योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-23, verse-50

इच्छतोऽन्योज्झितां जायां यथैवान्येन हस्यते ।
इन्द्रियस्येच्छतो भोगं तद्वज्ज्ञेन विहस्यते ॥ ५० ॥

icchato'nyojjhitāṃ jāyāṃ yathaivānyena hasyate ,
indriyasyecchato bhogaṃ tadvajjñena vihasyate 50

50. icchataḥ anya ujjhitāṃ jāyāṃ yathā eva anyena hasyate
indriyasya icchataḥ bhogaṃ tat vat jñena vihasyate

50. yathā eva anya ujjhitāṃ jāyāṃ icchataḥ [puruṣaḥ] anyena hasyate,
tat vat bhogaṃ icchataḥ indriyasya [puruṣaḥ] jñena vihasyate

50. Just as one who desires a wife abandoned by another is laughed at by others, similarly, a person whose senses crave enjoyment is ridiculed by a wise person.

Words meanings summery:

• इच्छतः (icchataḥ) - of one desiring (a wife) (desiring, wishing, wanting)

• अन्य (anya) - by another (man) (other, another, different)

• उज्झिताम् (ujjhitām) - abandoned (wife) (abandoned, forsaken, given up)

• जायां (jāyāṁ) - wife, spouse

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

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, very

• अन्येन (anyena) - by another, by someone else

• हस्यते (hasyate) - is laughed at, is ridiculed

• इन्द्रियस्य (indriyasya) - of the person controlled by senses, or 'of the sense organ' (of the sense organ, of the faculty of sense)

• इच्छतः (icchataḥ) - of the sense organ desiring enjoyment, or 'of one whose senses desire' (desiring, wishing, wanting)

• भोगं (bhogaṁ) - material enjoyment (enjoyment, experience, use, food)

• तत् (tat) - similarly (linking back to the previous comparison) (that, it)

• वत् (vat) - like, as if, in the manner of

• ज्ञेन (jñena) - by a knower, by one who knows, by a wise person

• विहस्यते (vihasyate) - is ridiculed, is mocked, is scorned

Words meanings and morphology

इच्छतः (icchataḥ) - of one desiring (a wife) (desiring, wishing, wanting)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of icchat

icchat - desiring, wishing

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root iṣ (to desire), with the śatṛ suffix

Root: iṣ (class 6)

अन्य (anya) - by another (man) (other, another, different)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Used here as part of the compound 'anya-ujjhitāṃ'

उज्झिताम् (ujjhitām) - abandoned (wife) (abandoned, forsaken, given up)

(participle)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ujjhitā

ujjhitā - abandoned, forsaken, given up

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root ujjh (to abandon) with the -ta suffix

Root: ujjh (class 1)

Note: Here part of the compound anya-ujjhitāṃ

जायां (jāyāṁ) - wife, spouse

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jāyā

jāyā - wife, spouse

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

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, very

(indeclinable)

अन्येन (anyena) - by another, by someone else

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

हस्यते (hasyate) - is laughed at, is ridiculed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of has

Passive

Root has, present passive, ātmanepada

Root: has (class 1)

इन्द्रियस्य (indriyasya) - of the person controlled by senses, or 'of the sense organ' (of the sense organ, of the faculty of sense)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty of sense, pertaining to Indra

इच्छतः (icchataḥ) - of the sense organ desiring enjoyment, or 'of one whose senses desire' (desiring, wishing, wanting)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of icchat

icchat - desiring, wishing

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root iṣ (to desire), with the śatṛ suffix

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Agrees with an implied agent ('puruṣasya') or 'indriyasya' if it is personified as desiring.

भोगं (bhogaṁ) - material enjoyment (enjoyment, experience, use, food)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhoga

bhoga - enjoyment, experience, use, food

Root: bhuj (class 7)

तत् (tat) - similarly (linking back to the previous comparison) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Used here with 'vat' to mean 'similarly'

वत् (vat) - like, as if, in the manner of

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat indicating similarity

ज्ञेन (jñena) - by a knower, by one who knows, by a wise person

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of jña

jña - knower, one who knows, wise

From root jñā (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

विहस्यते (vihasyate) - is ridiculed, is mocked, is scorned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vi-has

Passive

Root has (to laugh) with prefix vi-, present passive, ātmanepada

Prefix: vi

Root: has (class 1)