योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-5, chapter-52, verse-19
चाक्षुषीं वृत्तिमाश्रित्य प्रभारूपचयोन्मुखीम् ।
मा गच्छ दग्धतां मुग्ध कान्तिलुब्धपतङ्गवत् ॥ १९ ॥
मा गच्छ दग्धतां मुग्ध कान्तिलुब्धपतङ्गवत् ॥ १९ ॥
cākṣuṣīṃ vṛttimāśritya prabhārūpacayonmukhīm ,
mā gaccha dagdhatāṃ mugdha kāntilubdhapataṅgavat 19
mā gaccha dagdhatāṃ mugdha kāntilubdhapataṅgavat 19
19.
cākṣuṣīm vṛttim āśritya prabhārūpacayonmukhīm mā
gaccha dagdhatām mugdha kāntilubdhapataṅgavat
gaccha dagdhatām mugdha kāntilubdhapataṅgavat
19.
mugdha prabhārūpacayonmukhīm cākṣuṣīm vṛttim
āśritya kāntilubdhapataṅgavat dagdhatām mā gaccha
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)