योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-8, verse-37

अथ नेष्यसि चेद्ब्रह्मंस्तद्धतोऽस्म्यहमेव ते ।
अन्यथा तु न पश्यामि शाश्वतं जयमात्मनः ॥ ३७ ॥

atha neṣyasi cedbrahmaṃstaddhato'smyahameva te ,
anyathā tu na paśyāmi śāśvataṃ jayamātmanaḥ 37

37. atha na iṣyasi cet brahman tat hataḥ asmi aham eva
te anyathā tu na paśyāmi śāśvatam jayam ātmanaḥ

37. If, O Brahmin, you do not wish (to grant my appeal), then I myself am certainly as good as killed by you. However, otherwise (if I refuse your demand), I do not foresee a lasting victory for myself (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - if, then (then, now, moreover)

• न (na) - not

• इष्यसि (iṣyasi) - you desire, you wish

• चेत् (cet) - if

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Vishvamitra (O Brahmin, O venerable one)

• तत् (tat) - then, therefore

• हतः (hataḥ) - as good as killed (killed, destroyed, ruined)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

• ते (te) - because of you (by you, from you, your)

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - if I act differently (i.e., refuse Vishvamitra's demand) (otherwise, in another way)

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

• न (na) - not

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I foresee (I see, I perceive)

• शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal, lasting, perpetual

• जयम् (jayam) - victory, triumph

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - for myself (of the self, for the self)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - if, then (then, now, moreover)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

इष्यसि (iṣyasi) - you desire, you wish

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

present

Second person singular present active. (Class 4 verb)

Root: iṣ (class 4)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Vishvamitra (O Brahmin, O venerable one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - a Brahmin, one learned in the Vedas

तत् (tat) - then, therefore

(indeclinable)

हतः (hataḥ) - as good as killed (killed, destroyed, ruined)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed

past passive participle

From root `han` (to strike, kill).

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Modifies `aham`.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

present

First person singular present active.

Root: as (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - because of you (by you, from you, your)

(pronoun)

singular of tvad

tvad - you (pronoun)

Note: Here, implies 'by you' (because of your demand/curse).

अन्यथा (anyathā) - if I act differently (i.e., refuse Vishvamitra's demand) (otherwise, in another way)

(indeclinable)

From `anya` + suffix `thā`.

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I foresee (I see, I perceive)

(verb)

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

present

First person singular present active. Irregular root, uses `paśya` stem in present.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal, lasting, perpetual

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, permanent, lasting

जयम् (jayam) - victory, triumph

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, triumph, conquest

From root `ji` (to conquer).

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Object of `paśyāmi`.

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - for myself (of the self, for the self)

(noun)

masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Possessive or indicating for whose benefit.