योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-92, verse-38

चेतस्ते दीपमुत्सृज्य विनिघ्नन्ति तमोऽञ्जनैः ।
विमूढाः कर्तुमुद्युक्ता ये हठाच्चेतसो जयम् ॥ ३८ ॥

cetaste dīpamutsṛjya vinighnanti tamo'ñjanaiḥ ,
vimūḍhāḥ kartumudyuktā ye haṭhāccetaso jayam 38

38. cetas te dīpam utsṛjya vinighnanti tamaḥ añjanaiḥ |
vimūḍhāḥ kartum udyuktāḥ ye haṭhāt cetasaḥ jayam ||

38. ye vimūḍhāḥ haṭhāt cetasaḥ jayam kartum udyuktāḥ
te dīpam utsṛjya añjanaiḥ tamaḥ vinighnanti

38. Those deluded individuals who are intent on conquering the mind by force are like those who, abandoning the lamp (of wisdom), attempt to dispel darkness with collyrium.

Words meanings summery:

• चेतस् (cetas) - mind, consciousness

• ते (te) - they, those

• दीपम् (dīpam) - lamp, light

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, leaving aside, giving up

• विनिघ्नन्ति (vinighnanti) - they destroy, they kill, they overcome, they dispell

• तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness, ignorance

• अञ्जनैः (añjanaiḥ) - with collyrium, with ointments, with dark substances

• विमूढाः (vimūḍhāḥ) - deluded, bewildered, foolish, confused

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

• उद्युक्ताः (udyuktāḥ) - engaged, striving, intent, prepared

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• हठात् (haṭhāt) - by force, obstinately, suddenly

• चेतसः (cetasaḥ) - of the mind

• जयम् (jayam) - victory, conquest

Words meanings and morphology

चेतस् (cetas) - mind, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intellect

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दीपम् (dīpam) - lamp, light

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dīpa

dīpa - lamp, light, source of light

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, leaving aside, giving up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed with upasarga 'ut' and root 'sṛj'.

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

विनिघ्नन्ति (vinighnanti) - they destroy, they kill, they overcome, they dispell

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of han

Present tense, 3rd person, plural, active voice. With upasarga 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: han (class 2)

तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness, ignorance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, quality of inertia

अञ्जनैः (añjanaiḥ) - with collyrium, with ointments, with dark substances

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of añjana

añjana - collyrium (antimony for the eyes), anointing, ointment, dark substance

Root: añj (class 7)

विमूढाः (vimūḍhāḥ) - deluded, bewildered, foolish, confused

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vimūḍha

vimūḍha - deluded, bewildered, foolish, ignorant

Past Passive Participle

From root 'muh' with upasarga 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: muh (class 4)

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Formed from root 'kṛ' with the infinitive suffix 'tum'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

उद्युक्ताः (udyuktāḥ) - engaged, striving, intent, prepared

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of udyukta

udyukta - engaged, striving, prepared, intent

Past Passive Participle

From root 'yuj' with upasarga 'ud'.

Prefix: ud

Root: yuj (class 7)

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

हठात् (haṭhāt) - by force, obstinately, suddenly

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of haṭha

haṭha - force, violence, obstinacy

चेतसः (cetasaḥ) - of the mind

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intellect

जयम् (jayam) - victory, conquest

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, triumph, conquest

Root: ji (class 1)