योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-80, verse-4

रूपकर्दममेतन्मानयनास्वादयाधम ।
नश्यत्येतन्निमेषेण भवन्तमपि हिंसति ॥ ४ ॥

rūpakardamametanmānayanāsvādayādhama ,
naśyatyetannimeṣeṇa bhavantamapi hiṃsati 4

4. rūpakardamam etat mā nayana āsvādaya adhama
naśyati etat nimeṣeṇa bhavantam api hiṃsati

4. adhama nayana etat rūpakardamam mā āsvādaya
etat nimeṣeṇa naśyati api bhavantam hiṃsati

4. O vile one, do not let your eye savor this mire of beauty (rūpa). It perishes in an instant and also harms you.

Words meanings summery:

• रूपकर्दमम् (rūpakardamam) - mud of form, mire of beauty

• एतत् (etat) - this (mire of beauty) (this)

• मा (mā) - do not, not

• नयन (nayana) - O eye

• आस्वादय (āsvādaya) - taste, savor, enjoy

• अधम (adhama) - O base one, O vile one

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

• एतत् (etat) - this (mire of beauty) (this)

• निमेषेण (nimeṣeṇa) - in an instant (by a blink, in an instant, by the closing of the eyes)

• भवन्तम् (bhavantam) - you

• अपि (api) - also, even, and

• हिंसति (hiṁsati) - harms, injures, destroys

Words meanings and morphology

रूपकर्दमम् (rūpakardamam) - mud of form, mire of beauty

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpakardama

rūpakardama - mud of form, mire of beauty

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rūpa+kardama)

• rūpa – form, shape, beauty, nature
  noun (neuter)
• kardama – mud, mire, dirt, filth
  noun (masculine)

एतत् (etat) - this (mire of beauty) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

मा (mā) - do not, not

(indeclinable)

नयन (nayana) - O eye

(noun)

Vocative, neuter, singular of nayana

nayana - eye, leading, guiding

root √nī + anaṭ suffix

Root: nī (class 1)

आस्वादय (āsvādaya) - taste, savor, enjoy

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of āsvād

causative

root √svad (to taste) with prefix ā and causative suffix āya

Prefix: ā

Root: svad (class 1)

अधम (adhama) - O base one, O vile one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of adhama

adhama - lowest, vilest, meanest, base

superlative of adha (below)

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

(verb)

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

Root: naś (class 4)

एतत् (etat) - this (mire of beauty) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

निमेषेण (nimeṣeṇa) - in an instant (by a blink, in an instant, by the closing of the eyes)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nimeṣa

nimeṣa - a blink, closing of eyes, an instant, a moment

ni + root √miṣ

Prefix: ni

Root: miṣ (class 1)

भवन्तम् (bhavantam) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhavant

bhavant - you (respectful form), being, existent

present active participle

root √bhū + śatṛ suffix

Root: bhū (class 1)

अपि (api) - also, even, and

(indeclinable)

हिंसति (hiṁsati) - harms, injures, destroys

(verb)

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

Root: hiṃs (class 7)