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5,52

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.

Words meanings summery:

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  • 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)