योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-12, verse-36

धीः सम्यग्योजिता पारमसम्यग्योजिताऽऽपदम् ।
नरं नयति संसारे भ्रमन्ती नौरिवार्णवे ॥ ३६ ॥

dhīḥ samyagyojitā pāramasamyagyojitā''padam ,
naraṃ nayati saṃsāre bhramantī naurivārṇave 36

36. dhīḥ samyak yojitā pāram asamyak yojitā āpadam
naram nayati saṃsāre bhramantī nāuḥ iva arṇave

36. samyak yojitā dhīḥ pāram nayati asamyak yojitā āpadam
saṃsāre arṇave bhramantī nāuḥ iva naram nayati

36. Intellect (dhī), when properly applied, leads to the other shore, but when improperly applied, it leads to disaster. It guides a person (nara) through the cycle of existence (saṃsāra) like a wandering boat in the ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• धीः (dhīḥ) - intellect, thought, understanding

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, rightly, completely

• योजिता (yojitā) - properly applied/directed (applied, directed, joined)

• पारम् (pāram) - the other side, the further bank

• असम्यक् (asamyak) - improperly, wrongly, incompletely

• योजिता (yojitā) - improperly applied/directed (applied, directed, joined)

• आपदम् (āpadam) - disaster, calamity, misfortune

• नरम् (naram) - man, human being, person

• नयति (nayati) - leads, guides, conducts

• संसारे (saṁsāre) - in the cycle of existence, in worldly life

• भ्रमन्ती (bhramantī) - wandering, roaming

• नाउः (nāuḥ) - boat, ship

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अर्णवे (arṇave) - in the ocean, in the sea

Words meanings and morphology

धीः (dhīḥ) - intellect, thought, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - thought, intellect, understanding, wisdom, mind (dhī)

Feminine i-stem noun.

Root: dhī

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, rightly, completely

(indeclinable)

योजिता (yojitā) - properly applied/directed (applied, directed, joined)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yojita

yojita - joined, yoked, applied, directed, employed

Past Passive Participle

From √yuj (to join, connect) + -ita suffix (causative of √yuj, yoji + ta)

Root: yuj (class 7)

पारम् (pāram) - the other side, the further bank

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāra

pāra - the other side, the opposite bank, the extremity, completion

असम्यक् (asamyak) - improperly, wrongly, incompletely

(indeclinable)

From a- (negation) + samyak (properly)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+samyak)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• samyak – properly, rightly, thoroughly
  indeclinable

योजिता (yojitā) - improperly applied/directed (applied, directed, joined)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yojita

yojita - joined, yoked, applied, directed, employed

Past Passive Participle

From √yuj (to join, connect) + -ita suffix (causative of √yuj, yoji + ta)

Root: yuj (class 7)

आपदम् (āpadam) - disaster, calamity, misfortune

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āpad

āpad - calamity, disaster, misfortune, distress

Feminine d-stem noun.

नरम् (naram) - man, human being, person

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being (nara)

Root: nṛ (class 1)

नयति (nayati) - leads, guides, conducts

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √nī

Present Active

Class 1 verb

Root: nī (class 1)

संसारे (saṁsāre) - in the cycle of existence, in worldly life

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - wandering through, circuit, passage, cycle of existence, transmigration (saṃsāra)

From sam- + √sṛ (to flow, move)

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

भ्रमन्ती (bhramantī) - wandering, roaming

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhramat

bhramat - wandering, roaming, moving about

Present Active Participle

From √bhram (to wander, roam) + -at suffix

Root: bhram (class 1)

नाउः (nāuḥ) - boat, ship

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nāu

nāu - boat, ship

D-stem noun.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अर्णवे (arṇave) - in the ocean, in the sea

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of arṇava

arṇava - ocean, sea, flood