योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-15, verse-9

अहंकारवशाद्यद्यन्मया भुक्तं हुतं कृतम् ।
सर्वं तत्तदवस्त्वेव वस्त्वहंकाररिक्तता ॥ ९ ॥

ahaṃkāravaśādyadyanmayā bhuktaṃ hutaṃ kṛtam ,
sarvaṃ tattadavastveva vastvahaṃkārariktatā 9

9. ahaṅkāravaśāt yat yat mayā bhuktaṃ hutaṃ kṛtam |
sarvaṃ tat tat avastu eva vastu ahaṅkārariktatā ||

9. Whatever I have experienced, offered as oblation, or performed under the sway of ego (ahaṅkāra) – all of that is ultimately unreal. The true reality lies in the absence of ego (ahaṅkāra).

Words meanings summery:

• अहङ्कारवशात् (ahaṅkāravaśāt) - due to the power/influence of ego

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which

• मया (mayā) - by me

• भुक्तं (bhuktaṁ) - enjoyed, experienced

• हुतं (hutaṁ) - offered as oblation, sacrificed

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed

• सर्वं (sarvaṁ) - all, everything

• तत् (tat) - that

• तत् (tat) - that

• अवस्तु (avastu) - unreal, non-existent, unsubstantial

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• वस्तु (vastu) - reality, substance, thing

• अहङ्काररिक्तता (ahaṅkārariktatā) - absence of ego (ahaṅkāra), emptiness of ego

Words meanings and morphology

अहङ्कारवशात् (ahaṅkāravaśāt) - due to the power/influence of ego

(noun)

Ablative, singular of ahaṅkāravaśa

ahaṅkāravaśa - the sway/power/influence of ego

Compound type : tatpurusha (ahaṅkāra+vaśa)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, sense of 'I'
  noun (masculine)
• vaśa – power, control, sway, influence
  noun (masculine)

यत् (yat) - whatever, which

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

यत् (yat) - whatever, which

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I

भुक्तं (bhuktaṁ) - enjoyed, experienced

(participle)

neuter, singular of bhukta

bhukta - enjoyed, eaten, experienced

Past Passive Participle

From root 'bhuj' (to enjoy, eat)

Root: bhuj (class 7)

हुतं (hutaṁ) - offered as oblation, sacrificed

(participle)

neuter, singular of huta

huta - offered (as oblation), sacrificed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'hu' (to offer, sacrifice)

Root: hu (class 3)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed

(participle)

neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'kṛ' (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सर्वं (sarvaṁ) - all, everything

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अवस्तु (avastu) - unreal, non-existent, unsubstantial

(noun)

neuter, singular of avastu

avastu - unreal, non-existent, unsubstantial; unreality

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vastu)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negating prefix
• vastu – reality, substance, thing, object
  noun (neuter)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

वस्तु (vastu) - reality, substance, thing

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vastu

vastu - reality, substance, thing, object

अहङ्काररिक्तता (ahaṅkārariktatā) - absence of ego (ahaṅkāra), emptiness of ego

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahaṅkārariktatā

ahaṅkārariktatā - the state of being empty of ego, absence of ego

Compound type : tatpurusha (ahaṅkāra+rikta+tā)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, sense of 'I'
  noun (masculine)
• rikta – empty, devoid of, free from
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'ric' (to leave, empty)
  Root: ric (class 7)
• tā – suffix forming abstract nouns (e.g., -ness, -hood)
  indeclinable (feminine)

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