योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-14, verse-5

विपर्यस्तेन्द्रियं मत्तं मदिराघूर्णितेक्षणम् ।
धर्मनिर्णयसाक्षित्वे कः प्रमाणीकरोत्यधीः ॥ ५ ॥

viparyastendriyaṃ mattaṃ madirāghūrṇitekṣaṇam ,
dharmanirṇayasākṣitve kaḥ pramāṇīkarotyadhīḥ 5

5. viparyastendriyam mattam madirāghūrṇitekṣaṇam
dharmanirṇayasākṣitve kaḥ pramāṇīkaroti adhīḥ

5. adhīḥ kaḥ dharmanirṇayasākṣitve viparyastendriyam
mattam madirāghūrṇitekṣaṇam pramāṇīkaroti

5. Who, being devoid of wisdom, would consider an intoxicated person — whose senses are confused and whose eyes are rolling due to liquor — authoritative as a witness for the determination of natural law (dharma)?

Words meanings summery:

• विपर्यस्तेन्द्रियम् (viparyastendriyam) - one whose senses are disturbed/confused

• मत्तम् (mattam) - intoxicated, drunk, mad

• मदिराघूर्णितेक्षणम् (madirāghūrṇitekṣaṇam) - one whose eyes are rolling due to liquor

• धर्मनिर्णयसाक्षित्वे (dharmanirṇayasākṣitve) - in the capacity of a witness for the determination of natural law (dharma)

• कः (kaḥ) - who

• प्रमाणीकरोति (pramāṇīkaroti) - makes authoritative, considers valid

• अधीः (adhīḥ) - devoid of wisdom, foolish, senseless

Words meanings and morphology

विपर्यस्तेन्द्रियम् (viparyastendriyam) - one whose senses are disturbed/confused

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viparyastendriya

viparyastendriya - one whose senses are disordered/confused

Bahuvrīhi compound of viparyasta (disturbed) and indriya (sense).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viparyasta+indriya)

• viparyasta – inverted, reversed, disturbed, confused
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root as (to throw) with prefixes vi and pari
  Prefixes: vi+pari
  Root: as (class 4)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty, power
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective modifying the implied 'mūrkham' or similar.

मत्तम् (mattam) - intoxicated, drunk, mad

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of matta

matta - intoxicated, drunk, mad, furious, proud

Past Passive Participle

From root mad

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Adjective modifying the implied person.

मदिराघूर्णितेक्षणम् (madirāghūrṇitekṣaṇam) - one whose eyes are rolling due to liquor

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of madirāghūrṇitekṣaṇa

madirāghūrṇitekṣaṇa - one whose eyes are rolling due to intoxication by liquor

Bahuvrīhi compound of madirā (liquor), ghūrṇita (rolling), and īkṣaṇa (eye).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (madirā+ghūrṇita+īkṣaṇa)

• madirā – wine, liquor, intoxicating drink
  noun (feminine)
• ghūrṇita – rolling, reeling, revolving, trembling
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root ghūrṇ
  Root: ghūrṇ (class 1)
• īkṣaṇa – seeing, looking, eye
  noun (neuter)
  From root īkṣ
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying the implied person.

धर्मनिर्णयसाक्षित्वे (dharmanirṇayasākṣitve) - in the capacity of a witness for the determination of natural law (dharma)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dharmanirṇayasākṣitva

dharmanirṇayasākṣitva - the state of being a witness for the determination of natural law

Tatpuruṣa compound of dharma (natural law), nirṇaya (determination), and sākṣitva (witness-hood).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+nirṇaya+sākṣitva)

• dharma – natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• nirṇaya – determination, decision, ascertainment
  noun (masculine)
  From root nī with prefix nir
  Prefix: nis
  Root: nī (class 1)
• sākṣitva – witness-hood, the state of being a witness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from sākṣin (witness) with suffix -tva

Note: Specifies the context/area of authority.

कः (kaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun, subject of 'pramāṇīkaroti'.

प्रमाणीकरोति (pramāṇīkaroti) - makes authoritative, considers valid

(verb)

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

Denominative verb formed from pramāṇa (proof/authority) + kṛ (to do/make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अधीः (adhīḥ) - devoid of wisdom, foolish, senseless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhī

adhī - devoid of understanding, foolish, senseless

Bahuvrīhi compound of a (not) + dhī (intellect/wisdom)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+dhī)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• dhī – intellect, wisdom, thought, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dhī (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'kaḥ'.