योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-74, verse-20

अविद्या संपरिज्ञाता न चैनं परिकर्षति ।
मृगतृष्णा परिज्ञाता तर्षुले नावकर्षति ॥ २० ॥

avidyā saṃparijñātā na cainaṃ parikarṣati ,
mṛgatṛṣṇā parijñātā tarṣule nāvakarṣati 20

20. avidyā saṃparijñātā na ca enam parikarṣati
mṛgatṛṣṇā parijñātā tarṣule na āvakarṣati

20. saṃparijñātā avidyā ca enam na parikarṣati
parijñātā mṛgatṛṣṇā tarṣule na āvakarṣati

20. When spiritual ignorance is completely understood, it no longer entices the individual. Similarly, a mirage, once its nature is fully known, no longer attracts a thirsty person.

Words meanings summery:

• अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, spiritual ignorance, nescience

• संपरिज्ञाता (saṁparijñātā) - fully known, completely understood

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• एनम् (enam) - this individual/mind (this (masculine accusative))

• परिकर्षति (parikarṣati) - draws, attracts, entices, pulls around

• मृगतृष्णा (mṛgatṛṣṇā) - mirage

• परिज्ञाता (parijñātā) - fully known, recognized, perceived

• तर्षुले (tarṣule) - for the thirsty one, to the thirsty person

• न (na) - not, no

• आवकर्षति (āvakarṣati) - draws, attracts, pulls

Words meanings and morphology

अविद्या (avidyā) - ignorance, spiritual ignorance, nescience

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance, illusion

Negative prefix 'a-' + 'vidyā' (knowledge)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'vid' (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

संपरिज्ञाता (saṁparijñātā) - fully known, completely understood

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃparijñāta

saṁparijñāta - fully known, completely understood, thoroughly perceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'jñā' with prefixes 'sam' and 'pari'.

Prefixes: sam+pari

Root: jñā (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - this individual/mind (this (masculine accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, him

परिकर्षति (parikarṣati) - draws, attracts, entices, pulls around

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛṣ

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, from root 'kṛṣ' with prefix 'pari'.

Prefix: pari

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

मृगतृष्णा (mṛgatṛṣṇā) - mirage

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇā

mṛgatṛṣṇā - mirage, thirst of deer, delusive appearance

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mṛga+tṛṣṇā)

• mṛga – deer, animal
  noun (masculine)
• tṛṣṇā – thirst, desire, craving
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'tṛṣ' (to be thirsty)
  Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

परिज्ञाता (parijñātā) - fully known, recognized, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parijñāta

parijñāta - fully known, recognized, ascertained, well understood

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'jñā' with prefix 'pari'.

Prefix: pari

Root: jñā (class 9)

तर्षुले (tarṣule) - for the thirsty one, to the thirsty person

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of tṛṣula

tṛṣula - thirsty, longing, desirous

Derived from root 'tṛṣ' (to be thirsty)

Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

Note: Locative form, implies 'for/to' the thirsty person.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आवकर्षति (āvakarṣati) - draws, attracts, pulls

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛṣ

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, from root 'kṛṣ' with prefix 'āva'.

Prefixes: ā+ava

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)