योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-57, verse-41

यथा लोष्टो लुठद्वृक्षं वञ्चयित्वाशु गच्छति ।
अज्ञानत्वेऽजपशवस्तथा ह्यस्ति पुरादिकम् ॥ ४१ ॥

yathā loṣṭo luṭhadvṛkṣaṃ vañcayitvāśu gacchati ,
ajñānatve'japaśavastathā hyasti purādikam 41

41. yathā loṣṭaḥ luṭhat vṛkṣam vañcayitvā āśu gacchati
ajñānatve aja paśavaḥ tathā hi asti purādikam

41. yathā luṭhat loṣṭaḥ vṛkṣam vañcayitvā āśu gacchati,
tathā ajñānatve aja paśavaḥ hi purādikam asti.

41. Just as a rolling clod quickly moves, avoiding a tree, similarly, due to ignorance, for these thoughtless creatures, cities and other things (of the world) appear to exist.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• लोष्टः (loṣṭaḥ) - clod of earth, lump

• लुठत् (luṭhat) - rolling, wallowing

• वृक्षम् (vṛkṣam) - tree

• वञ्चयित्वा (vañcayitvā) - having deceived, having tricked, having avoided

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• गच्छति (gacchati) - it goes, it moves

• अज्ञानत्वे (ajñānatve) - in ignorance, in the state of ignorance

• अज (aja) - thoughtless, ignorant (unborn, goat, thoughtless)

• पशवः (paśavaḥ) - animals, creatures

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• पुरादिकम् (purādikam) - cities and other material aspects of the world (cities and so on, urban things etc.)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

लोष्टः (loṣṭaḥ) - clod of earth, lump

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loṣṭa

loṣṭa - clod of earth, lump, brickbat

लुठत् (luṭhat) - rolling, wallowing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of luṭhat

luṭhat - rolling, wallowing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root luṭh (to roll) with suffix -at

Root: luṭh (class 6)

वृक्षम् (vṛkṣam) - tree

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

वञ्चयित्वा (vañcayitvā) - having deceived, having tricked, having avoided

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from the causal stem of root vañc (to deceive) with suffix -itvā

Root: vañc (class 10)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - it goes, it moves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

अज्ञानत्वे (ajñānatve) - in ignorance, in the state of ignorance

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ajñānatva

ajñānatva - ignorance, lack of knowledge

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jñāna+tva)

• a – not, non-, without
  prefix
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• tva – suffix forming abstract noun (e.g., -ness, -hood)
  suffix (neuter)

अज (aja) - thoughtless, ignorant (unborn, goat, thoughtless)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aja

aja - unborn, goat, thoughtless, ignorant

पशवः (paśavaḥ) - animals, creatures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paśu

paśu - animal, beast, cattle

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

पुरादिकम् (purādikam) - cities and other material aspects of the world (cities and so on, urban things etc.)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of purādika

purādika - cities and so on, urban things etc.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pura+ādika)

• pura – city, fortress, body
  noun (neuter)
• ādika – beginning with, and so on, et cetera
  adjective (neuter)