योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-87, verse-42

अनुपादेयवाक्यस्य वक्तुः पृष्टस्य लीलया ।
व्रजन्त्यफलतां वाचस्तमसीवाक्षसंविदः ॥ ४२ ॥

anupādeyavākyasya vaktuḥ pṛṣṭasya līlayā ,
vrajantyaphalatāṃ vācastamasīvākṣasaṃvidaḥ 42

42. anupādeya-vākyasya vaktuḥ pṛṣṭasya līlayā
vrajanti aphalatām vācaḥ tamasi iva akṣa-saṃvidaḥ

42. anupādeya-vākyasya līlayā pṛṣṭasya vaktuḥ vācaḥ tamasi akṣa-saṃvidaḥ iva aphalatām vrajanti.

42. The words of a speaker whose advice is not deemed worthy, when asked casually, become fruitless, just like the perceptions of the senses in darkness.

Words meanings summery:

• अनुपादेय-वाक्यस्य (anupādeya-vākyasya) - of one whose words are unacceptable, of one whose advice is not worthy

• वक्तुः (vaktuḥ) - of a speaker, of an instructor

• पृष्टस्य (pṛṣṭasya) - of one who has been asked, of one questioned

• लीलया (līlayā) - casually, playfully, easily

• व्रजन्ति (vrajanti) - they go, they proceed, they become

• अफलताम् (aphalatām) - fruitlessness, futility

• वाचः (vācaḥ) - words, speeches

• तमसि (tamasi) - in darkness

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• अक्ष-संविदः (akṣa-saṁvidaḥ) - perceptions of the senses, sensory knowledge

Words meanings and morphology

अनुपादेय-वाक्यस्य (anupādeya-vākyasya) - of one whose words are unacceptable, of one whose advice is not worthy

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anupādeya-vākya

anupādeya-vākya - one whose words are not worthy of acceptance

Compound of 'an' (not) + 'upādeya-vākya'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (an+upādeya+vākya)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• upādeya – acceptable, worthy of acceptance, to be adopted
  adjective
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  From 'upa' + root 'ādā' (to take) + suffix '-ya'.
  Prefixes: upa+ā
  Root: dā (class 3)
• vākya – speech, word, sentence, saying
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'vac' (to speak) + suffix '-ya'.
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'vaktuḥ'.

वक्तुः (vaktuḥ) - of a speaker, of an instructor

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vaktṛ

vaktṛ - speaker, orator, instructor

Agent noun

From root 'vac' (to speak) + suffix '-tṛ'.

Root: vac (class 2)

पृष्टस्य (pṛṣṭasya) - of one who has been asked, of one questioned

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned, interrogated

Past Passive Participle

From root 'prach' (to ask) with suffix -kta (ta).

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'vaktuḥ'.

लीलया (līlayā) - casually, playfully, easily

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of līlā

līlā - play, sport, ease, grace, dalliance

Note: Used adverbially.

व्रजन्ति (vrajanti) - they go, they proceed, they become

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vraj

Present active indicative

Root 'vraj', 1st class, Parasmaipada.

Root: vraj (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'vācaḥ'.

अफलताम् (aphalatām) - fruitlessness, futility

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aphalatā

aphalatā - fruitlessness, futility, unproductiveness

From 'a' (not) + 'phala' (fruit) + suffix '-tā' (state of being).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+phala)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• phala – fruit, result, outcome
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'vrajanti' (used with 'gati' verbs to denote transformation, 'go into a state of').

वाचः (vācaḥ) - words, speeches

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice, language

Note: Subject of 'vrajanti'.

तमसि (tamasi) - in darkness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, quality of inertia (Tamas)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

अक्ष-संविदः (akṣa-saṁvidaḥ) - perceptions of the senses, sensory knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of akṣa-saṃvid

akṣa-saṁvid - perception of the senses, sensory knowledge

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (akṣa+saṃvid)

• akṣa – eye, sense organ
  noun (masculine)
• saṃvid – consciousness, knowledge, perception, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  From 'sam' (together) + root 'vid' (to know).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of the simile, implicitly 'go to fruitlessness'.