योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-28, verse-77

पदं कुर्वन्ति दग्धासु स्थलीषु हरिणा इव ।
रागो द्वेषश्च सर्पौ द्वौ न विलीनौ मनोविले ॥ ७७ ॥

padaṃ kurvanti dagdhāsu sthalīṣu hariṇā iva ,
rāgo dveṣaśca sarpau dvau na vilīnau manovile 77

77. padam kurvanti dagdhāsu sthalīṣu hariṇā iva
rāgaḥ dveṣaḥ ca sarpau dvau na vilīnau manovile

77. hariṇā iva dagdhāsu sthalīṣu padam kurvanti
rāgaḥ ca dveṣaḥ dvau sarpau manovile na vilīnau

77. Just as deer leave their tracks on scorched earth, attachment (rāga) and aversion (dveṣa) are two serpents that have not dissolved within the cave of the mind.

Words meanings summery:

• पदम् (padam) - mark, trace, impression (foot, step, mark, place, word)

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they leave, they make (they do, they make, they perform)

• दग्धासु (dagdhāsu) - on burnt, on scorched

• स्थलीषु (sthalīṣu) - on grounds, on surfaces (on grounds, on places, on territories)

• हरिणा (hariṇā) - by deer, a deer (as a class) (by deer, like a deer)

• इव (iva) - like, just as (like, as, as if)

• रागः (rāgaḥ) - attachment (rāga) (color, passion, attachment, love, desire)

• द्वेषः (dveṣaḥ) - aversion (dveṣa) (hatred, aversion, enmity)

• च (ca) - and

• सर्पौ (sarpau) - two serpents (two serpents, two snakes)

• द्वौ (dvau) - two

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• विलीनौ (vilīnau) - dissolved, vanished (dissolved, merged, vanished, disappeared (dual))

• मनोविले (manovile) - in the cave/hole of the mind (in the hole/cave of the mind)

Words meanings and morphology

पदम् (padam) - mark, trace, impression (foot, step, mark, place, word)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, mark, place, word

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Also nominative singular.

कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they leave, they make (they do, they make, they perform)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present Active Indicative

3rd person plural

Root: kṛ (class 8)

दग्धासु (dagdhāsu) - on burnt, on scorched

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of dagdha

dagdha - burnt, scorched, consumed by fire

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'dah' (to burn)

Root: dah (class 1)

स्थलीषु (sthalīṣu) - on grounds, on surfaces (on grounds, on places, on territories)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of sthalī

sthalī - ground, place, territory, dry land

हरिणा (hariṇā) - by deer, a deer (as a class) (by deer, like a deer)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hariṇa

hariṇa - deer, antelope

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Used with iva, functions as 'like a deer' or 'by deer' in the sense of 'by deer's action'.

इव (iva) - like, just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

रागः (rāgaḥ) - attachment (rāga) (color, passion, attachment, love, desire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāga

rāga - color, passion, attachment, love, desire

Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: One of the two serpents.

द्वेषः (dveṣaḥ) - aversion (dveṣa) (hatred, aversion, enmity)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dveṣa

dveṣa - hatred, aversion, enmity

Root: dviṣ (class 2)

Note: The other of the two serpents.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सर्पौ (sarpau) - two serpents (two serpents, two snakes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sarpa

sarpa - serpent, snake

Root: sṛp (class 1)

Note: Refers to rāga and dveṣa.

द्वौ (dvau) - two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dvi

dvi - two

Masculine nominative/accusative dual

Note: Agrees with sarpau.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

विलीनौ (vilīnau) - dissolved, vanished (dissolved, merged, vanished, disappeared (dual))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vilīna

vilīna - dissolved, merged, vanished

Past Passive Participle

From 'vi' (prefix) + root 'lī' (to melt, dissolve)

Prefix: vi

Root: lī (class 4)

मनोविले (manovile) - in the cave/hole of the mind (in the hole/cave of the mind)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of manovila

manovila - mind-cave, mind-hole

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manas+vila)

• manas – mind, intellect
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man
• vila – hole, cave, cavity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vil

Note: Used metaphorically for the inner recesses of consciousness.