योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-61, verse-31

श्वभ्रान्तरं श्वभ्रनिपातदोषात् संप्राप्नुवन्मुग्धमृगः प्रयाति ।
मोहं यथा पातमयैकरूपं जीवस्तथा संसृतिपात्रमूढः ॥ ३१ ॥

śvabhrāntaraṃ śvabhranipātadoṣāt saṃprāpnuvanmugdhamṛgaḥ prayāti ,
mohaṃ yathā pātamayaikarūpaṃ jīvastathā saṃsṛtipātramūḍhaḥ 31

31. śvabhrāntaram śvabhranipātadoṣāt
saṃprāpnuvan mugdhamṛgaḥ
prayāti moham yathā pātamyekarūpam
jīvaḥ tathā saṃsṛtipātramūḍhaḥ

31. yathā mugdhamṛgaḥ śvabhranipātadoṣāt
śvabhrāntaram pātamyekarūpam
saṃprāpnuvan prayāti tathā
saṃsṛtipātramūḍhaḥ jīvaḥ moham prayāti

31. Just as a foolish deer, by the fault of falling into a pit, enters its depths and proceeds into a state defined solely by falling, so too does the individual soul (jīva), deluded by the vessel of transmigration (saṃsāra), proceed into delusion.

Words meanings summery:

• श्वभ्रान्तरम् (śvabhrāntaram) - into the depths of a pit (inside a pit, into a chasm)

• श्वभ्रनिपातदोषात् (śvabhranipātadoṣāt) - due to the mistake of falling into a pit (from the fault of falling into a pit)

• संप्राप्नुवन् (saṁprāpnuvan) - reaching, entering (obtaining, reaching, acquiring)

• मुग्धमृगः (mugdhamṛgaḥ) - a foolish deer (a foolish deer, a bewildered deer)

• प्रयाति (prayāti) - proceeds (goes, proceeds)

• मोहम् (moham) - delusion (delusion, bewilderment)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as)

• पातम्येकरूपम् (pātamyekarūpam) - defined solely by falling (having the single form of falling, whose nature is just falling)

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul (jīva) (living being, individual soul)

• तथा (tathā) - so too, similarly (so, thus, similarly)

• संसृतिपात्रमूढः (saṁsṛtipātramūḍhaḥ) - deluded by the vessel of transmigration (saṃsāra) (deluded by the vessel of transmigration)

Words meanings and morphology

श्वभ्रान्तरम् (śvabhrāntaram) - into the depths of a pit (inside a pit, into a chasm)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śvabhrāntara

śvabhrāntara - the interior of a pit/chasm

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śvabhra+antara)

• śvabhra – pit, chasm
  noun (neuter)
• antara – interior, inside
  noun (neuter)

श्वभ्रनिपातदोषात् (śvabhranipātadoṣāt) - due to the mistake of falling into a pit (from the fault of falling into a pit)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śvabhranipātadoṣa

śvabhranipātadoṣa - fault of falling into a pit

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śvabhra+nipāta+doṣa)

• śvabhra – pit, chasm
  noun (neuter)
• nipāta – falling down, fall
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  Derived from root pat with prefix ni-.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: pat (class 1)
• doṣa – fault, defect, error
  noun (masculine)

संप्राप्नुवन् (saṁprāpnuvan) - reaching, entering (obtaining, reaching, acquiring)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃprāpnuvat

saṁprāpnuvat - one who obtains/reaches

Present Active Participle

From root āp (to obtain, reach) with sam-pra prefixes.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

मुग्धमृगः (mugdhamṛgaḥ) - a foolish deer (a foolish deer, a bewildered deer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mugdhamṛga

mugdhamṛga - foolish deer

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mugdha+mṛga)

• mugdha – foolish, bewildered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root muh (to be bewildered).
  Root: muh (class 4)
• mṛga – deer, animal
  noun (masculine)

प्रयाति (prayāti) - proceeds (goes, proceeds)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pra-yā

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

मोहम् (moham) - delusion (delusion, bewilderment)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, bewilderment, infatuation

From root muh (to be bewildered).

Root: muh (class 4)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as)

(indeclinable)

पातम्येकरूपम् (pātamyekarūpam) - defined solely by falling (having the single form of falling, whose nature is just falling)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pātamyekarūpa

pātamyekarūpa - having falling as its sole form/nature

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pāta+eka+rūpa)

• pāta – falling, fall
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  Derived from root pat (to fall).
  Root: pat (class 1)
• eka – one, sole
  adjective
• rūpa – form, nature
  noun (neuter)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul (jīva) (living being, individual soul)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, existing; the individual soul

From root jīv (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so too, similarly (so, thus, similarly)

(indeclinable)

संसृतिपात्रमूढः (saṁsṛtipātramūḍhaḥ) - deluded by the vessel of transmigration (saṃsāra) (deluded by the vessel of transmigration)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsṛtipātramūḍha

saṁsṛtipātramūḍha - bewildered/deluded by the container/vessel of saṃsāra

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃsṛti+pātra+mūḍha)

• saṃsṛti – transmigration, cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra)
  noun (feminine)
  action noun
  Derived from root sṛ with prefix sam-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• pātra – vessel, container
  noun (neuter)
• mūḍha – bewildered, deluded, foolish
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root muh (to be bewildered).
  Root: muh (class 4)