योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-7, verse-27

आशातन्तुनिबद्धाङ्गी जागती जीर्णपक्षिणी ।
स्ववासनाशलाकेऽन्तर्निबद्धेन्द्रियपञ्जरे ॥ २७ ॥

āśātantunibaddhāṅgī jāgatī jīrṇapakṣiṇī ,
svavāsanāśalāke'ntarnibaddhendriyapañjare 27

27. āśā-tantu-nibaddha-aṅgī jāgatī jīrṇa-pakṣiṇī
sva-vāsanā-śalāke antaḥ nibaddha-indriya-pañjare

27. āśā-tantu-nibaddha-aṅgī jāgatī jīrṇa-pakṣiṇī
sva-vāsanā-śalāke antaḥ nibaddha-indriya-pañjare

27. An old bird, whose body is bound by the threads of hope, remains active within the cage of its sense organs, which are tethered internally to the bar of its own latent impressions (vāsanā).

Words meanings summery:

• आशा-तन्तु-निबद्ध-अङ्गी (āśā-tantu-nibaddha-aṅgī) - whose body is bound by threads of hope

• जागती (jāgatī) - active, vigilant, awake

• जीर्ण-पक्षिणी (jīrṇa-pakṣiṇī) - old bird

• स्व-वासना-शलाके (sva-vāsanā-śalāke) - on the bar of its own latent impressions/desires

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, internally

• निबद्ध-इन्द्रिय-पञ्जरे (nibaddha-indriya-pañjare) - within the cage of bound sense organs

Words meanings and morphology

आशा-तन्तु-निबद्ध-अङ्गी (āśā-tantu-nibaddha-aṅgī) - whose body is bound by threads of hope

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āśā-tantu-nibaddha-aṅga

āśā-tantu-nibaddha-aṅga - one whose body is bound by threads of hope

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (āśā+tantu+nibaddha+aṅga)

• āśā – hope, desire, direction
  noun (feminine)
  Root: aś
• tantu – thread, fiber
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tan (class 8)
• nibaddha – bound, tied, restrained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `bandh` with prefix `ni`.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• aṅga – body, limb, part
  noun (neuter)

जागती (jāgatī) - active, vigilant, awake

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jāgat

jāgat - awake, active, vigilant

Present Active Participle

Derived from root `jāgṛ`.

Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

Note: Modifies `pakṣiṇī`.

जीर्ण-पक्षिणी (jīrṇa-pakṣiṇī) - old bird

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jīrṇa-pakṣin

jīrṇa-pakṣin - old bird

Compound type : Karma-dhāraya (jīrṇa+pakṣin)

• jīrṇa – old, worn out, decayed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `jṝ`.
  Root: jṝ (class 9)
• pakṣin – bird, winged creature
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the implied verb.

स्व-वासना-शलाके (sva-vāsanā-śalāke) - on the bar of its own latent impressions/desires

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of sva-vāsanā-śalākā

sva-vāsanā-śalākā - bar of one's own latent impressions (vāsanā)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sva+vāsanā+śalākā)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• vāsanā – latent impression, subconscious tendency, desire (vāsanā)
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vas (class 10)
• śalākā – bar, rod, stick
  noun (feminine)

Note: Acts as the object of `nibaddha` or indicates location.

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, internally

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial.

निबद्ध-इन्द्रिय-पञ्जरे (nibaddha-indriya-pañjare) - within the cage of bound sense organs

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nibaddha-indriya-pañjara

nibaddha-indriya-pañjara - cage of bound sense organs

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (nibaddha+indriya+pañjara)

• nibaddha – bound, tied, restrained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `bandh` with prefix `ni`.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty
  noun (neuter)
• pañjara – cage, framework
  noun (neuter)

Note: Indicates location.