)

अनन्तात्म-भूषितम् (anantātma-bhūṣitam) - adorned with infinite selves, pervaded by countless souls

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anantātma-bhūṣita

anantātma-bhūṣita - adorned with infinite selves

Bahuvrihi compound: ananta (infinite) + ātman (self) + bhūṣita (adorned)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ananta+ātman+bhūṣita)

• ananta – infinite, endless, boundless
  adjective (masculine)
  negative prefix 'an' + 'anta' (end)
• ātman – Self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)
• bhūṣita – adorned, ornamented, decorated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'bhūṣ' (to adorn)
  Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'tadajñānam'

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - living being, individual soul, embodied spirit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, alive; individual soul, embodied spirit

from root 'jīv' (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said, is spoken of

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vac

Present Indicative

Passive voice formation

Root: vac (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - that embodied soul (jīva) (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

संसारे (saṁsāre) - in the cycle of transmigration, in worldly existence

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - cycle of birth, death, and rebirth; transmigration, worldly existence

from 'sam' + root 'sṛ' (to flow, move)

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

महामोहमायापञ्जरकुञ्जरः (mahāmohamāyāpañjarakuñjaraḥ) - describes the jīva as being trapped (an elephant in the cage of great delusion and illusion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāmohamāyāpañjarakuñjara

mahāmohamāyāpañjarakuñjara - an elephant in the cage of great delusion and illusion

Tatpuruṣa compound: mahāmohamāyā (great delusion and illusion) + pañjara (cage) + kuñjara (elephant)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahāmohamāyā+pañjara+kuñjara)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• moha – delusion, infatuation, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  from root 'muh' (to be deluded)
  Root: muh (class 4)
• māyā – illusion, cosmic illusion, magic, deception
  noun (feminine)
  from root 'mā' (to measure, to form)
  Root: mā (class 2)
• pañjara – cage, framework, skeleton
  noun (masculine)
• kuñjara – elephant
  noun (masculine)