योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-15, verse-4

तमहंकारमाश्रित्य परमं चिरवैरिणम् ।
न भुजे न पिबाम्यम्भः किमु भोगान्भुजे मुने ॥ ४ ॥

tamahaṃkāramāśritya paramaṃ ciravairiṇam ,
na bhuje na pibāmyambhaḥ kimu bhogānbhuje mune 4

4. tam ahaṅkāram āśritya paramam ciravairiṇam | na
bhuje na pibāmi ambhaḥ kimu bhogān bhuje mune || 4 ||

4. Having embraced that ego (ahaṅkāra), my ultimate and long-standing enemy, I neither eat nor drink water. How then, O sage, can I enjoy worldly pleasures?

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - that

• अहङ्कारम् (ahaṅkāram) - ego

• आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in, having embraced

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, greatest, ultimate

• चिरवैरिणम् (ciravairiṇam) - the long-standing enemy, the eternal foe

• न (na) - not, no

• भुजे (bhuje) - I eat, I enjoy

• न (na) - not, no

• पिबामि (pibāmi) - I drink

• अम्भः (ambhaḥ) - water

• किमु (kimu) - what then, how much more, how can

• भोगान् (bhogān) - pleasures, enjoyments

• भुजे (bhuje) - I enjoy

• मुने (mune) - O sage, O ascetic

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अहङ्कारम् (ahaṅkāram) - ego

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāra

ahaṅkāra - ego, egocism, self-sense (ahaṅkāra)

आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in, having embraced

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from prefix 'ā' + root 'śri' (to resort to, to depend on).

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, greatest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, greatest, ultimate, excellent

चिरवैरिणम् (ciravairiṇam) - the long-standing enemy, the eternal foe

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ciravairin

ciravairin - a long-standing enemy, a perpetual foe

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cira+vairin)

• cira – long (in time), lasting, perpetual
  adjective
• vairin – enemy, foe, hostile person
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भुजे (bhuje) - I eat, I enjoy

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of bhuj

Present tense, 1st person singular, middle voice.

Root: bhuj (class 7)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पिबामि (pibāmi) - I drink

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pā

Present tense, 1st person singular, active voice. Root 'pā' forms stem 'piba'.

Root: pā (class 1)

अम्भः (ambhaḥ) - water

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water, fluid, sky, space

किमु (kimu) - what then, how much more, how can

(indeclinable)

Combination of interrogative particle 'kim' and emphatic/conjunctive particle 'u'.

भोगान् (bhogān) - pleasures, enjoyments

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhoga

bhoga - enjoyment, pleasure, experience, worldly possessions

भुजे (bhuje) - I enjoy

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of bhuj

Present tense, 1st person singular, middle voice.

Root: bhuj (class 7)

मुने (mune) - O sage, O ascetic

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, hermit, inspired one