योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-12, verse-24

भृशं मुह्यामि संस्मृत्य भावाभावमयीं स्थितिम् ।
दारिद्र्येणेव सुभगो दूरे संसारचेष्टया ॥ २४ ॥

bhṛśaṃ muhyāmi saṃsmṛtya bhāvābhāvamayīṃ sthitim ,
dāridryeṇeva subhago dūre saṃsāraceṣṭayā 24

24. bhṛśam muhyāmi saṃsmṛtya bhāvābhāvamayīm sthitim
dāridryeṇa iva subhagaḥ dūre saṃsāracaṣṭayā

24. I become deeply deluded (muhyāmi) when I recall the fluctuating state of both being and non-being, just as a fortunate individual is pushed away by poverty, and similarly by the activities of mundane existence (saṃsāra).

24. אני מתבלבל מאוד כשאני נזכר במצב המורכב מהוויה ומהעדר הוויה, כמו אדם אציל שירד מנכסיו ומתרחק מהבלי העולם.

Words meanings summery:

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, intensely, very much, extremely

• मुह्यामि (muhyāmi) - I am bewildered, I become deluded, I faint, I am confused

• संस्मृत्य (saṁsmṛtya) - having remembered, recalling, recollecting

• भावाभावमयीम् (bhāvābhāvamayīm) - consisting of existence and non-existence, pervaded by being and non-being

• स्थितिम् (sthitim) - state, condition, situation, existence

• दारिद्र्येण (dāridryeṇa) - by poverty, through indigence

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if, similar to

• सुभगः (subhagaḥ) - a fortunate person, a handsome person, a beloved one, prosperous

• दूरे (dūre) - far, at a distance, far away

• संसारचष्टया (saṁsāracaṣṭayā) - by the activity/effort of mundane existence (saṃsāra)

Words meanings and morphology

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, intensely, very much, extremely

(indeclinable)

मुह्यामि (muhyāmi) - I am bewildered, I become deluded, I faint, I am confused

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of muh

Root: muh (class 4)

संस्मृत्य (saṁsmṛtya) - having remembered, recalling, recollecting

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root smṛ (1P) 'to remember' with prefix sam, and -tya suffix for absolutive.

Prefix: sam

Root: smṛ (class 1)

भावाभावमयीम् (bhāvābhāvamayīm) - consisting of existence and non-existence, pervaded by being and non-being

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāvābhāvamayī

bhāvābhāvamayī - consisting of or pervaded by being and non-being, existence and non-existence

Compound type : Tatpurusha (bhāva+abhāva+mayī)

• bhāva – existence, being, state, nature, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abhāva – non-existence, non-being, absence, non-occurrence
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• mayī – consisting of, full of, pervaded by (feminine form of -maya)
  suffix/adjective (feminine)
  Feminine form of the suffix -maya.

स्थितिम् (sthitim) - state, condition, situation, existence

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, state, condition, position, continuance, steadfastness

Root: sthā (class 1)

दारिद्र्येण (dāridryeṇa) - by poverty, through indigence

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of dāridrya

dāridrya - poverty, indigence, wretchedness

इव (iva) - like, as, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

सुभगः (subhagaḥ) - a fortunate person, a handsome person, a beloved one, prosperous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of subhaga

subhaga - fortunate, auspicious, handsome, beloved, prosperous

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (su+bhaga)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• bhaga – fortune, prosperity, good luck, wealth
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

दूरे (dūre) - far, at a distance, far away

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here. Also can be locative singular of dūra (neuter).

संसारचष्टया (saṁsāracaṣṭayā) - by the activity/effort of mundane existence (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of saṃsāracaṣṭā

saṁsāracaṣṭā - the activity or effort of worldly existence

Compound type : Tatpurusha (saṃsāra+ceṣṭā)

• saṃsāra – mundane existence, cycle of birth and death, worldly life
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• ceṣṭā – action, effort, activity, exertion
  noun (feminine)
  Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

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