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.

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.