योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-140, verse-39

गोमयान्नजलाम्ब्वग्निकाष्ठेष्टा कष्टसंचयी ।
इदं कार्यमिदं नेति पाशाभ्यां विवशीकृतः ॥ ३९ ॥

gomayānnajalāmbvagnikāṣṭheṣṭā kaṣṭasaṃcayī ,
idaṃ kāryamidaṃ neti pāśābhyāṃ vivaśīkṛtaḥ 39

39. gomayānnajalāmbu agnikāṣṭheṣṭā kaṣṭasaṃcayī
idam kāryam idam na iti pāśābhyām vivaśīkṛtaḥ

39. gomayānnajalāmbu agnikāṣṭheṣṭā kaṣṭasaṃcayī
idam kāryam idam na iti pāśābhyām vivaśīkṛtaḥ

39. Straining to collect things like cow-dung, food, water, fire, and wood, he is overpowered by the two bonds of 'this must be done' and 'this must not be done'.

Words meanings summery:

• गोमयान्नजलाम्बु अग्निकाष्ठेष्टा (gomayānnajalāmbu agnikāṣṭheṣṭā) - the person described in the verse, who desires or is pleased by these material items (one for whom cow-dung, food, water, fire, wood are desired or pleasing; desirous of cow-dung, food, water, fire, wood)

• कष्टसंचयी (kaṣṭasaṁcayī) - one who collects with difficulty; painful accumulator

• इदम् (idam) - this, this here

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - 'to be done' as a specific task (to be done, duty, action, work)

• इदम् (idam) - this, this here

• न (na) - not, no

• इति (iti) - marking the preceding phrase as a quote or thought (thus, so, in this manner, marking quotation)

• पाशाभ्याम् (pāśābhyām) - by the two mental bonds of prescribed and prohibited actions (by two nooses, by two bonds/fetters)

• विवशीकृतः (vivaśīkṛtaḥ) - made helpless, overpowered, subdued, controlled

Words meanings and morphology

गोमयान्नजलाम्बु अग्निकाष्ठेष्टा (gomayānnajalāmbu agnikāṣṭheṣṭā) - the person described in the verse, who desires or is pleased by these material items (one for whom cow-dung, food, water, fire, wood are desired or pleasing; desirous of cow-dung, food, water, fire, wood)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gomayānnajalāmbvagnikāṣṭheṣṭa

gomayānnajalāmbvagnikāṣṭheṣṭa - one for whom cow-dung, food, water, fire, wood are desired or pleasing; desirous of cow-dung, food, water, fire, wood

Compound type : bahuvrihi (gomaya+anna+jala+ambu+agni+kāṣṭha+iṣṭa)

• gomaya – cow-dung, made of cow-dung
  noun (neuter)
• anna – food, grain, boiled rice
  noun (neuter)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• agni – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)
• kāṣṭha – wood, piece of wood, timber, fuel
  noun (neuter)
• iṣṭa – desired, wished, beloved, worshipped, sacrificed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √iṣ (to desire, to wish, to seek).
  Root: √iṣ (class 4)

कष्टसंचयी (kaṣṭasaṁcayī) - one who collects with difficulty; painful accumulator

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaṣṭasaṃcayin

kaṣṭasaṁcayin - one who collects painfully or with difficulty

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kaṣṭa+saṃcayin)

• kaṣṭa – difficulty, pain, trouble
  noun (neuter)
• saṃcayin – accumulator, collector
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun derived from saṃ-√ci (to gather, collect).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: √ci (class 5)

इदम् (idam) - this, this here

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

कार्यम् (kāryam) - 'to be done' as a specific task (to be done, duty, action, work)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, to be performed, duty, business, action, effect

Gerundive

Derived from the root √kṛ (to do, to make), indicating fitness, obligation, or possibility of being done.

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

इदम् (idam) - this, this here

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - marking the preceding phrase as a quote or thought (thus, so, in this manner, marking quotation)

(indeclinable)

पाशाभ्याम् (pāśābhyām) - by the two mental bonds of prescribed and prohibited actions (by two nooses, by two bonds/fetters)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of pāśa

pāśa - noose, snare, bond, fetter

विवशीकृतः (vivaśīkṛtaḥ) - made helpless, overpowered, subdued, controlled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vivaśīkṛta

vivaśīkṛta - made helpless, overpowered, subdued

Past Passive Participle

Derived from `vi-vaśa-kṛ` (to make helpless), combining `vi` (denoting separation/absence), `vaśa` (control), and the root `√kṛ` (to make) as a participle.

Prefix: vi

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

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