योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-34, verse-79

मूर्खा एव हि ते सर्वे बभुवुर्मे पितामहाः ।
इमां दृष्टिं परित्यज्य रेमिरे राज्यसंकटे ॥ ७९ ॥

mūrkhā eva hi te sarve babhuvurme pitāmahāḥ ,
imāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ parityajya remire rājyasaṃkaṭe 79

79. mūrkhāḥ eva hi te sarve babhūvuḥ me pitāmahāḥ
imām dṛṣṭim parityajya remire rājyasaṃkaṭe

79. hi,
te sarve me pitāmahāḥ mūrkhāḥ eva babhūvuḥ.
imām dṛṣṭim parityajya rājyasaṃkaṭe remire.

79. Indeed, all those ancestors of mine were fools (mūrkhāḥ); having abandoned this vision (dṛṣṭi), they revelled in the distress of the kingdom.

Words meanings summery:

• मूर्खाः (mūrkhāḥ) - fools, ignorant persons, stupid

• एव (eva) - Emphasizing that they were indeed fools. (indeed, only, just, exactly)

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because, certainly

• ते (te) - they, those

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they were, they became

• मे (me) - my, of me, to me

• पितामहाः (pitāmahāḥ) - grandfathers, ancestors

• इमाम् (imām) - this, this one

• दृष्टिम् (dṛṣṭim) - vision, sight, view, understanding, insight

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having completely abandoned, having given up entirely

• रेमिरे (remire) - they delighted, they enjoyed

• राज्यसंकटे (rājyasaṁkaṭe) - in the distress of the kingdom, in the difficulty of the state

Words meanings and morphology

मूर्खाः (mūrkhāḥ) - fools, ignorant persons, stupid

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mūrkha

mūrkha - foolish, ignorant, stupid; a fool

Note: Predicate nominative for pitāmahāḥ.

एव (eva) - Emphasizing that they were indeed fools. (indeed, only, just, exactly)

(indeclinable)

Particle for emphasis or restriction.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because, certainly

(indeclinable)

Particle for emphasis or causality.

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to pitāmahāḥ.

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Pronominal adjective.

Note: Agrees with pitāmahāḥ.

बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they were, they became

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhū

perfect

From root bhū (to be), perfect tense, 3rd plural.

Root: bhū (class 1)

मे (me) - my, of me, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Enclitic form of asmad (first person pronoun).

Note: Possessive, 'my'.

पितामहाः (pitāmahāḥ) - grandfathers, ancestors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather, ancestor

Compound of pitṛ (father) + maha (great).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pitṛ+maha)

• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• maha – great, large, powerful
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  From mahat

Note: Subject of babhūvuḥ.

इमाम् (imām) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

Note: Demonstrative pronoun agreeing with dṛṣṭim.

दृष्टिम् (dṛṣṭim) - vision, sight, view, understanding, insight

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - vision, sight, view, understanding, insight, doctrine, opinion

From root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Object of parityajya.

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having completely abandoned, having given up entirely

(indeclinable)

absolutive

From root tyaj (to abandon), with prefix pari, suffix lyaP.

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Gerund/absolutive.

रेमिरे (remire) - they delighted, they enjoyed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (liṭ) of ram

perfect

From root ram (to delight), perfect tense, 3rd plural.

Root: ram (class 1)

राज्यसंकटे (rājyasaṁkaṭe) - in the distress of the kingdom, in the difficulty of the state

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of rājyasaṃkaṭa

rājyasaṁkaṭa - distress of the kingdom, state of danger for the kingdom

Compound of rājya (kingdom) and saṃkaṭa (distress, difficulty).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (rājya+saṃkaṭa)

• rājya – kingdom, realm, sovereignty, rule
  noun (neuter)
• saṃkaṭa – distress, danger, difficulty, narrow passage
  noun (neuter)

Note: Locative of place/circumstance.