योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-127, verse-24

रागद्वेषावतिग्राहौ गृहीतसमनन्तरः ।
ततश्चानर्थपातालप्रवेशः केन वार्यते ॥ २४ ॥

rāgadveṣāvatigrāhau gṛhītasamanantaraḥ ,
tataścānarthapātālapraveśaḥ kena vāryate 24

24. rāgadveṣau atigrāhau gṛhītasamanantaraḥ
tataḥ ca anarthapātālapraveśaḥ kena vāryate

24. rāgadveṣau atigrāhau.
gṛhītasamanantaraḥ (narah) tataḥ ca anarthapātālapraveśaḥ kena vāryate?

24. Attachment and aversion (rāga-dveṣa) are powerful graspers; as soon as one is seized by them, then who can prevent descent into the abyss of misfortune?

Words meanings summery:

• रागद्वेषौ (rāgadveṣau) - attachment and aversion (rāga-dveṣa)

• अतिग्राहौ (atigrāhau) - describing rāga and dveṣa as entities that grasp and bind (powerful graspers, great seizers)

• गृहीतसमनन्तरः (gṛhītasamanantaraḥ) - referring to a person who is immediately overcome by attachment and aversion (immediately after being seized, having been immediately grasped)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अनर्थपातालप्रवेशः (anarthapātālapraveśaḥ) - entry into the abyss of misfortune

• केन (kena) - by whom

• वार्यते (vāryate) - is prevented, is hindered, is warded off

Words meanings and morphology

रागद्वेषौ (rāgadveṣau) - attachment and aversion (rāga-dveṣa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rāgadveṣa

rāgadveṣa - attachment and aversion, love and hatred

Compound type : Dvandva (rāga+dveṣa)

• rāga – attachment, passion, desire
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• dveṣa – aversion, hatred, dislike
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dviṣ (class 2)

अतिग्राहौ (atigrāhau) - describing rāga and dveṣa as entities that grasp and bind (powerful graspers, great seizers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of atigrāha

atigrāha - powerful grasper, great seizer; powerful sense-organ (Yoga terminology)

Prefix: ati

Root: grah (class 9)

गृहीतसमनन्तरः (gṛhītasamanantaraḥ) - referring to a person who is immediately overcome by attachment and aversion (immediately after being seized, having been immediately grasped)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gṛhītasamanantara

gṛhītasamanantara - immediately following being seized, after having been grasped

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (gṛhīta+samanantara)

• gṛhīta – seized, grasped, taken
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'grah' (to seize) with suffix '-ita'
  Root: grah (class 9)
• samanantara – immediately following, contiguous
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'sam' and 'anantara'
  Prefixes: sam+an

Note: Refers to an implied subject (e.g., 'a person') that is immediately seized.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

Suffix -tas indicating 'from that'

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अनर्थपातालप्रवेशः (anarthapātālapraveśaḥ) - entry into the abyss of misfortune

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anarthapātālapraveśa

anarthapātālapraveśa - entry into the abyss of misfortune

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (anarthapātāla+praveśa)

• anarthapātāla – abyss of misfortune
  noun (neuter)
• praveśa – entry, ingress, access
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'viś' (to enter) with prefix 'pra-'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: viś (class 6)

केन (kena) - by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

वार्यते (vāryate) - is prevented, is hindered, is warded off

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vṛ

Present, 3rd person singular, Passive voice

From root 'vṛ' (class 9, 10, U), passive stem 'vārya-'

Root: vṛ (class 1)