योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-30, verse-84

उष्ट्रीव मधुरं विन्दुं वाञ्छते भावितं सुखम् ।
अवान्तरपरिभ्रष्टा दोषाद्दोषं पतत्यधः ॥ ८४ ॥

uṣṭrīva madhuraṃ vinduṃ vāñchate bhāvitaṃ sukham ,
avāntaraparibhraṣṭā doṣāddoṣaṃ patatyadhaḥ 84

84. uṣṭrī iva madhuram vindum vāñchate bhāvitam sukham
avāntaraparibhraṣṭā doṣāt doṣam patati adhaḥ

84. uṣṭrī iva bhāvitam sukham madhuram vindum vāñchate
avāntaraparibhraṣṭā doṣāt doṣam adhaḥ patati

84. Like a female camel, she yearns for a mere drop of imagined happiness. Having strayed from the proper path, she falls ever lower, from one fault to the next.

Words meanings summery:

• उष्ट्री (uṣṭrī) - The subject is compared to a female camel, implying a similar misguided craving or endurance of suffering. (Female camel.)

• इव (iva) - Introduces a comparison. (like, as, as if.)

• मधुरम् (madhuram) - Describes the 'drop' of happiness as seemingly appealing but ultimately insubstantial. (sweet, pleasant, delightful.)

• विन्दुम् (vindum) - A very small or insignificant amount, emphasizing the meager nature of the desired happiness. (a drop, a point, a spot.)

• वाञ्छते (vāñchate) - The main action of the implied subject, depicting a persistent but perhaps misguided longing. (She desires, wishes, longs for.)

• भावितम् (bhāvitam) - Describes happiness as something merely conceived or conjured in the mind, rather than truly attained or real. (imagined, cultivated, thought of, made, caused to be.)

• सुखम् (sukham) - The object of desire, qualified as 'imagined', suggesting it is elusive or illusory. (happiness, pleasure, ease.)

• अवान्तरपरिभ्रष्टा (avāntaraparibhraṣṭā) - Describes the individual's spiritual or moral failing, having lost her way from a potentially correct or higher state. (Deviated/strayed from the intermediate (path/state).)

• दोषात् (doṣāt) - The starting point of a continuous descent into further error or moral degradation. (from fault, from evil, from defect.)

• दोषम् (doṣam) - The destination of the continuous descent, indicating a progressive worsening of condition. (to fault, to evil, to defect.)

• पतति (patati) - The action of falling, signifying degradation or decline in a continuous process. (She falls, descends.)

• अधः (adhaḥ) - The direction of the fall, emphasizing a state of lowliness or degradation. (downwards, below, underneath.)

Words meanings and morphology

उष्ट्री (uṣṭrī) - The subject is compared to a female camel, implying a similar misguided craving or endurance of suffering. (Female camel.)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uṣṭrī

uṣṭrī - female camel.

Feminine form of uṣṭra (camel).

Note: Used in a simile.

इव (iva) - Introduces a comparison. (like, as, as if.)

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing comparison.

मधुरम् (madhuram) - Describes the 'drop' of happiness as seemingly appealing but ultimately insubstantial. (sweet, pleasant, delightful.)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of madhura

madhura - sweet, charming, pleasant, delightful.

विन्दुम् (vindum) - A very small or insignificant amount, emphasizing the meager nature of the desired happiness. (a drop, a point, a spot.)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vindu

vindu - drop, point, dot, particle.

वाञ्छते (vāñchate) - The main action of the implied subject, depicting a persistent but perhaps misguided longing. (She desires, wishes, longs for.)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vāñch

Present tense, middle voice, 3rd person singular.

From root vāñch (to desire).

Root: vāñch (class 1)

भावितम् (bhāvitam) - Describes happiness as something merely conceived or conjured in the mind, rather than truly attained or real. (imagined, cultivated, thought of, made, caused to be.)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhāvita

bhāvita - caused to be, cultivated, imagined, thought about, made manifest.

Past Passive Participle

From causal root bhāv (of bhū, to be).

Root: bhū (class 1)

सुखम् (sukham) - The object of desire, qualified as 'imagined', suggesting it is elusive or illusory. (happiness, pleasure, ease.)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, pleasure, joy, comfort, ease.

अवान्तरपरिभ्रष्टा (avāntaraparibhraṣṭā) - Describes the individual's spiritual or moral failing, having lost her way from a potentially correct or higher state. (Deviated/strayed from the intermediate (path/state).)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avāntaraparibhraṣṭa

avāntaraparibhraṣṭa - fallen/strayed from the intermediate (condition/path).

Tatpuruṣa compound: avāntara (intermediate) + paribhraṣṭa (fallen).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avāntara+paribhraṣṭa)

• avāntara – intermediate, internal, secondary, within.
  adjective (neuter)
  From ava-antara (between).
  Prefix: ava
• paribhraṣṭa – fallen, strayed, deviated, lost.
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhraś (to fall) with prefix pari-.
  Prefix: pari
  Root: bhraś (class 1)

दोषात् (doṣāt) - The starting point of a continuous descent into further error or moral degradation. (from fault, from evil, from defect.)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, sin, evil, error.

From root duṣ (to be bad).

Root: duṣ (class 4)

दोषम् (doṣam) - The destination of the continuous descent, indicating a progressive worsening of condition. (to fault, to evil, to defect.)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, sin, evil, error.

From root duṣ (to be bad).

Root: duṣ (class 4)

पतति (patati) - The action of falling, signifying degradation or decline in a continuous process. (She falls, descends.)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pat

Present tense, active voice, 3rd person singular.

From root pat (to fall).

Root: pat (class 1)

अधः (adhaḥ) - The direction of the fall, emphasizing a state of lowliness or degradation. (downwards, below, underneath.)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.