योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-61, verse-2

एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य न मनः परितप्यते ।
घोरे तमसि निर्मग्नं लब्धदीपं शिशुर्यथा ॥ २ ॥

etāṃ dṛṣṭimavaṣṭabhya na manaḥ paritapyate ,
ghore tamasi nirmagnaṃ labdhadīpaṃ śiśuryathā 2

2. etām dṛṣṭim avaṣṭabhya na manaḥ paritapyate
ghore tamasi nirmagnam labdhadīpam śiśuḥ yathā

2. yathā ghore tamasi nirmagnam
labdhadīpam śiśuḥ (asti saḥ) na
paritapyate tathā etām dṛṣṭim
avaṣṭabhya manaḥ na paritapyate

2. By firmly holding onto this understanding (dṛṣṭi), the mind does not suffer, just as a child, though deeply immersed in terrible darkness, finds no distress once it has obtained a lamp.

Words meanings summery:

• एताम् (etām) - this

• दृष्टिम् (dṛṣṭim) - view, understanding, perception

• अवष्टभ्य (avaṣṭabhya) - having grasped, having held onto, having relied upon

• न (na) - not, no

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, consciousness

• परितप्यते (paritapyate) - suffers, grieves, torments oneself

• घोरे (ghore) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

• तमसि (tamasi) - in darkness, in ignorance

• निर्मग्नम् (nirmagnam) - immersed, submerged, sunk

• लब्धदीपम् (labdhadīpam) - having obtained a lamp, possessing a light

• शिशुः (śiśuḥ) - child, infant, young one

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

एताम् (etām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

दृष्टिम् (dṛṣṭim) - view, understanding, perception

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - sight, view, understanding, perception

अवष्टभ्य (avaṣṭabhya) - having grasped, having held onto, having relied upon

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed with suffix -ya after upasarga ava-

Prefix: ava

Root: stambh (class 5)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, consciousness

परितप्यते (paritapyate) - suffers, grieves, torments oneself

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of paritap

Prefix: pari

Root: tap (class 4)

घोरे (ghore) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, fierce, intense

तमसि (tamasi) - in darkness, in ignorance

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance

निर्मग्नम् (nirmagnam) - immersed, submerged, sunk

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nirmagna

nirmagna - immersed, submerged, sunk deep

Past Passive Participle

formed from ni-√maj with suffix -ta

Prefix: nis

Root: maj (class 6)

Note: Used adverbially here, describing the state of the child.

लब्धदीपम् (labdhadīpam) - having obtained a lamp, possessing a light

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of labdhadīpa

labdhadīpa - one who has obtained a lamp; having a lamp

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (labdha+dīpa)

• labdha – obtained, acquired, gained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √labh with suffix -ta
  Root: labh (class 1)
• dīpa – lamp, light, flame
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially here, describing the state of the child.

शिशुः (śiśuḥ) - child, infant, young one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śiśu

śiśu - child, infant, young one

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)