योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-74, verse-77

विज्ञातायामविद्यायां कः पुनः परिमज्जति ।
परिज्ञाय श्वपाकानां यात्रां कः प्रेक्षते द्विजः ॥ ७७ ॥

vijñātāyāmavidyāyāṃ kaḥ punaḥ parimajjati ,
parijñāya śvapākānāṃ yātrāṃ kaḥ prekṣate dvijaḥ 77

77. vijñātāyām avidyāyām kaḥ punaḥ parimajjati
parijñāya śvapākānām yātrām kaḥ prekṣate dvijaḥ

77. avidyāyām vijñātāyām (satyām) kaḥ punaḥ parimajjati?
śvapākānām yātrām parijñāya kaḥ dvijaḥ prekṣate?

77. Once nescience (avidyā) is fully understood, who would immerse themselves in it again? After realizing the path of outcastes, what twice-born (dvija) person would observe it?

Words meanings summery:

• विज्ञातायाम् (vijñātāyām) - in what is fully known, when fully understood

• अविद्यायाम् (avidyāyām) - in nescience, in ignorance (avidyā)

• कः (kaḥ) - who

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

• परिमज्जति (parimajjati) - plunges into, immerses oneself in

• परिज्ञाय (parijñāya) - after realizing (having thoroughly known, having understood)

• श्वपाकानाम् (śvapākānām) - of outcastes (lit. dog-cookers)

• यात्राम् (yātrām) - path, journey, course of life

• कः (kaḥ) - who, which

• प्रेक्षते (prekṣate) - observes, looks at, regards

• द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - twice-born (dvija), a Brahmin

Words meanings and morphology

विज्ञातायाम् (vijñātāyām) - in what is fully known, when fully understood

(participle)

Locative, feminine, singular of vijñāta

vijñāta - known, understood, perceived

Past Passive Participle

from root jñā with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction with 'avidyāyām'

अविद्यायाम् (avidyāyām) - in nescience, in ignorance (avidyā)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction with 'vijñātāyām'

कः (kaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

(indeclinable)

परिमज्जति (parimajjati) - plunges into, immerses oneself in

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pari-majj

Root majj with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: majj (class 6)

परिज्ञाय (parijñāya) - after realizing (having thoroughly known, having understood)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive form of root jñā with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: jñā (class 9)

श्वपाकानाम् (śvapākānām) - of outcastes (lit. dog-cookers)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śvapāka

śvapāka - dog-cooker, outcaste, caṇḍāla

Compound type : tatpurusha (śvan+pāka)

• śvan – dog
  noun (masculine)
• pāka – cooking, ripening; one who cooks
  noun (masculine)

यात्राम् (yātrām) - path, journey, course of life

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yātrā

yātrā - journey, procession, pilgrimage, course of life, conduct

कः (kaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

प्रेक्षते (prekṣate) - observes, looks at, regards

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pra-īkṣ

Root īkṣ with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - twice-born (dvija), a Brahmin

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a Brahmin, Kshatriya, or Vaishya); a bird; a tooth