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.

27. רָאמָה, אם לא תפנים היטב בתבונתך את דבריי ולא תפעל לפיהם, תפול לתוך בור, כמו עיוור בלילה שהפיל את מנורתו.

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)

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