योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-52, verse-8

अयि मूर्ख मनः कोऽर्थस्तव संसारवृत्तिभिः ।
धीमन्तो न निषेवन्ते पर्यन्ते दुःखदां क्रियाम् ॥ ८ ॥

ayi mūrkha manaḥ ko'rthastava saṃsāravṛttibhiḥ ,
dhīmanto na niṣevante paryante duḥkhadāṃ kriyām 8

8. ayi mūrkha manaḥ kaḥ arthaḥ tava saṃsāravṛttibhiḥ
dhīmantaḥ na niṣevante paryante duḥkhadām kriyām

8. ayi mūrkha manaḥ tava saṃsāravṛttibhiḥ kaḥ arthaḥ
dhīmantaḥ paryante duḥkhadām kriyām na niṣevante

8. O foolish mind! What purpose do you have with worldly activities (saṃsāra)? Wise people do not engage in actions that ultimately lead to suffering.

Words meanings summery:

• अयि (ayi) - O! (particle of address)

• मूर्ख (mūrkha) - foolish one, ignorant person

• मनः (manaḥ) - O mind!

• कः (kaḥ) - what (purpose) (who, what)

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose, meaning, gain, object

• तव (tava) - your, for you

• संसारवृत्तिभिः (saṁsāravṛttibhiḥ) - by worldly activities, by saṃsāra tendencies

• धीमन्तः (dhīmantaḥ) - intelligent ones, wise people

• न (na) - not, no

• निषेवन्ते (niṣevante) - they engage in, they indulge in, they pursue

• पर्यन्ते (paryante) - in the end, finally, at the boundary

• दुःखदाम् (duḥkhadām) - giving misery, causing pain

• क्रियाम् (kriyām) - action, activity, deed

Words meanings and morphology

अयि (ayi) - O! (particle of address)

(indeclinable)

Note: An interjection used for addressing.

मूर्ख (mūrkha) - foolish one, ignorant person

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mūrkha

mūrkha - foolish, stupid, ignorant; a fool

मनः (manaḥ) - O mind!

(noun)

Vocative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, heart

कः (kaḥ) - what (purpose) (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose, meaning, gain, object

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, object, meaning, wealth, gain

तव (tava) - your, for you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Note: Can also be dative singular.

संसारवृत्तिभिः (saṁsāravṛttibhiḥ) - by worldly activities, by saṃsāra tendencies

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of saṃsāravṛtti

saṁsāravṛtti - worldly activity, saṃsāra tendency, course of transmigration

Compound noun referring to the activities or ways of the world (saṃsāra).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+vṛtti)

• saṃsāra – cycle of rebirth, transmigration, the world
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• vṛtti – activity, course, conduct, mode of being
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

धीमन्तः (dhīmantaḥ) - intelligent ones, wise people

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhīmat

dhīmat - intelligent, wise, clever

Possessive adjective formed with the suffix -mat from dhī (intellect).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as a negation.

निषेवन्ते (niṣevante) - they engage in, they indulge in, they pursue

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (Laṭ) of sev

present tense

Third person plural, present tense, middle voice (ātmanepada) of the root sev with upasarga ni-.

Prefix: ni

Root: sev (class 1)

पर्यन्ते (paryante) - in the end, finally, at the boundary

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of paryanta

paryanta - end, limit, boundary, conclusion

दुःखदाम् (duḥkhadām) - giving misery, causing pain

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of duḥkhada

duḥkhada - causing pain, giving misery, sorrow-giving

Compound adjective: duḥkha (pain) + da (giving, from root dā).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duḥkha+da)

• duḥkha – pain, suffering, misery, sorrow
  noun (neuter)
• da – giving, bestowing, granting
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective derived from the root dā (to give).
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'kriyām'.

क्रियाम् (kriyām) - action, activity, deed

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kriyā

kriyā - action, activity, deed, rite

Root: kṛ (class 8)