योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-18, verse-22

चित्तभृत्यकृतानन्तचेष्टावष्टब्धसंस्थिति ।
मिथ्यामोहमहास्थूणं नेष्टं देहगृहं मम ॥ २२ ॥

cittabhṛtyakṛtānantaceṣṭāvaṣṭabdhasaṃsthiti ,
mithyāmohamahāsthūṇaṃ neṣṭaṃ dehagṛhaṃ mama 22

22. cittabhṛtyakṛtānantaceṣṭāvaṣṭabdhasaṃsthiti
mithyāmohamahāsthūṇam na iṣṭam dehagṛham mama

22. I do not desire this body-house of mine, whose stability is supported by the endless activities performed by the mind acting as a servant, and whose great pillar is false delusion.

Words meanings summery:

• चित्तभृत्यकृतानन्तचेष्टावष्टब्धसंस्थिति (cittabhṛtyakṛtānantaceṣṭāvaṣṭabdhasaṁsthiti) - describing the body's unstable and mind-driven existence (whose stability is supported by endless activities performed by the mind-servant; having existence propped up by the mind's servant-like, endless exertions)

• मिथ्यामोहमहास्थूणम् (mithyāmohamahāsthūṇam) - describing the illusory foundation of the body's existence (whose great pillar is false delusion; having false delusion as its main support)

• न (na) - negates the verb 'is desired' (not, no, nor)

• इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - that which is not desired by the speaker (desired, wished, liked, agreeable)

• देहगृहम् (dehagṛham) - the physical body, metaphorically described as a house (body-house; the body as a dwelling)

• मम (mama) - indicates possession by the speaker (my, of me)

Words meanings and morphology

चित्तभृत्यकृतानन्तचेष्टावष्टब्धसंस्थिति (cittabhṛtyakṛtānantaceṣṭāvaṣṭabdhasaṁsthiti) - describing the body's unstable and mind-driven existence (whose stability is supported by endless activities performed by the mind-servant; having existence propped up by the mind's servant-like, endless exertions)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cittabhṛtyakṛtānantaceṣṭāvaṣṭabdhasaṃsthiti

cittabhṛtyakṛtānantaceṣṭāvaṣṭabdhasaṁsthiti - whose stability is supported by endless activities performed by the mind acting as a servant

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (citta+bhṛtya+kṛta+ananta+ceṣṭā+avaṣṭabdha+saṃsthiti)

• cittabhṛtyakṛta – performed by the mind-servant
  adjective
• anantaceṣṭā – endless activities
  noun (feminine)
• avaṣṭabdha – supported, propped up, obstructed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √stambh (to prop up, support) with the prefix ava-.
  Prefix: ava
  Root: stambh (class 9)
• saṃsthiti – stability, existence, state, firm position
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from the root √sthā (to stand) with the prefix sam-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees in gender, number, and case with 'dehagṛham'.

मिथ्यामोहमहास्थूणम् (mithyāmohamahāsthūṇam) - describing the illusory foundation of the body's existence (whose great pillar is false delusion; having false delusion as its main support)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mithyāmohamahāsthūṇa

mithyāmohamahāsthūṇa - whose great pillar is false delusion

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (mithyā+moha+mahā+sthūṇā)

• mithyāmoha – false delusion, illusory infatuation
  noun (masculine)
• mahāsthūṇā – great pillar
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees in gender, number, and case with 'dehagṛham'.

न (na) - negates the verb 'is desired' (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - that which is not desired by the speaker (desired, wished, liked, agreeable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, wished, liked, agreeable; worshipped

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √iṣ (to wish, desire). The form is irregular.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'dehagṛham' as the implied subject of 'is desired'.

देहगृहम् (dehagṛham) - the physical body, metaphorically described as a house (body-house; the body as a dwelling)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dehagṛha

dehagṛha - body-house; the body as a dwelling

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (deha+gṛha)

• deha – body, corporeal frame, physical form
  noun (masculine)
• gṛha – house, home, dwelling
  noun (neuter)

Note: The subject of the sentence, in the nominative case.

मम (mama) - indicates possession by the speaker (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Genitive singular form of the first person pronoun 'asmad'.

Note: Possessive pronoun modifying 'dehagṛham'.

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