योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-52, verse-19

चाक्षुषीं वृत्तिमाश्रित्य प्रभारूपचयोन्मुखीम् ।
मा गच्छ दग्धतां मुग्ध कान्तिलुब्धपतङ्गवत् ॥ १९ ॥

cākṣuṣīṃ vṛttimāśritya prabhārūpacayonmukhīm ,
mā gaccha dagdhatāṃ mugdha kāntilubdhapataṅgavat 19

19. cākṣuṣīm vṛttim āśritya prabhārūpacayonmukhīm mā
gaccha dagdhatām mugdha kāntilubdhapataṅgavat

19. mugdha prabhārūpacayonmukhīm cākṣuṣīm vṛttim
āśritya kāntilubdhapataṅgavat dagdhatām mā gaccha

19. O naive one, do not fall into the state of being consumed, like a moth lured by its greed for light, by relying on your visual faculty, which is oriented towards the accumulation of splendor and forms.

19. כאשר אתה נסמך על הראייה ונמשך אל אורות וצורות, הוי פתי, אל תישרף כמו פרפר הנמשך אל הלהבה.

Words meanings summery:

• चाक्षुषीम् (cākṣuṣīm) - visual, pertaining to the eye

• वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - activity, function, mode, tendency

• आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in, having relied on

• प्रभारूपचयोन्मुखीम् (prabhārūpacayonmukhīm) - directed towards the accumulation of splendor and forms, inclined towards increasing light and beauty

• मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive particle)

• गच्छ (gaccha) - do not fall into (go, proceed, attain)

• दग्धताम् (dagdhatām) - the state of being utterly destroyed or ruined (spiritually) (the state of being burnt/consumed, combustion)

• मुग्ध (mugdha) - O deluded one, O naive one, O foolish one

• कान्तिलुब्धपतङ्गवत् (kāntilubdhapataṅgavat) - like a moth greedy for light/splendor

Words meanings and morphology

चाक्षुषीम् (cākṣuṣīm) - visual, pertaining to the eye

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of cākṣuṣī

cākṣuṣī - visual, belonging to the eye

feminine form of cākṣuṣa

वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - activity, function, mode, tendency

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - action, activity, function, mode, course, tendency

Root: vṛt (class 1)

आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in, having relied on

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Prefix: ā

Root: śrī (class 4)

प्रभारूपचयोन्मुखीम् (prabhārūpacayonmukhīm) - directed towards the accumulation of splendor and forms, inclined towards increasing light and beauty

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prabhārūpacayonmukhī

prabhārūpacayonmukhī - inclined towards the accumulation of light and form

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prabhā+rūpa+upacaya+unmukha)

• prabhā – light, splendor, radiance
  noun (feminine)
• rūpa – form, shape, beauty
  noun (neuter)
• upacaya – accumulation, increase, growth
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: ci (class 5)
• unmukhī – facing towards, inclined towards, eager for
  adjective (feminine)
  feminine form of unmukha
  Prefix: ud

मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

गच्छ (gaccha) - do not fall into (go, proceed, attain)

(verb)

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

Root: gam (class 1)

दग्धताम् (dagdhatām) - the state of being utterly destroyed or ruined (spiritually) (the state of being burnt/consumed, combustion)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dagdhatā

dagdhatā - the state of being burnt, combustibility

Derived from dagdha (burnt, PPP of dah) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

मुग्ध (mugdha) - O deluded one, O naive one, O foolish one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mugdha

mugdha - charming, beautiful, innocent, foolish, bewildered, deluded

Past Passive Participle

Root: muh (class 4)

कान्तिलुब्धपतङ्गवत् (kāntilubdhapataṅgavat) - like a moth greedy for light/splendor

(indeclinable)

Formed with the suffix -vat (like, similar to)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kānti+lubdha+pataṅga)

• kānti – light, beauty, splendor, charm
  noun (feminine)
• lubdha – greedy, eager, infatuated, desirous
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: lubh (class 4)
• pataṅga – moth, butterfly, bird
  noun (masculine)

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