योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-29, verse-9

किं मे राज्येन किं भोगैः किमर्थेन किमीहितैः ।
अहंकारवशादेतत्स एव गलितो मम ॥ ९ ॥

kiṃ me rājyena kiṃ bhogaiḥ kimarthena kimīhitaiḥ ,
ahaṃkāravaśādetatsa eva galito mama 9

9. kim me rājyena kim bhogaiḥ kim arthena kim
īhitaiḥ ahaṅkāra-vaśāt etat saḥ eva galitaḥ mama

9. me rājyena kim? bhogaiḥ kim? arthena kim? īhitaiḥ kim? etat ahaṅkāra-vaśāt [āsīt].
saḥ eva mama galitaḥ.

9. What use is a kingdom to me? What use are material enjoyments? What use is wealth, or what use are my ambitions? All of this originated from the power of my ego (ahaṅkāra), and that very ego has now dissolved for me.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• राज्येन (rājyena) - by the kingdom, with the kingdom

• किम् (kim) - what?

• भोगैः (bhogaiḥ) - by enjoyments, with pleasures

• किम् (kim) - what?

• अर्थेन (arthena) - by wealth, with purpose

• किम् (kim) - what?

• ईहितैः (īhitaiḥ) - by desired objects, by efforts

• अहङ्कार-वशात् (ahaṅkāra-vaśāt) - due to the power of ego

• एतत् (etat) - this, all this

• सः (saḥ) - that (he/it)

• एव (eva) - just, only, indeed

• गलितः (galitaḥ) - melted away, vanished, dropped

• मम (mama) - my, of me

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an interrogative adverb 'what use?' 'what for?'

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Alternate form of mama

राज्येन (rājyena) - by the kingdom, with the kingdom

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, sovereignty, dominion

किम् (kim) - what?

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an interrogative adverb 'what use?' 'what for?'

भोगैः (bhogaiḥ) - by enjoyments, with pleasures

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhoga

bhoga - enjoyment, pleasure, possession, experience

Root: bhuj (class 7)

किम् (kim) - what?

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an interrogative adverb 'what use?' 'what for?'

अर्थेन (arthena) - by wealth, with purpose

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of artha

artha - wealth, object, purpose, meaning

किम् (kim) - what?

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an interrogative adverb 'what use?' 'what for?'

ईहितैः (īhitaiḥ) - by desired objects, by efforts

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of īhita

īhita - desired, wished, sought; desire, effort, aim

Past Passive Participle used as noun

from root īh

Root: īh (class 1)

अहङ्कार-वशात् (ahaṅkāra-vaśāt) - due to the power of ego

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāravaśa

ahaṅkāravaśa - power/sway of ego

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahaṅkāra+vaśa)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, egoism, self-sense
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: aham
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• vaśa – power, control, sway, will
  noun (masculine)

एतत् (etat) - this, all this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

सः (saḥ) - that (he/it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to ahaṅkāra

एव (eva) - just, only, indeed

(indeclinable)

गलितः (galitaḥ) - melted away, vanished, dropped

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of galita

galita - melted, dissolved, fallen, vanished

Past Passive Participle

from root gal

Root: gal (class 1)

Note: Agrees with saḥ (ahaṅkāra)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me