योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-49, verse-50

जीवकाजीर्णशफरी व्योमवारिविहारिणी ।
मोहजालेन वलिता न स्मरत्यात्मनि स्थितिम् ॥ ५० ॥

jīvakājīrṇaśapharī vyomavārivihāriṇī ,
mohajālena valitā na smaratyātmani sthitim 50

50. jīvakājīrṇaśapharī vyomavārivihāriṇī
mohajālena valitā na smarati ātmani sthitim

50. jīvakājīrṇaśapharī vyomavārivihāriṇī
mohajālena valitā ātmani sthitim na smarati

50. The individual soul (jīva), likened to a small fish suffering from a spiritual indigestion, swimming in the illusory waters of the sky, entangled by the net of delusion (moha), does not remember its true state (sthiti) within the self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• जीवकाजीर्णशफरी (jīvakājīrṇaśapharī) - the individual soul (jīva) metaphorically represented as a small fish suffering from ignorance or a distorted understanding of its existence (a small fish experiencing indigestion related to life)

• व्योमवारिविहारिणी (vyomavārivihāriṇī) - moving in the illusory or conceptual expanse of space (sporting/moving in the sky-water)

• मोहजालेन (mohajālena) - by the net of delusion

• वलिता (valitā) - encircled, covered, wrapped, entangled

• न (na) - not, no

• स्मरति (smarati) - remembers

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self (ātman), in the soul

• स्थितिम् (sthitim) - its true inherent nature or position (state, condition, position, existence, abode)

Words meanings and morphology

जीवकाजीर्णशफरी (jīvakājīrṇaśapharī) - the individual soul (jīva) metaphorically represented as a small fish suffering from ignorance or a distorted understanding of its existence (a small fish experiencing indigestion related to life)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jīvakājīrṇaśapharī

jīvakājīrṇaśapharī - a small fish with life's indigestion

Compound: jīvaka (living being/life, or referring to jīva) + ajīrṇa (indigestion) + śapharī (small fish).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jīvaka+ajīrṇa+śapharī)

• jīvaka – living being, life, existence
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from jīva (life, living being) with suffix -ka.
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• ajīrṇa – indigestion, not digested, undigested
  noun (neuter)
  Negative particle a + jīrṇa (digested, from root jṝ).
  Root: jṝ (class 1)
• śapharī – a small fish
  noun (feminine)

व्योमवारिविहारिणी (vyomavārivihāriṇī) - moving in the illusory or conceptual expanse of space (sporting/moving in the sky-water)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyomavārivihāriṇī

vyomavārivihāriṇī - female wanderer in sky-water

Compound: vyoma (sky) + vāri (water) + vihāriṇī (female wanderer/sporting one, from vi-hṛ root).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vyoma+vāri+vihāriṇī)

• vyoma – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vyom
• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• vihāriṇī – female wanderer, sporting woman, enjoying, moving about
  adjective (feminine)
  Agent noun (feminine)
  From root hṛ (to take) with upasarga vi and suffix -inī (feminine agent).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

मोहजालेन (mohajālena) - by the net of delusion

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mohajāla

mohajāla - net of delusion

Compound: moha (delusion) + jāla (net).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (moha+jāla)

• moha – delusion, infatuation, bewilderment, ignorance
  noun (masculine)
  From root muh (to be bewildered).
  Root: muh (class 4)
• jāla – net, snare, trap, web
  noun (neuter)

वलिता (valitā) - encircled, covered, wrapped, entangled

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of valita

valita - encircled, surrounded, covered, entangled, having folds

Past Passive Participle

From root val (to cover, turn).

Root: val (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्मरति (smarati) - remembers

(verb)

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

root of class 1, Parasmaipada

Root: smṛ (class 1)

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self (ātman), in the soul

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, supreme soul

Root: an (class 2)

स्थितिम् (sthitim) - its true inherent nature or position (state, condition, position, existence, abode)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, staying, state, condition, position, duration, existence, abode

From root sthā (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)