योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-121, verse-19

विपर्यस्तमतिर्जन्तुः पश्यत्यात्मानमेडकम् ।
बिभर्ति सिंहतामेडो वासनावशतः स्वयम् ॥ १९ ॥

viparyastamatirjantuḥ paśyatyātmānameḍakam ,
bibharti siṃhatāmeḍo vāsanāvaśataḥ svayam 19

19. viparyasta-matiḥ jantuḥ paśyati ātmānam eḍakam
bibharti siṃhatām eḍaḥ vāsanā-vaśataḥ svayam

19. viparyasta-matiḥ jantuḥ ātmānam eḍakam paśyati
eḍaḥ vāsanā-vaśataḥ svayam siṃhatām bibharti

19. A creature (jantu) with a deluded mind sees the self (ātman) as a sheep. The sheep itself, due to latent impressions (vāsanā), assumes the nature of a lion.

Words meanings summery:

• विपर्यस्त-मतिः (viparyasta-matiḥ) - one whose mind is deluded/confused

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - creature, living being, man

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, beholds, perceives

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, soul, spirit

• एडकम् (eḍakam) - a sheep

• बिभर्ति (bibharti) - bears, carries, maintains, assumes

• सिंहताम् (siṁhatām) - lion-nature, state of being a lion

• एडः (eḍaḥ) - sheep

• वासना-वशतः (vāsanā-vaśataḥ) - due to the power/force of latent impressions

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, automatically, spontaneously, itself

Words meanings and morphology

विपर्यस्त-मतिः (viparyasta-matiḥ) - one whose mind is deluded/confused

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viparyasta-mati

viparyasta-mati - one whose mind is deluded/confused, having perverted intellect

Bahuvrihi compound: 'viparyasta' (confused) + 'mati' (mind).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (viparyasta+mati)

• viparyasta – confused, deluded, reversed, perverted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √as (to throw) with prefixes vi-pari.
  Prefixes: vi+pari
  Root: as (class 4)
• mati – mind, intellect, thought, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  From root √man (to think).
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'jantuḥ'.

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - creature, living being, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, man, animal

From root √jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, beholds, perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of paśyati

Present Active

From root √dṛś (to see), with present stem paśya.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, soul, spirit

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

एडकम् (eḍakam) - a sheep

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of eḍaka

eḍaka - a sheep, ram

Note: Used here adverbially 'as a sheep'.

बिभर्ति (bibharti) - bears, carries, maintains, assumes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bibharti

Present Active

From root √bhṛ (to bear, carry, support). Reduplicated present.

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

सिंहताम् (siṁhatām) - lion-nature, state of being a lion

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of siṃhatā

siṁhatā - lion-nature, state of being a lion, lion-ness

Derived from 'siṃha' (lion) with the suffix '-tā' (state of being).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (siṃha+tā)

• siṃha – lion
  noun (masculine)
• tā – suffix indicating 'state of being', 'nature of'
  suffix (feminine)

एडः (eḍaḥ) - sheep

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eḍa

eḍa - sheep, ram

वासना-वशतः (vāsanā-vaśataḥ) - due to the power/force of latent impressions

(indeclinable)

Derived from the compound 'vāsanā-vaśa' with the suffix '-tas'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāsanā+vaśa)

• vāsanā – latent impression, mental tendency, predisposition
  noun (feminine)
  From root √vas (to dwell, perfume).
  Root: vas (class 1)
• vaśa – power, control, influence
  noun (masculine)

स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, automatically, spontaneously, itself

(indeclinable)