योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-79, verse-18

अविचारिणमज्ञानं मूढमाशापरायणम् ।
निगिरन्तीह दुःखानि बका मत्स्यमिवाजलम् ॥ १८ ॥

avicāriṇamajñānaṃ mūḍhamāśāparāyaṇam ,
nigirantīha duḥkhāni bakā matsyamivājalam 18

18. avicāriṇam ajñānam mūḍham āśā-parāyaṇam
nigiranti iha duḥkhāni bakāḥ matsyám iva ajalam

18. iha duḥkhāni avicāriṇam ajñānam mūḍham āśā-parāyaṇam nigiranti,
bakāḥ ajalam matsyám iva

18. Here, miseries consume the unthinking, ignorant, deluded person who is solely devoted to desires, just as cranes devour a fish removed from water.

Words meanings summery:

• अविचारिणम् (avicāriṇam) - the unthinking, the unreflective one

• अज्ञानम् (ajñānam) - the ignorant person (the ignorant one, ignorance)

• मूढम् (mūḍham) - the deluded, bewildered, foolish one

• आशा-परायणम् (āśā-parāyaṇam) - one devoted to desires, whose sole refuge is hope/desire

• निगिरन्ति (nigiranti) - they swallow, they devour

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, now

• दुःखानि (duḥkhāni) - miseries, sufferings, pains

• बकाः (bakāḥ) - cranes, herons

• मत्स्य्áम् (matsyám) - fish

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अजलम् (ajalam) - without water, out of water

Words meanings and morphology

अविचारिणम् (avicāriṇam) - the unthinking, the unreflective one

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of avicārin

avicārin - unthinking, unreflective, inconsiderate, thoughtless

Prefix: a

Root: car (class 1)

अज्ञानम् (ajñānam) - the ignorant person (the ignorant one, ignorance)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ajñāna

ajñāna - ignorance, lack of knowledge, ignorant person

Prefix: a

Root: jñā (class 9)

मूढम् (mūḍham) - the deluded, bewildered, foolish one

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mūḍha

mūḍha - deluded, bewildered, foolish, ignorant, infatuated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root muh

Root: muh (class 4)

आशा-परायणम् (āśā-parāyaṇam) - one devoted to desires, whose sole refuge is hope/desire

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āśā-parāyaṇa

āśā-parāyaṇa - solely devoted to hope/desire, having hope/desire as chief reliance

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āśā+parāyaṇa)

• āśā – hope, desire, expectation
  noun (feminine)
• parāyaṇa – ultimate goal, chief reliance, devoted to, absorbed in
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: parā
  Root: i (class 2)

निगिरन्ति (nigiranti) - they swallow, they devour

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of nigir

Prefix: ni

Root: gṛ (class 6)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, now

(indeclinable)

दुःखानि (duḥkhāni) - miseries, sufferings, pains

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of duḥkha

duḥkha - misery, suffering, pain, unhappiness, sorrow

Note: Subject of 'nigiranti'

बकाः (bakāḥ) - cranes, herons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of baka

baka - crane, heron, a particular kind of wading bird

Note: Subject of the simile

मत्स्य्áम् (matsyám) - fish

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of matsya

matsya - fish, a fish

Note: Object in the simile

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अजलम् (ajalam) - without water, out of water

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ajala

ajala - waterless, without water, dry

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+jala)

• a – not, non-, un- (negation prefix)
  indeclinable
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)