योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-1, verse-27

सुगृहीतं धिया राम मद्वचो न करोषि चेत् ।
तत्पतस्यवटे त्यक्तदीपो वान्धो निशास्विव ॥ २७ ॥

sugṛhītaṃ dhiyā rāma madvaco na karoṣi cet ,
tatpatasyavaṭe tyaktadīpo vāndho niśāsviva 27

27. su-gṛhītam dhiyā rāma mat-vacaḥ na karoṣi cet tat
patasi avaṭe tyakta-dīpaḥ vā andhaḥ niśāsu iva

27. rāma,
cet dhiyā mat-vacaḥ su-gṛhītam na karoṣi,
tat (tvam) avaṭe patasi,
yathā andhaḥ tyakta-dīpaḥ niśāsu iva (patati).

27. O Rāma, if you do not grasp my words well with your intellect, then you will fall into a pit, just like a blind person who has abandoned his lamp in the darkness of the night.

Words meanings summery:

• सु-गृहीतम् (su-gṛhītam) - well-grasped, well-understood

• धिया (dhiyā) - by intellect, by understanding

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• मत्-वचः (mat-vacaḥ) - my word, my teaching

• न (na) - not

• करोषि (karoṣi) - you do, you make, you follow

• चेत् (cet) - if

• तत् (tat) - then, in that case

• पतसि (patasi) - you fall

• अवटे (avaṭe) - into a pit, in a hole

• त्यक्त-दीपः (tyakta-dīpaḥ) - one who has abandoned a lamp, lamp-less

• वा (vā) - or, and (often used as 'and' in conjunction with another qualifier)

• अन्धः (andhaḥ) - a blind person, blind

• निशासु (niśāsu) - in the nights

• इव (iva) - like, as if, just as

Words meanings and morphology

सु-गृहीतम् (su-gṛhītam) - well-grasped, well-understood

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of su-gṛhīta

su-gṛhīta - well-grasped, well-understood

Past Passive Participle

Compound of 'su' (well) and 'gṛhīta' (grasped)

Compound type : Prādi-samāsa (su+gṛhīta)

• su – good, well, easily
  indeclinable
• gṛhīta – grasped, taken, understood
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root grah
  Root: grah

Note: Modifies 'mat-vacaḥ'

धिया (dhiyā) - by intellect, by understanding

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - intellect, understanding, thought

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (proper name)

मत्-वचः (mat-vacaḥ) - my word, my teaching

(compound noun)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (mat+vacas)

• mat – my, mine
  pronoun
• vacas – word, speech, saying
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'karoṣi'

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

करोषि (karoṣi) - you do, you make, you follow

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - then, in that case

(indeclinable)

पतसि (patasi) - you fall

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

अवटे (avaṭe) - into a pit, in a hole

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of avaṭa

avaṭa - pit, hole, chasm

Note: Locative indicates motion into for certain verbs.

त्यक्त-दीपः (tyakta-dīpaḥ) - one who has abandoned a lamp, lamp-less

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tyakta-dīpa

tyakta-dīpa - one by whom a lamp is abandoned; lamp-less

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (tyakta+dīpa)

• tyakta – abandoned, left
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root tyaj
  Root: tyaj (class 1)
• dīpa – lamp, light
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'andhaḥ' or implied subject 'you'

वा (vā) - or, and (often used as 'and' in conjunction with another qualifier)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'tyakta-dīpaḥ' and 'andhaḥ' as a combined descriptive phrase for the person falling.

अन्धः (andhaḥ) - a blind person, blind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of andha

andha - blind, a blind person

निशासु (niśāsu) - in the nights

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of niśā

niśā - night

इव (iva) - like, as if, just as

(indeclinable)