योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-190, verse-60

श्रीराम उवाच ।
अनेकजन्मसंरूढा शाखा प्रसवशालिनी ।
भवबन्धकरी घोरा कथं शाम्यति वासना ॥ ६० ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
anekajanmasaṃrūḍhā śākhā prasavaśālinī ,
bhavabandhakarī ghorā kathaṃ śāmyati vāsanā 60

60. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca anekajanmasaṃrūḍhā śākhā prasavaśālinī
bhavabandhakarī ghorā katham śāmyati vāsanā

60. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca anekajanmasaṃrūḍhā prasavaśālinī
bhavabandhakarī ghorā śākhā vāsanā katham śāmyati

60. Śrī Rāma said: How can this terrible latent impression (vāsanā), which is deeply rooted through countless births, prolific like a branch bearing many fruits, and causes the bondage of transmigration (saṃsāra), ever be pacified?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Prince Rāma, addressing Vasiṣṭha. (Śrī Rāma)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Rāma said. (said, spoke)

• अनेकजन्मसंरूढा (anekajanmasaṁrūḍhā) - deeply rooted through countless births (deeply rooted through many births)

• शाखा (śākhā) - a branch (metaphorically for `vāsanā`) (branch (of a tree))

• प्रसवशालिनी (prasavaśālinī) - prolific, bearing many fruits (bearing fruit/offspring, productive, prolific)

• भवबन्धकरी (bhavabandhakarī) - causing the bondage of transmigration (saṃsāra) (causing the bondage of existence/transmigration (saṃsāra))

• घोरा (ghorā) - terrible (terrible, dreadful, awful)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

• शाम्यति (śāmyati) - be pacified (is pacified, ceases, calms down)

• वासना (vāsanā) - latent impression (vāsanā) (latent impression, subconscious tendency, desire (vāsanā))

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Prince Rāma, addressing Vasiṣṭha. (Śrī Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - The venerable Rāma, Lord Rāma.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – venerable, glorious, prosperity
  adjective (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (name of a Hindu deity)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - Rāma said. (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative

From root `vac`, perfect form.

Root: vac (class 2)

अनेकजन्मसंरूढा (anekajanmasaṁrūḍhā) - deeply rooted through countless births (deeply rooted through many births)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anekajanmasaṃrūḍha

anekajanmasaṁrūḍha - grown/rooted over many births

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'deeply rooted in many births'.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (aneka+janman+saṃrūḍha)

• aneka – many, countless
  adjective
  Negation of `eka` (one).
  Prefix: a
• janman – birth, existence, life
  noun (neuter)
  From root `jan` (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)
• saṃrūḍha – deeply rooted, firmly grown
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `ruh` (to grow) with prefix `sam`. Past passive participle form.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `vāsanā` (and `śākhā` by implication).

शाखा (śākhā) - a branch (metaphorically for `vāsanā`) (branch (of a tree))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śākhā

śākhā - branch, limb, division

Note: Qualifies `vāsanā` metaphorically.

प्रसवशालिनी (prasavaśālinī) - prolific, bearing many fruits (bearing fruit/offspring, productive, prolific)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prasavaśālin

prasavaśālin - possessing progeny, fruitful, productive

Compound of `prasava` (production/fruit) and `śālin` (possessing/endowed with).

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (prasava+śālin)

• prasava – birth, production, fruit, blossom
  noun (masculine)
  From root `sū` (to generate) with prefix `pra`.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sū (class 2)
• śālin – possessing, endowed with, inhabiting
  adjective
  Suffix `-śālin` (derived from `śāla` meaning 'house, abode').

Note: Qualifies `vāsanā`.

भवबन्धकरी (bhavabandhakarī) - causing the bondage of transmigration (saṃsāra) (causing the bondage of existence/transmigration (saṃsāra))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhavabandhakarin

bhavabandhakarin - causing the bondage of existence

Compound of `bhava` (existence), `bandha` (bondage), and `karin` (causing/making).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (bhava+bandha+karin)

• bhava – existence, being, birth, saṃsāra
  noun (masculine)
  From root `bhū` (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bandha – bondage, fetter, tie
  noun (masculine)
  From root `bandh` (to bind).
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• karin – making, causing, doing
  adjective
  Agent noun/Adjective
  From root `kṛ` (to do/make) with suffix `ini`.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies `vāsanā`.

घोरा (ghorā) - terrible (terrible, dreadful, awful)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, fearful

Root: ghur (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `vāsanā`.

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial derivative of `kim`.

शाम्यति (śāmyati) - be pacified (is pacified, ceases, calms down)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śam

present active indicative

From root `śam` (4th class, `dīvy-ādi`). Present tense, third person singular, active voice.

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: The subject is `vāsanā`.

वासना (vāsanā) - latent impression (vāsanā) (latent impression, subconscious tendency, desire (vāsanā))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, subconscious tendency, desire, perfume (vāsanā)

From root `vas` (to dwell, to smell).

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Subject of `śāmyati`.