योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-52, verse-13

शब्दादिकाभिरेताभिः किं मूर्ख हतवृत्तिभिः ।
भ्रमस्यविरतं व्यर्थं मेघे मण्डूकिका यथा ॥ १३ ॥

śabdādikābhiretābhiḥ kiṃ mūrkha hatavṛttibhiḥ ,
bhramasyavirataṃ vyarthaṃ meghe maṇḍūkikā yathā 13

13. śabdādikābhiḥ etābhiḥ kim mūrkha hatavṛttibhiḥ
bhramasi aviratam vyartham meghe maṇḍūkikā yathā

13. mūrkha hatavṛttibhiḥ śabdādikābhiḥ etābhiḥ kim
aviratam vyartham bhramasi meghe maṇḍūkikā yathā

13. Oh fool! What is the use of these sense objects (like sounds), which lead to ruined activities? You wander ceaselessly and in vain, just like a little frog in a cloud.

Words meanings summery:

• शब्दादिकाभिः (śabdādikābhiḥ) - by means of sense objects like sounds, touch, sight, taste, smell (by means of sounds and others (sense objects))

• एताभिः (etābhiḥ) - by these

• किम् (kim) - what is the use? (what?, what use?, why?)

• मूर्ख (mūrkha) - Oh fool! (fool, ignorant person)

• हतवृत्तिभिः (hatavṛttibhiḥ) - by means of those (sense objects) which lead to ruined activities (by those whose activities/functions are ruined/destroyed)

• भ्रमसि (bhramasi) - you wander, you roam

• अविरतम् (aviratam) - incessantly, continuously, without interruption

• व्यर्थम् (vyartham) - uselessly, in vain, without purpose

• मेघे (meghe) - in the cloud

• मण्डूकिका (maṇḍūkikā) - a little frog, female frog

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

शब्दादिकाभिः (śabdādikābhiḥ) - by means of sense objects like sounds, touch, sight, taste, smell (by means of sounds and others (sense objects))

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of śabdādika

śabdādika - beginning with sound, sounds etc., sense objects

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śabda+ādi+ka)

• śabda – sound, word
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera
  noun (masculine)
• ka – suffix indicating 'connected with' or 'belonging to'
  indeclinable
  Suffix

Note: Refers to sense objects in general, with 'sound' as an example.

एताभिः (etābhiḥ) - by these

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Agrees with śabdādikābhiḥ and hatavṛttibhiḥ.

किम् (kim) - what is the use? (what?, what use?, why?)

(indeclinable)

Note: When followed by instrumental, it means 'what is the use of...?'

मूर्ख (mūrkha) - Oh fool! (fool, ignorant person)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mūrkha

mūrkha - fool, stupid, ignorant

From √muh (to be bewildered).

Root: muh (class 4)

हतवृत्तिभिः (hatavṛttibhiḥ) - by means of those (sense objects) which lead to ruined activities (by those whose activities/functions are ruined/destroyed)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of hatavṛtti

hatavṛtti - having ruined functions/activities, whose livelihood is destroyed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+vṛtti)

• hata – struck, killed, destroyed, ruined
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)
• vṛtti – activity, function, mode of conduct, livelihood
  noun (feminine)
  From √vṛt (to turn, exist)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Agrees with śabdādikābhiḥ and etābhiḥ.

भ्रमसि (bhramasi) - you wander, you roam

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhram

Present indicative, 2nd person singular

From root √bhram (to wander).

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: The implied subject is tvam (you).

अविरतम् (aviratam) - incessantly, continuously, without interruption

(indeclinable)

Negation (a) of virata (stopped, ceased).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+virata)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix
• virata – stopped, ceased, abstaining
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi-√ram (to stop, cease)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Adverbial usage.

व्यर्थम् (vyartham) - uselessly, in vain, without purpose

(indeclinable)

From vi (without) + artha (purpose, meaning).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (vi+artha)

• vi – without, apart, contra-
  indeclinable
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial usage.

मेघे (meghe) - in the cloud

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of megha

megha - cloud

From √mih (to sprinkle).

Root: mih (class 1)

Note: Location for the frog.

मण्डूकिका (maṇḍūkikā) - a little frog, female frog

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of maṇḍūkikā

maṇḍūkikā - a little frog, female frog

Diminutive/feminine of maṇḍūka (frog).

Note: The comparison's subject.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)