योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-126, verse-90

अवधानविनिर्मुक्तं सुप्तं शवशतं यथा ।
तां प्रत्याहारबडिशेनेच्छामत्सीं नियच्छत ॥ ९० ॥

avadhānavinirmuktaṃ suptaṃ śavaśataṃ yathā ,
tāṃ pratyāhārabaḍiśenecchāmatsīṃ niyacchata 90

90. avadhānavinirmuktam suptam śavaśatam yathā
tām pratyāhārabaliśena icchāmatsīm niyacchata

90. yathā avadhānavinirmuktam suptam śavaśatam,
tām icchāmatsīm pratyāhārabaliśena niyacchata

90. Like a hundred corpses, asleep and completely devoid of attention, restrain that fish of desire with the hook of sense withdrawal (pratyāhāra).

Words meanings summery:

• अवधानविनिर्मुक्तम् (avadhānavinirmuktam) - devoid of attention, free from concentration

• सुप्तम् (suptam) - asleep, sleeping, dormant

• शवशतम् (śavaśatam) - a hundred corpses

• यथा (yathā) - as, like, just as

• ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)

• प्रत्याहारबलिशेन (pratyāhārabaliśena) - by means of the hook of sense withdrawal

• इच्छामत्सीम् (icchāmatsīm) - the fish of desire

• नियच्छत (niyacchata) - restrain, control, subdue

Words meanings and morphology

अवधानविनिर्मुक्तम् (avadhānavinirmuktam) - devoid of attention, free from concentration

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avadhānavinirmukta

avadhānavinirmukta - devoid of attention, free from concentration, released from awareness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avadhāna+vinirmukta)

• avadhāna – attention, concentration, mindfulness
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• vinirmukta – freed from, released, abandoned
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'muc' (to free) with prefixes 'vi' and 'nir'.
  Prefixes: vi+nir
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Modifies an implied 'object' or functions as a predicate

सुप्तम् (suptam) - asleep, sleeping, dormant

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of supta

supta - asleep, sleeping, dormant

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'svap' (to sleep).

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Modifies an implied 'object' or functions as a predicate

शवशतम् (śavaśatam) - a hundred corpses

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śavaśata

śavaśata - a hundred corpses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śava+śata)

• śava – corpse, dead body
  noun (masculine)
• śata – a hundred
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - as, like, just as

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to 'icchāmatsīm'

प्रत्याहारबलिशेन (pratyāhārabaliśena) - by means of the hook of sense withdrawal

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pratyāhārabaliśa

pratyāhārabaliśa - hook of sense withdrawal

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (pratyāhāra+baliśa)

• pratyāhāra – sense withdrawal, abstraction of the senses (one of the eight limbs of yoga)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'hṛ' with 'prati' and 'ā'.
  Prefixes: prati+ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• baliśa – fishhook, hook
  noun (masculine)

इच्छामत्सीम् (icchāmatsīm) - the fish of desire

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of icchāmatsī

icchāmatsī - the fish of desire

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (icchā+matsī)

• icchā – desire, wish, longing
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'iṣ' (to wish, desire).
  Root: iṣ (class 4)
• matsī – female fish, a fish
  noun (feminine)

नियच्छत (niyacchata) - restrain, control, subdue

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of ni-yam

Imperative

2nd person plural imperative active.

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)