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.

5. כשם שהולכי רגל בדרך נצפים בחשיבה המשוחררת מחיבה ומאיבה, כך יש להתבונן בחושים ובכוחות הפנימיים שלך.

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)

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