महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-17, verse-30

यथान्धकारे खद्योतं लीयमानं ततस्ततः ।
चक्षुष्मन्तः प्रपश्यन्ति तथा तं ज्ञानचक्षुषः ॥३०॥

30. yathāndhakāre khadyotaṁ līyamānaṁ tatastataḥ ,
cakṣuṣmantaḥ prapaśyanti tathā taṁ jñānacakṣuṣaḥ.

30. yathā andhakāre khadyotam līyamānam tatastataḥ
cakṣuṣmantaḥ prapaśyanti tathā tam jñānacakṣuṣaḥ

30. Just as those with physical eyes clearly perceive a firefly disappearing here and there in the darkness, similarly, those who possess the eye of wisdom (jñānacakṣuṣaḥ) perceive that subtle reality.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• अन्धकारे (andhakāre) - in darkness (in darkness, in the dark)

• खद्योतम् (khadyotam) - a firefly (a firefly, glow-worm)

• लीयमानम् (līyamānam) - disappearing (disappearing, hiding, melting, merging)

• ततस्ततः (tatastataḥ) - here and there (from there, from this place and that place, hither and thither)

• चक्षुष्मन्तः (cakṣuṣmantaḥ) - those with physical eyes, sighted people (those possessing eyes, sighted ones, endowed with sight)

• प्रपश्यन्ति (prapaśyanti) - they clearly perceive (they see, they perceive, they observe)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, similarly)

• तम् (tam) - that (subtle reality/self) (him, that (masculine accusative singular))

• ज्ञानचक्षुषः (jñānacakṣuṣaḥ) - those who possess the eye of wisdom (those with the eye of knowledge, having wisdom as their eye)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

अन्धकारे (andhakāre) - in darkness (in darkness, in the dark)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of andhakāra

andhakāra - darkness, gloom

खद्योतम् (khadyotam) - a firefly (a firefly, glow-worm)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of khadyota

khadyota - firefly, glow-worm

लीयमानम् (līyamānam) - disappearing (disappearing, hiding, melting, merging)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of līyamāna

līyamāna - disappearing, hiding, merging, dissolving

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root lī (to cling, adhere, disappear) with passive suffix -yamāna.

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Agreeing with 'khadyotam'.

ततस्ततः (tatastataḥ) - here and there (from there, from this place and that place, hither and thither)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : reduplicated (tatas+tatas)

• tatas – from there, thence
  indeclinable
• tatas – from there, thence
  indeclinable

चक्षुष्मन्तः (cakṣuṣmantaḥ) - those with physical eyes, sighted people (those possessing eyes, sighted ones, endowed with sight)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cakṣuṣmat

cakṣuṣmat - possessing eyes, endowed with sight, sighted

Derived from cakṣus (eye) with the possessive suffix -mat.

Note: Used substantively as "sighted people."

प्रपश्यन्ति (prapaśyanti) - they clearly perceive (they see, they perceive, they observe)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of paśya

Present Active

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, similarly)

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - that (subtle reality/self) (him, that (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the subtle self (jīva) from the previous verses or implied context.

ज्ञानचक्षुषः (jñānacakṣuṣaḥ) - those who possess the eye of wisdom (those with the eye of knowledge, having wisdom as their eye)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jñānacakṣus

jñānacakṣus - the eye of knowledge, wisdom as an eye

Compound type : tatpurusha (jñāna+cakṣus)

• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• cakṣus – eye, sight
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used substantively to mean "those who have the eye of knowledge."