योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-1, verse-23

राघवानघ वाग्जालं मयैतत्प्रविसारितम् ।
तेन चित्तखगं बद्ध्वा क्रोडीकृत्यात्मतां नय ॥ २३ ॥

rāghavānagha vāgjālaṃ mayaitatpravisāritam ,
tena cittakhagaṃ baddhvā kroḍīkṛtyātmatāṃ naya 23

23. rāghava anagha vākjālam mayā etat pravīsaritam
tena cittakhagam baddhvā kroḍīkṛtya ātmatām naya

23. rāghava anagha mayā etat vāgjālam pravīsaritam
tena cittakhagam baddhvā kroḍīkṛtya ātmatām naya

23. O Rāghava, O sinless one! This intricate web of words has been spread by me. Use it to bind the bird that is your mind and bring it into the state of your true self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāma (O descendant of Raghu, O Rāma)

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, O faultless one

• वाक्जालम् (vākjālam) - intricate web of words (a net/web of words, flowery speech)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• एतत् (etat) - this

• प्रवीसरितम् (pravīsaritam) - spread out, extended, diffused

• तेन (tena) - by that, with that

• चित्तखगम् (cittakhagam) - the bird of the mind, the mind-bird

• बद्ध्वा (baddhvā) - having bound, having tied

• क्रोडीकृत्य (kroḍīkṛtya) - having embraced, having taken into the lap

• आत्मताम् (ātmatām) - to the state of your true self (ātman) (to selfhood, to the state of ātman, identity with the self)

• नय (naya) - lead, bring, guide

Words meanings and morphology

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāma (O descendant of Raghu, O Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, son of Raghu, Rāma

Patronymic from Raghu.

Note: Addressed to Rāma.

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, O faultless one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure, innocent

From a (not) + agha (sin, fault).

Compound type : privative tatpuruṣa (a+agha)

• a – not, un-, in-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• agha – sin, fault, evil, distress, impurity
  noun (neuter/masculine)

Note: Addressed to Rāma.

वाक्जालम् (vākjālam) - intricate web of words (a net/web of words, flowery speech)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāgjāla

vāgjāla - a net of words, flowery or elaborate speech, sophistry

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāc+jāla)

• vāc – speech, word, voice
  noun (feminine)
  From √vac.
  Root: vac (class 2)
• jāla – net, snare, web, collection
  noun (neuter)

Note: It is the subject of the passive construction pravīsaritam.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Agent in passive construction.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: Refers to vākjālam.

प्रवीसरितम् (pravīsaritam) - spread out, extended, diffused

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pravīsarita

pravīsarita - spread out, extended, diffused, published

Past Passive Participle

From pra + vi + √sṛ (to flow, spread) or √stṛ (to strew, spread).

Prefixes: pra+vi

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vākjālam and etat.

तेन (tena) - by that, with that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to vākjālam as the instrument.

चित्तखगम् (cittakhagam) - the bird of the mind, the mind-bird

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of cittakhaga

cittakhaga - the mind-bird (mind compared to a bird)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+khaga)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle from √cit (to perceive, think)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• khaga – bird, one who moves in the sky
  noun (masculine)
  From kha (sky) + √ga (going).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Direct object of baddhvā.

बद्ध्वा (baddhvā) - having bound, having tied

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From √bandh (to bind) + suffix tvā.

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Indicates an action completed before the main verb naya.

क्रोडीकृत्य (kroḍīkṛtya) - having embraced, having taken into the lap

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From kroḍa (lap, bosom) + īkṛ (to make into) + suffix lyaP.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Indicates an action completed before the main verb naya.

आत्मताम् (ātmatām) - to the state of your true self (ātman) (to selfhood, to the state of ātman, identity with the self)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ātmatā

ātmatā - selfhood, identity with the self, the state of being ātman

From ātman + suffix tā (abstract noun).

Note: Object of destination for naya.

नय (naya) - lead, bring, guide

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of nī

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

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