योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-86, verse-7

चूडालोवाच ।
ततो निबध्नता तेन मनोमत्तमतङ्गजम् ।
विवेकविपुलालाने शुद्धया धीवरत्रया ॥ ७ ॥

cūḍālovāca ,
tato nibadhnatā tena manomattamataṅgajam ,
vivekavipulālāne śuddhayā dhīvaratrayā 7

7. cūḍālā uvāca tataḥ nibadhnatā tena manomattamatagajam
vivekavipulālāne śuddhayā dhīvaratrayā

7. Cūḍālā said: Then, by him who was restraining that mind, which is like a mad elephant, with his pure, trapper-like intellect, to the vast tying-post of discrimination (viveka)...

Words meanings summery:

• चूडाला (cūḍālā) - Cūḍālā (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

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

• निबध्नता (nibadhnatā) - by him who was binding/restraining

• तेन (tena) - by him (referring to the protagonist of the previous narrative) (by him, by that)

• मनोमत्तमतगजम् (manomattamatagajam) - the mind which is like a mad elephant

• विवेकविपुलालाने (vivekavipulālāne) - in the vast tying-post of discrimination

• शुद्धया (śuddhayā) - by the pure (intellect) (by the pure)

• धीवरत्रया (dhīvaratrayā) - by the trapper-like intellect / by the intellect as a trapper

Words meanings and morphology

चूडाला (cūḍālā) - Cūḍālā (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cūḍālā

cūḍālā - Cūḍālā (name of a queen and a yoginī in Yoga-Vāsiṣṭha)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect indicative (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active Indicative

3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

adverb derived from tad

निबध्नता (nibadhnatā) - by him who was binding/restraining

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nibadhnat

nibadhnat - binding, restraining, tying

Present Active Participle

from ni-bandh (to bind, restrain)

Prefix: ni

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'tena'.

तेन (tena) - by him (referring to the protagonist of the previous narrative) (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Instrumental singular masculine of tad.

मनोमत्तमतगजम् (manomattamatagajam) - the mind which is like a mad elephant

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of manomattamatagaja

manomattamatagaja - mind-mad-elephant, the mind which is like a mad elephant

Compound type : karmadhāraya (manas+matta+matagaja)

• manas – mind, intellect, heart, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• matta – mad, intoxicated, excited, furious
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root mad (to be mad, rejoice)
  Root: mad (class 4)
• matagaja – rutting elephant, mad elephant
  noun (masculine)
  mata (rut/intoxication) + gaja (elephant)

Note: Direct object of the implied verb of binding.

विवेकविपुलालाने (vivekavipulālāne) - in the vast tying-post of discrimination

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vivekavipulālāna

vivekavipulālāna - the vast tying-post of discrimination

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viveka+vipula+ālāna)

• viveka – discrimination, discernment, judgment
  noun (masculine)
  derived from vi-vic (to distinguish)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vic (class 7)
• vipula – vast, extensive, large, abundant
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: pul (class 1)
• ālāna – tying-post (for an elephant), tether
  noun (neuter)
  from ā-lā (to take) or ā-lī (to cling to)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lā (class 1)

Note: Indicates the place of binding.

शुद्धया (śuddhayā) - by the pure (intellect) (by the pure)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, clear, faultless

Past Passive Participle

from root śudh (to purify)

Root: śudh (class 4)

धीवरत्रया (dhīvaratrayā) - by the trapper-like intellect / by the intellect as a trapper

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dhīvaratrā

dhīvaratrā - intellect acting as a trapper, the 'trapper-intellect', the instrument of the intellectual trapper

Compound of dhīvara (trapper) and trā (rope, instrument for tying).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhīvara+trā)

• dhīvara – fisherman, trapper, wise man
  noun (masculine)
• trā – rope, cord, instrument for tying, protection
  noun (feminine)
  derived from root trā (to protect)
  Root: trā (class 2)

Note: It functions as the instrument by which the mind-elephant is bound.