योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-32, verse-27

भ्रमयत्यपरिज्ञानान्मृगतृष्णाम्बुधीरिव ।
महतोऽपि पदादेवं नानाज्ञानवशादधः ॥ २७ ॥

bhramayatyaparijñānānmṛgatṛṣṇāmbudhīriva ,
mahato'pi padādevaṃ nānājñānavaśādadhaḥ 27

27. bhramayati aparijñānāt mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu-dhīḥ iva
mahataḥ api padāt evam nānājñāna-vaśāt adhaḥ

27. aparijñānāt mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu-dhīḥ iva bhramayati
evam mahataḥ api padāt nānājñāna-vaśāt adhaḥ

27. Due to ignorance (aparijñāna), [it] causes [beings] to wander, just as a mind (dhī) becomes deluded by the water of a mirage. Thus, even from a great position (pada), one falls downwards under the sway of various [distorted] understandings (jñāna).

Words meanings summery:

• भ्रमयति (bhramayati) - causes [beings] to wander, deludes (causes to wander, deludes, makes revolve)

• अपरिज्ञानात् (aparijñānāt) - due to ignorance (aparijñāna) (from ignorance, due to lack of knowledge, on account of not knowing)

• मृगतृष्णाम्बु-धीः (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu-dhīḥ) - mind (dhī) deluded by mirage-water (mind/intellect seeing mirage water, mind deluded by mirage water)

• इव (iva) - like, just as (like, as, as if)

• महतः (mahataḥ) - from a great (from a great, of a great, great)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• पदात् (padāt) - from a position, from a state (from a foot, from a step, from a position, from a word)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

• नानाज्ञान-वशात् (nānājñāna-vaśāt) - due to the influence of various [distorted] understandings (jñāna) (due to the influence of various kinds of knowledge/understanding)

• अधः (adhaḥ) - downwards (downwards, below, underneath)

Words meanings and morphology

भ्रमयति (bhramayati) - causes [beings] to wander, deludes (causes to wander, deludes, makes revolve)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhram

Causative present active

From root √bhram (1st class, bhramati). Causative stem bhramaya-. 3rd singular present active.

Root: bhram (class 1)

अपरिज्ञानात् (aparijñānāt) - due to ignorance (aparijñāna) (from ignorance, due to lack of knowledge, on account of not knowing)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of aparijñāna

aparijñāna - ignorance, lack of knowledge, non-understanding

Negation (a-) of parijñāna (complete knowledge, full understanding). pari (prefix) + √jñā (to know) + ana (noun suffix).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+parijñāna)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• parijñāna – complete knowledge, full understanding, ascertainment
  noun (neuter)
  From prefix 'pari' and root 'jñā' with suffix '-ana'.
  Prefix: pari
  Root: jñā (class 9)

मृगतृष्णाम्बु-धीः (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu-dhīḥ) - mind (dhī) deluded by mirage-water (mind/intellect seeing mirage water, mind deluded by mirage water)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu-dhī

mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu-dhī - intellect or mind (dhī) fixed on or deluded by mirage water (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu)

Compound of mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu and dhī.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu+dhī)

• mṛgatṛṣṇāmbu – mirage-water
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of mṛgatṛṣṇā (mirage) and ambu (water).
• dhī – intellect, mind, understanding, thought
  noun (feminine)
  Root dhyai (to meditate, think) or dhā (to place, hold).

इव (iva) - like, just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle

महतः (mahataḥ) - from a great (from a great, of a great, great)

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, mighty

Present active participle of √mah (to be great) or derived from mahā.

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with padāt in case and number.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Particle

पदात् (padāt) - from a position, from a state (from a foot, from a step, from a position, from a word)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, mark, position, state, word

From √pad (to go, fall)

Root: pad (class 4)

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle.

नानाज्ञान-वशात् (nānājñāna-vaśāt) - due to the influence of various [distorted] understandings (jñāna) (due to the influence of various kinds of knowledge/understanding)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of nānājñāna-vaśa

nānājñāna-vaśa - dependence on or control by various kinds of knowledge/understanding

Compound of nānājñāna and vaśa.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nānājñāna+vaśa)

• nānājñāna – various kinds of knowledge/understanding
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of nānā (various) and jñāna (knowledge).
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• vaśa – will, power, control, influence, subjugation
  noun (masculine)
  From √vaś (to wish, desire, command).
  Root: vaś (class 2)

Note: The ablative case implies "due to" or "from the influence of".

अधः (adhaḥ) - downwards (downwards, below, underneath)

(indeclinable)

Adverb

Note: Used here to indicate falling.