योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-120, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
हेमोर्मिकादिवन्मिथ्या कथितायाः क्षयोन्मुखम् ।
त्वं महत्त्वमविद्यायाः शृणु राघव कीदृशम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
hemormikādivanmithyā kathitāyāḥ kṣayonmukham ,
tvaṃ mahattvamavidyāyāḥ śṛṇu rāghava kīdṛśam 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca hemormikādivat mithyā kathitāyāḥ
kṣayonmukham tvam mahattvam avidyāyāḥ śṛṇu rāghava kīdṛśam

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca.
rāghava,
tvam mithyā kathitāyāḥ,
hemormikādivat kṣayonmukham avidyāyāḥ mahattvam kīdṛśam [asti iti] śṛṇu.

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: "O Rāghava, listen to what kind of greatness (or extent) ignorance (avidyā) has, even though it is declared to be false, like a golden ornament, and is headed towards destruction."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (revered sage Vasiṣṭha)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• हेमोर्मिकादिवत् (hemormikādivat) - like a golden ornament, like a ring etc.

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, unreal, untrue

• कथितायाः (kathitāyāḥ) - of that which is declared/spoken

• क्षयोन्मुखम् (kṣayonmukham) - facing decay, tending towards destruction

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• महत्त्वं (mahattvaṁ) - greatness, importance, extent

• अविद्यायाः (avidyāyāḥ) - of ignorance (avidyā)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, i.e., Rāma)

• कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, of what sort

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (revered sage Vasiṣṭha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Revered Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – auspicious, sacred, revered, beauty, prosperity
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – most excellent, a Vedic sage (Vasiṣṭha)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

हेमोर्मिकादिवत् (hemormikādivat) - like a golden ornament, like a ring etc.

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (heman+ūrmikā+ādi+vat)

• heman – gold
  noun (neuter)
• ūrmikā – ring, finger-ring
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etcetera
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, as, similar to
  indeclinable
  Taddhita suffix indicating similarity.

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, unreal, untrue

(indeclinable)

कथितायाः (kathitāyāḥ) - of that which is declared/spoken

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of kathita

kathita - told, narrated, declared, spoken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'kath' (to tell) with kta suffix.

Root: kath (class 10)

क्षयोन्मुखम् (kṣayonmukham) - facing decay, tending towards destruction

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣayonmukha

kṣayonmukha - facing destruction, tending to decay

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣaya+unmukha)

• kṣaya – decay, destruction, loss, decline
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• unmukha – facing, directed towards, ready for
  adjective
  Prefix: ud
  Root: mukh

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

महत्त्वं (mahattvaṁ) - greatness, importance, extent

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahattva

mahattva - greatness, magnitude, importance, extent

अविद्यायाः (avidyāyāḥ) - of ignorance (avidyā)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance (avidyā)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vid (class 2)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, i.e., Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, referring to Rāma

कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, of what sort

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, of what sort, what like