योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-30, verse-5

अविवेकास्पदा भ्रष्टाः कष्टे रूढा न सत्पदे ।
अन्धकूपमिवापन्ना वराकाश्चक्षुरादयः ॥ ५ ॥

avivekāspadā bhraṣṭāḥ kaṣṭe rūḍhā na satpade ,
andhakūpamivāpannā varākāścakṣurādayaḥ 5

5. avivekāspadāḥ bhraṣṭāḥ kaṣṭe rūḍhāḥ na satpade
andhakūpam iva āpannāḥ varākāḥ cakṣurādayaḥ

5. avivekāspadāḥ bhraṣṭāḥ kaṣṭe rūḍhāḥ na satpade (ca)
andhakūpam iva āpannāḥ varākāḥ cakṣurādayaḥ (santi)

5. The wretched senses, beginning with the eyes (cakṣurādayaḥ), whose foundation is non-discernment (aviveka), have fallen and are rooted in suffering, not in the true path, having plunged as if into a blind well.

Words meanings summery:

• अविवेकास्पदाः (avivekāspadāḥ) - having non-discernment as their foundation

• भ्र्ष्टाः (bhrṣṭāḥ) - fallen, deviated, lost, corrupted

• कष्टे (kaṣṭe) - in difficulty, in misery, in trouble

• रूढाः (rūḍhāḥ) - rooted, established, grown

• न (na) - not, no

• सत्पदे (satpade) - in the right/true path, in a good state

• अन्धकूपम् (andhakūpam) - to a blind well

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आपन्नाः (āpannāḥ) - fallen into, reached, attained

• वराकाः (varākāḥ) - poor, wretched, miserable

• चक्षुरादयः (cakṣurādayaḥ) - the eyes and other senses (the eyes and others, beginning with the eyes)

Words meanings and morphology

अविवेकास्पदाः (avivekāspadāḥ) - having non-discernment as their foundation

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avivekāspada

avivekāspada - having non-discernment as a foundation/abode

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (aviveka+āspada)

• aviveka – lack of discrimination, non-discernment, imprudence
  noun (masculine)
  Negation (nañ) of viveka (from vi-vic)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vic (class 7)
• āspada – place, abode, seat, foundation, support
  noun (neuter)
  From root sad with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'cakṣurādayaḥ'.

भ्र्ष्टाः (bhrṣṭāḥ) - fallen, deviated, lost, corrupted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhrṣṭa

bhrṣṭa - fallen, deviated, lost, destroyed, corrupted

Past Passive Participle

From root bhraṁś

Root: bhraṁś (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'cakṣurādayaḥ'.

कष्टे (kaṣṭe) - in difficulty, in misery, in trouble

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kaṣṭa

kaṣṭa - difficulty, misery, trouble, suffering

From root kaṣ + kta (past participle used as noun/adj)

Root: kaṣ (class 1)

Note: Refers to a state of suffering.

रूढाः (rūḍhāḥ) - rooted, established, grown

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rūḍha

rūḍha - rooted, established, grown, mounted

Past Passive Participle

From root ruh

Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'cakṣurādayaḥ'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

सत्पदे (satpade) - in the right/true path, in a good state

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of satpada

satpada - a good or virtuous state, the right path

Compound type : KarmaDhāraya (sat+pada)

• sat – existing, good, virtuous, true
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• pada – step, foot, path, state, abode
  noun (neuter)
  From root pad
  Root: pad (class 4)

अन्धकूपम् (andhakūpam) - to a blind well

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of andhakūpa

andhakūpa - blind well, hidden well, a well that is not easily seen

Compound type : KarmaDhāraya (andha+kūpa)

• andha – blind, dark
  adjective (masculine)
• kūpa – well, pit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of implied motion or state.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison

आपन्नाः (āpannāḥ) - fallen into, reached, attained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āpanna

āpanna - fallen into, obtained, attained, undergone

Past Passive Participle

From root pad with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'cakṣurādayaḥ'.

वराकाः (varākāḥ) - poor, wretched, miserable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of varāka

varāka - poor, miserable, wretched, contemptible

Note: Qualifies 'cakṣurādayaḥ'.

चक्षुरादयः (cakṣurādayaḥ) - the eyes and other senses (the eyes and others, beginning with the eyes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cakṣurādi

cakṣurādi - eyes etc., beginning with the eye

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (cakṣus+ādi)

• cakṣus – eye, sight
  noun (neuter)
  From root cakṣ
  Root: cakṣ (class 2)
• ādi – beginning, starting, first, and so on
  noun (masculine)
  From root dā with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Subject of the sentence.