योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-118, verse-5

पथिकाः पथि दृश्यन्ते रागद्वेषविमुक्तया ।
यथा धिया तथवते द्रष्टव्याः स्वेन्द्रियादयः ॥ ५ ॥

pathikāḥ pathi dṛśyante rāgadveṣavimuktayā ,
yathā dhiyā tathavate draṣṭavyāḥ svendriyādayaḥ 5

5. pathikāḥ pathi dṛśyante rāgadveṣavimuktayā yathā
dhiyā tathā eva te draṣṭavyāḥ svendriyādayaḥ

5. yathā rāgadveṣavimuktayā dhiyā pathikāḥ pathi
dṛśyante tathā eva te svendriyādayaḥ draṣṭavyāḥ

5. Just as travelers are observed on a path by an intellect (dhī) free from attachment (rāga) and aversion (dveṣa), similarly, one's own senses and their objects should be regarded.

Words meanings summery:

• पथिकाः (pathikāḥ) - travelers, wayfarers

• पथि (pathi) - on the path, on the road

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen, are perceived

• रागद्वेषविमुक्तया (rāgadveṣavimuktayā) - by (one) free from attachment and aversion

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• धिया (dhiyā) - by the intellect, by understanding

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• ते (te) - they

• द्रष्टव्याः (draṣṭavyāḥ) - are to be seen, should be perceived

• स्वेन्द्रियादयः (svendriyādayaḥ) - one's own senses and others (objects, etc.)

Words meanings and morphology

पथिकाः (pathikāḥ) - travelers, wayfarers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pathika

pathika - traveler, wayfarer

पथि (pathi) - on the path, on the road

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, road

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen, are perceived

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of √dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

रागद्वेषविमुक्तया (rāgadveṣavimuktayā) - by (one) free from attachment and aversion

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of rāgadveṣavimukta

rāgadveṣavimukta - free from attachment (rāga) and aversion (dveṣa)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rāga+dveṣa+vimukta)

• rāga – attachment, passion, color
  noun (masculine)
• dveṣa – aversion, hatred, dislike
  noun (masculine)
• vimukta – freed, liberated, released
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  root muc + suffix kta
  Prefix: vi
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'dhiyā'.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

धिया (dhiyā) - by the intellect, by understanding

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - intellect, understanding, thought

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

Note: In the original Devanagari, 'तथवते' is found. Based on standard recensions of the text (Aṣṭāvakragītā 1.5), this is understood as 'tathā eva te', meaning 'thus indeed they'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

द्रष्टव्याः (draṣṭavyāḥ) - are to be seen, should be perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of draṣṭavya

draṣṭavya - to be seen, fit to be seen

Gerundive

root dṛś + suffix tavya

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'svendriyādayaḥ'.

स्वेन्द्रियादयः (svendriyādayaḥ) - one's own senses and others (objects, etc.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of svendriyādi

svendriyādi - one's own senses and so on

Compound type : dvandva (sva+indriya+ādi)

• sva – own, one's own
  adjective (masculine)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and others
  noun (masculine)