योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-46, verse-10

संसाराडम्बरस्यास्य प्रपञ्चरहिते क्रमे ।
सम्यग्ज्ञा नानुपश्यन्ति ये हतास्ते कुबुद्धयः ॥ १० ॥

saṃsārāḍambarasyāsya prapañcarahite krame ,
samyagjñā nānupaśyanti ye hatāste kubuddhayaḥ 10

10. samsāra-āḍambarasya asya prapañca-rahite krame
samyakjñāḥ na anupaśyanti ye hatāḥ te kubuddhayaḥ

10. samyakjñāḥ asya saṃsāra-āḍambarasya prapañca-rahite
krame na anupaśyanti ye hatāḥ te kubuddhayaḥ

10. Those with true knowledge (jñāna) do not perceive this elaborate display of transmigration (saṃsāra) within the path that is free from multiplicity. Those whose understanding is thus destroyed are indeed of corrupt intellect.

Words meanings summery:

• सम्सार-आडम्बरस्य (samsāra-āḍambarasya) - of the grand display of transmigration, of the pomp of worldly existence

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• प्रपञ्च-रहिते (prapañca-rahite) - in the one devoid of multiplicity, in the path free from expansion

• क्रमे (krame) - in the order, in the path, in the sequence

• सम्यक्ज्ञाः (samyakjñāḥ) - those with right knowledge, the rightly knowing ones

• न (na) - not

• अनुपश्यन्ति (anupaśyanti) - they perceive, they see

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• हताः (hatāḥ) - those whose understanding is ruined or confounded (struck down, killed, confounded, ruined)

• ते (te) - they

• कुबुद्धयः (kubuddhayaḥ) - of bad intellect, evil-minded

Words meanings and morphology

सम्सार-आडम्बरस्य (samsāra-āḍambarasya) - of the grand display of transmigration, of the pomp of worldly existence

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of saṃsāra-āḍambara

saṁsāra-āḍambara - the grand display or pomp of transmigration/worldly existence

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃsāra+āḍambara)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• āḍambara – display, pomp, show, grandeur
  noun (masculine)

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to the 'samsāra-āḍambara'

प्रपञ्च-रहिते (prapañca-rahite) - in the one devoid of multiplicity, in the path free from expansion

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of prapañca-rahita

prapañca-rahita - devoid of multiplicity, free from expansion

Compound type : tatpurusha (prapañca+rahita)

• prapañca – multiplicity, expansion, diversification, world as illusion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: pac (class 1)
• rahita – devoid of, free from, abandoned
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'rah' with suffix '-ita'
  Root: rah (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'krame'

क्रमे (krame) - in the order, in the path, in the sequence

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of krama

krama - step, order, course, method, path

Root: kram (class 1)

सम्यक्ज्ञाः (samyakjñāḥ) - those with right knowledge, the rightly knowing ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samyakjña

samyakjña - rightly knowing, possessing perfect knowledge

Compound type : tatpurusha (samyak+jña)

• samyak – rightly, truly, properly
  indeclinable
• jña – knowing, knower, intelligent
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अनुपश्यन्ति (anupaśyanti) - they perceive, they see

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of anupaś

Prefix: anu

Root: dṛś (class 1)

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

हताः (hatāḥ) - those whose understanding is ruined or confounded (struck down, killed, confounded, ruined)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - struck, killed, destroyed, ruined, confused

Past Passive Participle

From root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कुबुद्धयः (kubuddhayaḥ) - of bad intellect, evil-minded

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kubuddhi

kubuddhi - bad intellect, evil-minded, foolish

Compound type : tatpurusha (ku+buddhi)

• ku – bad, evil, ignoble (prefix)
  indeclinable
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, discernment, mind
  noun (feminine)
  Root: budh (class 1)

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