योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-7, verse-11

बद्धजालघनाकाराः कारार्थमिव रज्जवः ।
दच्छदःसदृशा वाचः प्रतानगहने स्थिताः ॥ ११ ॥

baddhajālaghanākārāḥ kārārthamiva rajjavaḥ ,
dacchadaḥsadṛśā vācaḥ pratānagahane sthitāḥ 11

11. baddhajālaghanākārāḥ kārārtham iva rajjavaḥ
dacchadasadṛśāḥ vācaḥ pratānagahane sthitāḥ

11. vācaḥ kārārtham iva rajjavaḥ baddhajālaghanākārāḥ
dacchadasadṛśāḥ pratānagahane sthitāḥ

11. Words, resembling dense, tangled nets like ropes created for a specific aim, are like delicate leaves, situated in an impenetrable thicket of sprawling vines.

Words meanings summery:

• बद्धजालघनाकाराः (baddhajālaghanākārāḥ) - having the form of dense, tangled nets

• कारार्थम् (kārārtham) - for the sake of action, for a purpose

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• रज्जवः (rajjavaḥ) - ropes

• दच्छदसदृशाः (dacchadasadṛśāḥ) - like delicate leaves, implying fragility or ephemerality (resembling leaves/petals)

• वाचः (vācaḥ) - words, speeches, utterances

• प्रतानगहने (pratānagahane) - in a dense thicket of creepers/sprawling plants

• स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - situated, standing, abiding, existing

Words meanings and morphology

बद्धजालघनाकाराः (baddhajālaghanākārāḥ) - having the form of dense, tangled nets

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of baddhajālaghanākāra

baddhajālaghanākāra - having the form of dense, tangled nets

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (baddha+jāla+ghana+ākāra)

• baddha – bound, tied, caught
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bandh (to bind)
  Root: bandh (class 7)
• jāla – net, web, snare
  noun (neuter)
• ghana – dense, thick, compact
  adjective (masculine)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā

कारार्थम् (kārārtham) - for the sake of action, for a purpose

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāra+artha)

• kāra – action, making, purpose
  noun (masculine)
  From root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

रज्जवः (rajjavaḥ) - ropes

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rajju

rajju - rope, cord, string

दच्छदसदृशाः (dacchadasadṛśāḥ) - like delicate leaves, implying fragility or ephemerality (resembling leaves/petals)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dacchadasadṛśa

dacchadasadṛśa - resembling a leaf/petal

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dacchada+sadṛśa)

• dacchada – a leaf, a petal
  noun (masculine)
• sadṛśa – similar, resembling, like
  adjective (masculine)

वाचः (vācaḥ) - words, speeches, utterances

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice, sound

प्रतानगहने (pratānagahane) - in a dense thicket of creepers/sprawling plants

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pratānagahana

pratānagahana - a dense thicket of creepers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pratāna+gahana)

• pratāna – creeper, tendril, sprawling plant, extension
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
• gahana – dense, thick, impenetrable; a thicket, a dense forest
  noun (neuter)

स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - situated, standing, abiding, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sthita

sthita - situated, stood, remained

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)