योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-173, verse-8

शरीरस्य यथा केशनखादिषु यथाग्रहः ।
सर्वात्मनस्तथा काष्ठदृषदादौ तथाग्रहः ॥ ८ ॥

śarīrasya yathā keśanakhādiṣu yathāgrahaḥ ,
sarvātmanastathā kāṣṭhadṛṣadādau tathāgrahaḥ 8

8. śarīrasya yathā keśa-nakha-ādiṣu yathāgrahaḥ |
sarvātmanaḥ tathā kāṣṭha-dṛṣad-ādau tathāgrahaḥ

8. yathā śarīrasya keśa-nakha-ādiṣu yathāgrahaḥ
tathā sarvātmanaḥ kāṣṭha-dṛṣad-ādau tathāgrahaḥ

8. Just as there is an identification (āgraha) with hair, nails, etc., as parts of one's own body, so too for the all-pervading Self (sarvātman), there is such an identification (āgraha) with wood, stone, and other inanimate objects.

Words meanings summery:

• शरीरस्य (śarīrasya) - of the body

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in the manner that)

• केश-नख-आदिषु (keśa-nakha-ādiṣu) - in hair, nails, etc. (as parts of the body) (in hair, nails, etc.)

• यथाग्रहः (yathāgrahaḥ) - such an identification (such an insistence, such an identification, such a grasp)

• सर्वात्मनः (sarvātmanaḥ) - for the all-pervading Self (ātman) (of the all-pervading Self, of the Universal Soul)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, in the same way)

• काष्ठ-दृषद्-आदौ (kāṣṭha-dṛṣad-ādau) - in wood, stone, and other inanimate objects (in wood, stone, etc.)

• तथाग्रहः (tathāgrahaḥ) - such an identification (such an insistence, such an identification, such a grasp)

Words meanings and morphology

शरीरस्य (śarīrasya) - of the body

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal frame

From root 'śṝ' (to crumble)

Root: śṝ

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in the manner that)

(indeclinable)

केश-नख-आदिषु (keśa-nakha-ādiṣu) - in hair, nails, etc. (as parts of the body) (in hair, nails, etc.)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of keśa-nakha-ādi

keśa-nakha-ādi - (that which begins with) hair, nails, etc.

Compound noun ending with 'ādi' (etc.)

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (keśa+nakha+ādi)

• keśa – hair
  noun (masculine)
  Root: keś
• nakha – nail, claw
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nakh
• ādi – beginning, etc., and so forth
  indeclinable

Note: This is a locative plural of a compound ending in 'ādi'.

यथाग्रहः (yathāgrahaḥ) - such an identification (such an insistence, such an identification, such a grasp)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yathāgraha

yathāgraha - such an insistence, firm grip, identification

Compound formed from 'yathā' (just as) and 'āgraha' (insistence, firm grip, identification)

Compound type : karmadharaya (yathā+āgraha)

• yathā – as, just as, in the manner that
  indeclinable
• āgraha – insistence, firm grip, identification
  noun (masculine)
  From 'ā-√grah' (to seize, take)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: grah (class 9)

सर्वात्मनः (sarvātmanaḥ) - for the all-pervading Self (ātman) (of the all-pervading Self, of the Universal Soul)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sarvātman

sarvātman - the Universal Self, the Self of all

Compound formed from 'sarva' (all) and 'ātman' (self)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+ātman)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, in the same way)

(indeclinable)

काष्ठ-दृषद्-आदौ (kāṣṭha-dṛṣad-ādau) - in wood, stone, and other inanimate objects (in wood, stone, etc.)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāṣṭha-dṛṣad-ādi

kāṣṭha-dṛṣad-ādi - (that which begins with) wood, stone, etc.

Compound noun ending with 'ādi' (etc.)

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (kāṣṭha+dṛṣad+ādi)

• kāṣṭha – wood, stick, timber
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kas
• dṛṣad – rock, stone
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dṛṣ
• ādi – beginning, etc., and so forth
  indeclinable

Note: This is a locative singular of a compound ending in 'ādi'.

तथाग्रहः (tathāgrahaḥ) - such an identification (such an insistence, such an identification, such a grasp)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tathāgraha

tathāgraha - such an insistence, firm grip, identification

Compound formed from 'tathā' (thus, so) and 'āgraha' (insistence, firm grip, identification)

Compound type : karmadharaya (tathā+āgraha)

• tathā – thus, so, in that manner
  indeclinable
• āgraha – insistence, firm grip, identification
  noun (masculine)
  From 'ā-√grah' (to seize, take)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: grah (class 9)