योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-8, verse-16

मूढैः प्रकल्पितं दैवं तत्परास्ते क्षयं गताः ।
प्राज्ञास्तु पौरुषार्थेन पदमुत्तमतां गताः ॥ १६ ॥

mūḍhaiḥ prakalpitaṃ daivaṃ tatparāste kṣayaṃ gatāḥ ,
prājñāstu pauruṣārthena padamuttamatāṃ gatāḥ 16

16. mūḍhaiḥ prakalpitam daivam tatparāḥ te kṣayam gatāḥ
prājñāḥ tu pauruṣārthena padam uttamatām gatāḥ

16. mūḍhaiḥ daivam prakalpitam (asti).
tatparāḥ te kṣayam gatāḥ.
prājñāḥ tu pauruṣārthena uttamatām padam gatāḥ.

16. Destiny (daiva) is merely conceived by the ignorant (mūḍha). Those who are devoted to it inevitably meet ruin. However, the wise, through their human effort (pauruṣārtha), attain the highest state of excellence.

Words meanings summery:

• मूढैः (mūḍhaiḥ) - by fools, by the ignorant

• प्रकल्पितम् (prakalpitam) - imagined, conceived, devised, established

• दैवम् (daivam) - destiny, fate, divine power

• तत्पराः (tatparāḥ) - those devoted to destiny (devoted to that, intent on that)

• ते (te) - they

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, ruin, end

• गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, reached, attained

• प्राज्ञाः (prājñāḥ) - the wise, intelligent persons

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• पौरुषार्थेन (pauruṣārthena) - by human effort, by individual exertion

• पदम् (padam) - state, position, footstep, word

• उत्तमताम् (uttamatām) - excellence, supremacy, highest state

• गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, reached, attained

Words meanings and morphology

मूढैः (mūḍhaiḥ) - by fools, by the ignorant

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, ignorant, deluded; a fool, an ignorant person

Past Passive Participle

From root muh (to be bewildered, confused) + kta

Root: muh (class 4)

प्रकल्पितम् (prakalpitam) - imagined, conceived, devised, established

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prakalpita

prakalpita - imagined, conceived, devised, arranged, established

Past Passive Participle

From pra-kḷp + kta

Prefix: pra

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Qualifies daivam.

दैवम् (daivam) - destiny, fate, divine power

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of daiva

daiva - relating to gods, divine; destiny, fate (as a neuter noun)

तत्पराः (tatparāḥ) - those devoted to destiny (devoted to that, intent on that)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tatpara

tatpara - devoted to that, intent on that, dependent on that

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+para)

• tad – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• para – supreme, chief, intent on, devoted to
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Used substantively, 'those who are devoted to that'.

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to tatparāḥ.

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, ruin, end

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, ruin, loss, end, decay

From root kṣi (to perish)

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Object of gatāḥ (meaning 'to go to destruction').

गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, reached, attained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, gone to, reached, attained, passed

Past Passive Participle

From root gam + kta

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively with te.

प्राज्ञाः (prājñāḥ) - the wise, intelligent persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prājña

prājña - wise, intelligent, learned; a wise person

From pra-jñā + aṇ

Prefix: pra

Root: jñā (class 9)

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

पौरुषार्थेन (pauruṣārthena) - by human effort, by individual exertion

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pauruṣārtha

pauruṣārtha - human effort, manly exertion, individual striving

From puruṣa + aṇ (pauruṣa) + artha

Compound type : tatpurusha (pauruṣa+artha)

• pauruṣa – human, manly, pertaining to a man (puruṣa)
  adjective/noun (neuter)
  Derived from puruṣa
• artha – purpose, object, meaning, wealth, advantage, effort
  noun (masculine)

पदम् (padam) - state, position, footstep, word

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, position, state, station, word

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Object of gatāḥ.

उत्तमताम् (uttamatām) - excellence, supremacy, highest state

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of uttamatā

uttamatā - excellence, supremacy, superiority, highest quality

From uttama + tā (suffix forming feminine abstract noun)

Note: Object of gatāḥ, meaning 'to attain excellence'.

गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, reached, attained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, gone to, reached, attained, passed

Past Passive Participle

From root gam + kta

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively with prājñāḥ.