योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-57, verse-40

संदेहः क इवात्रैषां पशवो ह्यविवेकिनः ।
यथादृष्टं विचेष्टन्ते कुत एषां विचारणा ॥ ४० ॥

saṃdehaḥ ka ivātraiṣāṃ paśavo hyavivekinaḥ ,
yathādṛṣṭaṃ viceṣṭante kuta eṣāṃ vicāraṇā 40

40. sandehaḥ kaḥ iva atra eṣām paśavaḥ hi avivekinaḥ
yathādṛṣṭam viceṣṭante kutaḥ eṣām vicāraṇā

40. eṣām atra kaḥ iva sandehaḥ (syāt)? hi (ete) paśavaḥ avivekinaḥ (santi).
yathādṛṣṭam viceṣṭante.
eṣām kutaḥ vicāraṇā?

40. What doubt is there for these people in this matter? Indeed, they are indiscriminating like animals. They behave just as they perceive. How can there be any deliberation for them?

Words meanings summery:

• सन्देहः (sandehaḥ) - doubt, suspicion

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• इव (iva) - like, as if, indeed

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• एषाम् (eṣām) - of these, for these

• पशवः (paśavaḥ) - animals, beasts, creatures

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• अविवेकिनः (avivekinaḥ) - indiscriminating, lacking discernment

• यथादृष्टम् (yathādṛṣṭam) - as seen, according to what is seen

• विचेष्टन्ते (viceṣṭante) - they act, they behave

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, how

• एषाम् (eṣām) - of them, for them

• विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - deliberation, consideration, investigation

Words meanings and morphology

सन्देहः (sandehaḥ) - doubt, suspicion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sandeha

sandeha - doubt, suspicion, uncertainty

Prefix: sam

Root: dih (class 4)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(interrogative pronoun)

इव (iva) - like, as if, indeed

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

एषाम् (eṣām) - of these, for these

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etas

etas - this, these

पशवः (paśavaḥ) - animals, beasts, creatures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paśu

paśu - animal, beast, cattle

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

अविवेकिनः (avivekinaḥ) - indiscriminating, lacking discernment

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avivekin

avivekin - indiscriminating, lacking discernment, unwise

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vivekin)

• a – not, non-, without
  prefix
• vivekin – discerning, judicious, discriminative
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vic (class 7)

यथादृष्टम् (yathādṛṣṭam) - as seen, according to what is seen

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+dṛṣṭa)

• yathā – as, like, according to
  indeclinable
• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root dṛś (to see) with suffix -ta
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

विचेष्टन्ते (viceṣṭante) - they act, they behave

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of ceṣṭ

Prefix: vi

Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, how

(indeclinable)

एषाम् (eṣām) - of them, for them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etas

etas - this, these

विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - deliberation, consideration, investigation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vicāraṇā

vicāraṇā - deliberation, consideration, investigation, reflection

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)