योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-52, verse-16

आगत्य श्रोत्रतां मूर्ख व्यर्थोत्थानोपबृंहिताम् ।
धिया शब्दानुसारिण्या मृगवन्मा क्षयं व्रज ॥ १६ ॥

āgatya śrotratāṃ mūrkha vyarthotthānopabṛṃhitām ,
dhiyā śabdānusāriṇyā mṛgavanmā kṣayaṃ vraja 16

16. āgatya śrotratām mūrkha vyarthotthānopabṛṃhitām
dhiyā śabdānusāriṇyā mṛgavat mā kṣayam vraja

16. mūrkha vyarthotthānopabṛṃhitām śrotratām āgatya
śabdānusāriṇyā dhiyā mṛgavat kṣayam mā vraja

16. O fool, do not rush to destruction like a deer, by allowing your sound-following intellect (dhī) to become merely an ear, augmented by futile efforts.

16. הוי אוויל, בהימשכך לאוזניים ולצלילים בשל דחפי סרק, אל תביא על עצמך כְּלָיָה כמו צבי המפותה על ידי צליל.

Words meanings summery:

• आगत्य (āgatya) - having come, having attained, having reached

• श्रोत्रताम् (śrotratām) - the state of being an ear, the quality of listening

• मूर्ख (mūrkha) - O fool!

• व्यर्थोत्थानोपबृंहिताम् (vyarthotthānopabṛṁhitām) - increased/strengthened by useless efforts/rising

• धिया (dhiyā) - by intellect, by mind, by thought

• शब्दानुसारिण्या (śabdānusāriṇyā) - by that which follows sounds, by the sound-following

• मृगवत् (mṛgavat) - like a deer

• मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive)

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, ruin, loss

• व्रज (vraja) - go, proceed, move

Words meanings and morphology

आगत्य (āgatya) - having come, having attained, having reached

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Formed from root gam with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Acts as an adverb, meaning 'having done X'.

श्रोत्रताम् (śrotratām) - the state of being an ear, the quality of listening

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śrotratā

śrotratā - the state or quality of being an ear, auditorship

Derived from śrotra (ear) + -tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Object of āgatya.

मूर्ख (mūrkha) - O fool!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mūrkha

mūrkha - foolish, stupid; a fool, idiot

व्यर्थोत्थानोपबृंहिताम् (vyarthotthānopabṛṁhitām) - increased/strengthened by useless efforts/rising

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vyarthotthānopabṛṃhitā

vyarthotthānopabṛṁhitā - increased/strengthened/augmented by useless efforts

Past Passive Participle

Compound ending in -bṛṃhitā (from root bṛṃh 'to strengthen'), qualified by vyarthotthāna.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vyartha+utthāna+upabṛṃhitā)

• vyartha – useless, fruitless, vain
  adjective (masculine)
  From vi-artha
  Prefix: vi
  Root: arth (class 10)
• utthāna – rising, effort, exertion, activity
  noun (neuter)
  From root sthā with prefix ud-
  Prefix: ud
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• upabṛṃhitā – strengthened, increased, augmented, nourished
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bṛṃh (to strengthen, increase) with prefix upa-
  Prefix: upa
  Root: bṛṃh (class 10)

Note: Modifies śrotratām.

धिया (dhiyā) - by intellect, by mind, by thought

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - intellect, mind, thought, understanding

Root: dhā (class 3)

शब्दानुसारिण्या (śabdānusāriṇyā) - by that which follows sounds, by the sound-following

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śabdānusāriṇī

śabdānusāriṇī - sound-following, obeying sounds

agent noun

Compound ending in -anusāriṇī (feminine agent noun from anu-sṛ 'to follow')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śabda+anusāriṇī)

• śabda – sound, word, voice
  noun (masculine)
• anusāriṇī – following, pursuing, conforming to
  adjective (feminine)
  present active participle / agent noun
  Feminine form of anusārin, from root sṛ with prefix anu-
  Prefix: anu
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies dhiyā.

मृगवत् (mṛgavat) - like a deer

(indeclinable)

From mṛga (deer) with suffix -vat (like)

मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive)

(indeclinable)

Note: Prohibitive particle.

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, ruin, loss

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, ruin, loss, decrease

From root kṣi

Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Object of vraja.

व्रज (vraja) - go, proceed, move

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vraj

Root: vraj (class 1)

Note: Used with mā for prohibition.

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