योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-27, verse-37

आदातुमिच्छन्पदमुत्तमानां स्वचेतसैवापहतोऽद्य लोकः ।
पतत्यशङ्कं पशुरद्रिकूटादानीलवल्लीफलवाञ्छयैव ॥ ३७ ॥

ādātumicchanpadamuttamānāṃ svacetasaivāpahato'dya lokaḥ ,
patatyaśaṅkaṃ paśuradrikūṭādānīlavallīphalavāñchayaiva 37

37. ādātum icchan padam uttamānām
sva cetasā eva apahataḥ adya lokaḥ
patati aśaṅkam paśuḥ adri
kūṭāt ānīla valli phala vāñchayā eva

37. adya lokaḥ uttamānām padam ādātum
icchan sva cetasā eva apahataḥ
paśuḥ ānīla valli phala vāñchayā
eva adri kūṭāt aśaṅkam patati

37. Today, people, desiring to achieve the status of the superior ones, are misled by their own minds. They fall fearlessly, just like an animal (paśu) from a mountain peak (adri-kūṭa), solely due to the desire for the fruit of a dark-blue creeper.

Words meanings summery:

• आदातुम् (ādātum) - to attain (to take, to receive, to obtain, to assume)

• इच्छन् (icchan) - desiring (desiring, wishing)

• पदम् (padam) - the status (position, status, step, foot, word)

• उत्तमानाम् (uttamānām) - of the superior ones (of the best, of the superior ones, of the highest)

• स्व (sva) - own (own, self)

• चेतसा (cetasā) - by the mind (by the mind, by consciousness)

• एव (eva) - solely (only, indeed, just, very)

• अपहतः (apahataḥ) - misled (destroyed, struck down, misled, afflicted)

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now, at present)

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - people (people, the world, realm)

• पतति (patati) - fall (falls, drops, descends)

• अशङ्कम् (aśaṅkam) - fearlessly (fearlessly, without doubt, without hesitation)

• पशुः (paśuḥ) - an animal (animal, beast, cattle)

• अद्रि (adri) - mountain (mountain, rock, hill)

• कूटात् (kūṭāt) - from a peak (from a peak, from a summit, from a top)

• आनील (ānīla) - dark-blue (dark blue, bluish, slightly blue)

• वल्लि (valli) - creeper (creeper, climbing plant, tendril)

• फल (phala) - fruit (fruit, result, consequence, reward)

• वाञ्छया (vāñchayā) - by the desire (by desire, by wish, by longing)

• एव (eva) - solely (only, indeed, just, very)

Words meanings and morphology

आदातुम् (ādātum) - to attain (to take, to receive, to obtain, to assume)

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of ā-dā

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root `dā` (to give) with prefix `ā` (towards, taking). The meaning shifts to 'to take, to receive'.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

इच्छन् (icchan) - desiring (desiring, wishing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of icchat

icchat - desiring, wishing, willing

Present Active Participle

From root `iṣ` (to wish, desire).

Root: iṣ (class 6)

पदम् (padam) - the status (position, status, step, foot, word)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - position, status, step, foot, word, place

Root: pad (class 4)

उत्तमानाम् (uttamānām) - of the superior ones (of the best, of the superior ones, of the highest)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of uttama

uttama - best, superior, highest, excellent

Superlative of `ud` (up) or `ut` (upwards).

स्व (sva) - own (own, self)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, self, one's own

चेतसा (cetasā) - by the mind (by the mind, by consciousness)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intellect, heart

From root `cit` (to perceive, observe).

Root: cit (class 1)

एव (eva) - solely (only, indeed, just, very)

(indeclinable)

अपहतः (apahataḥ) - misled (destroyed, struck down, misled, afflicted)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apahata

apahata - destroyed, struck down, misled, afflicted, injured

Past Passive Participle

From root `han` (to strike, kill) with prefix `apa` (away).

Prefix: apa

Root: han (class 2)

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now, at present)

(indeclinable)

लोकः (lokaḥ) - people (people, the world, realm)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - people, world, realm, division of the universe

पतति (patati) - fall (falls, drops, descends)

(verb)

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

Root: pat (class 1)

अशङ्कम् (aśaṅkam) - fearlessly (fearlessly, without doubt, without hesitation)

(indeclinable)

Compound of `a` (not) and `śaṅkā` (fear, doubt). Adverbially used here.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (a+śaṅkā)

• a – not, non, without
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• śaṅkā – fear, doubt, apprehension, suspicion
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śaṅk (class 1)

पशुः (paśuḥ) - an animal (animal, beast, cattle)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paśu

paśu - animal, beast, cattle

Root: paś (class 1)

अद्रि (adri) - mountain (mountain, rock, hill)

(noun)

masculine, singular of adri

adri - mountain, rock, hill, stone

कूटात् (kūṭāt) - from a peak (from a peak, from a summit, from a top)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kūṭa

kūṭa - peak, summit, top, horn, heap, false, deceitful

Root: kūṭ (class 10)

आनील (ānīla) - dark-blue (dark blue, bluish, slightly blue)

(adjective)

of ānīla

ānīla - dark blue, bluish, slightly blue

Compound of `ā` (somewhat, nearly) and `nīla` (blue).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ā+nīla)

• ā – slightly, somewhat, till, near
  indeclinable
  Prefix `ā` used to denote 'slight' or 'approaching'.
• nīla – blue, dark, indigo
  adjective (masculine)

वल्लि (valli) - creeper (creeper, climbing plant, tendril)

(noun)

feminine, singular of valli

valli - creeper, climbing plant, tendril

Root: vall (class 1)

फल (phala) - fruit (fruit, result, consequence, reward)

(noun)

neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward, effect

Root: phal (class 1)

वाञ्छया (vāñchayā) - by the desire (by desire, by wish, by longing)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vāñchā

vāñchā - desire, wish, longing

From root `vāñch` (to desire).

Root: vāñch (class 1)

एव (eva) - solely (only, indeed, just, very)

(indeclinable)