योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-11, verse-33

किमतज्ज्ञ इवाज्ञानां योग्ये व्यामोहसागरे ।
विनिमज्जसि कल्लोलबहुले जाड्यशालिनि ॥ ३३ ॥

kimatajjña ivājñānāṃ yogye vyāmohasāgare ,
vinimajjasi kallolabahule jāḍyaśālini 33

33. kim atatjñaḥ iva ajñānām yogye vyāmohasāgare
vinimajjasi kallolabahule jāḍyaśālini

33. Why do you, like one who is ignorant of the true nature (atatjña), sink into this ocean of delusion (vyāmoha) — which is fitting for the ignorant, full of many waves, and imbued with inertia?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - why? what?

• अतत्ज्ञः (atatjñaḥ) - One who is ignorant of the ultimate reality or truth (one who does not know that, unknowing of the truth)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• अज्ञानाम् (ajñānām) - Belonging to those who lack spiritual knowledge (of the ignorant, of foolish persons)

• योग्ये (yogye) - Suitable for (the ignorant, or the state of delusion) (fit for, suitable for)

• व्यामोहसागरे (vyāmohasāgare) - In the ocean of spiritual confusion and infatuation (in the ocean of delusion (vyāmoha))

• विनिमज्जसि (vinimajjasi) - you sink, you immerse yourself

• कल्लोलबहुले (kallolabahule) - Describing the ocean of delusion as turbulent with many waves (full of many waves, abounding in waves)

• जाड्यशालिनि (jāḍyaśālini) - Describing the ocean of delusion as possessing dullness or insensibility (characterized by inertia, possessing dullness/stupidity)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - why? what?

(indeclinable)

interrogative adverb

अतत्ज्ञः (atatjñaḥ) - One who is ignorant of the ultimate reality or truth (one who does not know that, unknowing of the truth)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atatjña

atatjña - one who does not know that (truth, reality)

Compound of a- (negation) + tat (that) + jña (knower).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+tad+jña)

• a – not, un-, in- (negative prefix)
  prefix/indeclinable
• tad – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
  neuter form, here used as a pronominal element in a compound.
• jña – knowing, intelligent, a knower
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  From root √jñā.
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Sandhi with 'iva' forms 'atatjña ivā'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

particle

Note: Sandhi with 'ajñānām' forms 'ivājñānām'.

अज्ञानाम् (ajñānām) - Belonging to those who lack spiritual knowledge (of the ignorant, of foolish persons)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ajñāna

ajñāna - ignorant, foolish, one who lacks knowledge (jñāna)

Compound of a- (negation) + jñāna (knowledge).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jñāna)

• a – not, un-, in- (negative prefix)
  prefix/indeclinable
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root √jñā.
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Sandhi with preceding 'iva' forms 'ivājñānām'.

योग्ये (yogye) - Suitable for (the ignorant, or the state of delusion) (fit for, suitable for)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of yogya

yogya - fit, proper, suitable, capable, deserving

From root √yuj (to join, to fit) + -ya suffix.

Root: yuj (class 7)

व्यामोहसागरे (vyāmohasāgare) - In the ocean of spiritual confusion and infatuation (in the ocean of delusion (vyāmoha))

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vyāmohasāgara

vyāmohasāgara - ocean of delusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vyāmoha+sāgara)

• vyāmoha – delusion, confusion, infatuation
  noun (masculine)
  From root √muh with prefixes vi- and ā-.
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: muh (class 4)
• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

विनिमज्जसि (vinimajjasi) - you sink, you immerse yourself

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vinimajj

present active

2nd person singular present active of root √majj with prefixes vi- and ni-.

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: majj (class 1)

कल्लोलबहुले (kallolabahule) - Describing the ocean of delusion as turbulent with many waves (full of many waves, abounding in waves)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kallolabahula

kallolabahula - abounding in waves, full of many waves

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kallola+bahula)

• kallola – wave, billow
  noun (masculine)
• bahula – much, many, abundant, plentiful
  adjective (masculine)

जाड्यशालिनि (jāḍyaśālini) - Describing the ocean of delusion as possessing dullness or insensibility (characterized by inertia, possessing dullness/stupidity)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of jāḍyaśālin

jāḍyaśālin - possessing inertia, characterized by dullness or stupidity

From jāḍya (inertia) + śālin (possessing).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jāḍya+śālin)

• jāḍya – inertia, dullness, stupidity, insensibility
  noun (neuter)
  From jaḍa (dull, inert).
  Root: jaḍ
• śālin – possessing, endowed with, characterized by, shining
  adjective (masculine)
  From root √śāl (to shine, to be possessed of).
  Root: śāl (class 1)