योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-126, verse-45

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
मूढस्यारूढदोषस्य तावत्संसृतिरातता ।
यावज्जन्मान्तरशतैः काकतालीययोगतः ॥ ४५ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
mūḍhasyārūḍhadoṣasya tāvatsaṃsṛtirātatā ,
yāvajjanmāntaraśataiḥ kākatālīyayogataḥ 45

45. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca mūḍhasya ārūḍhadoṣasya tāvat saṃsṛtiḥ
ātatā yāvat janmāntaraśataiḥ kākatālīyayogataḥ

45. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca mūḍhasya ārūḍhadoṣasya saṃsṛtiḥ
tāvat ātatā yāvat janmāntaraśataiḥ kākatālīyayogataḥ

45. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: For the ignorant person (mūḍha) burdened by faults, the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) is indeed vast. It extends until, through hundreds of successive births, liberation (mokṣa) comes about by sheer, rare coincidence, like the falling of a palm fruit upon a crow.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (proper noun) (Lord Vasiṣṭha)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• मूढस्य (mūḍhasya) - of the ignorant person (mūḍha) (of the foolish, ignorant, bewildered, deluded)

• आरूढदोषस्य (ārūḍhadoṣasya) - of one burdened by faults (of one upon whom faults have mounted/arisen, burdened by faults)

• तावत् (tāvat) - indeed, to that extent, so long (so long, so far, to that extent, thus much)

• संसृतिः (saṁsṛtiḥ) - the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (transmigration, cycle of rebirths, worldly existence (saṃsāra))

• आतता (ātatā) - vast, extended (stretched out, extended, vast, spread, intense)

• यावत् (yāvat) - until (as long as, until, as far as)

• जन्मान्तरशतैः (janmāntaraśataiḥ) - through hundreds of successive births (by hundreds of other births, by hundreds of successive rebirths)

• काकतालीययोगतः (kākatālīyayogataḥ) - by sheer, rare coincidence, like the falling of a palm fruit upon a crow (kākatālīya yoga) (by means of a crow-and-palm-fruit coincidence, by a rare and unexpected coincidence)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (proper noun) (Lord Vasiṣṭha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Sage Vasiṣṭha (an epithet for Vasiṣṭha)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – glory, prosperity, wealth, divine grace, beauty; an honorific prefix
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a revered Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of √vac

Perfect active indicative

From √vac, perfect form

Root: √vac (class 2)

मूढस्य (mūḍhasya) - of the ignorant person (mūḍha) (of the foolish, ignorant, bewildered, deluded)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, ignorant, bewildered, deluded, stupid

Past Passive Participle

From √muh (to be bewildered, confused)

Root: √muh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies an implied janasya or puruṣasya.

आरूढदोषस्य (ārūḍhadoṣasya) - of one burdened by faults (of one upon whom faults have mounted/arisen, burdened by faults)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ārūḍhadoṣa

ārūḍhadoṣa - one upon whom faults have mounted or arisen

Compound adjective.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ārūḍha+doṣa)

• ārūḍha – ascended, mounted, arisen, inherent
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From ā-√ruh (to ascend, to arise)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: √ruh (class 1)
• doṣa – fault, defect, blemish, vice, error
  noun (masculine)
  From √duṣ (to be bad)
  Root: √duṣ (class 4)

Note: Qualifies an implied puruṣasya.

तावत् (tāvat) - indeed, to that extent, so long (so long, so far, to that extent, thus much)

(indeclinable)

Correlative to yāvat.

संसृतिः (saṁsṛtiḥ) - the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (transmigration, cycle of rebirths, worldly existence (saṃsāra))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsṛti

saṁsṛti - flowing together, confluence, transmigration, cycle of rebirths (saṃsāra), worldly existence

Action noun

From sam-√sṛ (to flow together, to run along) + ti suffix

Prefix: sam

Root: √sṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the first clause, implicitly connected with ātatā.

आतता (ātatā) - vast, extended (stretched out, extended, vast, spread, intense)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ātata

ātata - stretched out, extended, vast, continuous, intense

Past Passive Participle

From ā-√tan (to stretch, to extend)

Prefix: ā

Root: √tan (class 8)

यावत् (yāvat) - until (as long as, until, as far as)

(indeclinable)

Correlative to tāvat.

Note: Introduces the condition for tāvat.

जन्मान्तरशतैः (janmāntaraśataiḥ) - through hundreds of successive births (by hundreds of other births, by hundreds of successive rebirths)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of janmāntaraśata

janmāntaraśata - hundreds of other births, hundreds of rebirths

Compound noun.

Compound type : dvigu/tatpuruṣa (janmāntara+śata)

• janmāntara – another birth, rebirth
  noun (neuter)
  From janman (birth) + antara (other)
  Root: √jan (class 4)
• śata – a hundred, numerous
  noun / numeral (neuter)

Note: Indicates the means or duration.

काकतालीययोगतः (kākatālīyayogataḥ) - by sheer, rare coincidence, like the falling of a palm fruit upon a crow (kākatālīya yoga) (by means of a crow-and-palm-fruit coincidence, by a rare and unexpected coincidence)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kākatālīyayoga

kākatālīyayoga - the coincidence of a crow and a palm fruit (idiom for a chance, unexpected, or rare event), fortuitous occurrence

Compound noun, tas suffix for instrumental/ablative sense.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāka+tālīya+yoga)

• kāka – crow
  noun (masculine)
• tālīya – related to a palm tree/fruit
  adjective
  From tāla (palm tree) + īya suffix
• yoga – union, conjunction, connection, coincidence, discipline (yoga)
  noun (masculine)
  From √yuj (to join, to unite)
  Root: √yuj (class 7)

Note: The suffix tas can form an adverb from a noun, indicating 'by means of' or 'from'. Here, it means 'by means of such a coincidence'.