योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-23, verse-7

शरीरतरुसर्पौघाश्चिन्तार्पितशिरःफणाः ।
आशा यं न दहन्त्यन्तर्मृत्युस्तं न जिघांसति ॥ ७ ॥

śarīratarusarpaughāścintārpitaśiraḥphaṇāḥ ,
āśā yaṃ na dahantyantarmṛtyustaṃ na jighāṃsati 7

7. śarīratarusarpaughāḥ cintārpitaśiraḥphaṇāḥ āśā
yam na dahanti antar mṛtyuḥ tam na jighāṃsati

7. yam āśā śarīratarusarpaughāḥ cintārpitaśiraḥphaṇāḥ antar na dahanti,
mṛtyuḥ tam na jighāṃsati

7. Those hopes (āśā) which are like multitudes of serpents in the tree of the body, and whose heads and hoods are raised by worry (cintā)—if these do not burn a person internally, then death does not desire to kill that person.

Words meanings summery:

• शरीरतरुसर्पौघाः (śarīratarusarpaughāḥ) - swarms of serpents in the body-tree

• चिन्तार्पितशिरःफणाः (cintārpitaśiraḥphaṇāḥ) - whose heads and hoods are fixed by worry

• आशा (āśā) - hopes, desires, expectations

• यम् (yam) - whom, which (relative pronoun)

• न (na) - not, no

• दहन्ति (dahanti) - they burn, they consume

• अन्तर् (antar) - within, inside, internally

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• न (na) - not, no

• जिघांसति (jighāṁsati) - desires to kill, wishes to harm

Words meanings and morphology

शरीरतरुसर्पौघाः (śarīratarusarpaughāḥ) - swarms of serpents in the body-tree

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śarīratarusarpaugha

śarīratarusarpaugha - swarms of serpents in the body-tree

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarīra+taru+sarpa+ogha)

• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)
• taru – tree
  noun (masculine)
• sarpa – serpent, snake
  noun (masculine)
• ogha – multitude, swarm, flood
  noun (masculine)

Note: Acts as an adjective for āśā.

चिन्तार्पितशिरःफणाः (cintārpitaśiraḥphaṇāḥ) - whose heads and hoods are fixed by worry

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of cintārpitaśirasphaṇā

cintārpitaśirasphaṇā - whose heads and hoods are fixed by worry

Compound adjective

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cintā+arpita+śiras+phaṇā)

• cintā – worry, thought, anxiety, concern
  noun (feminine)
  From root cit 'to perceive, think'
  Root: cit (class 1)
• arpita – placed, fixed, offered, entrusted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root ṛ 'to go' with prefix ā + caus. arpayati
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ṛ (class 1)
• śiras – head, top
  noun (neuter)
• phaṇā – hood of a snake
  noun (feminine)

Note: The compound takes the gender/number/case of the noun it qualifies, which is āśā (feminine plural nominative).

आशा (āśā) - hopes, desires, expectations

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of āśā

āśā - hope, desire, expectation, direction

From ā-śī 'to lie on, to expect'

Prefix: ā

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

यम् (yam) - whom, which (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to the person being discussed.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb.

दहन्ति (dahanti) - they burn, they consume

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of dah

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Subject is āśāḥ.

अन्तर् (antar) - within, inside, internally

(indeclinable)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, the god of death

From root mṛ 'to die'

Root: mṛ (class 6)

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative to 'yam'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb.

जिघांसति (jighāṁsati) - desires to kill, wishes to harm

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jighāṃs

desiderative stem

Desiderative of √han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)