योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
स्वसंकल्पवशान्मूढो मोहमेति न पण्डितः ।
अक्षये क्षयसंकल्पान्मुह्यते शिशुरेव हि ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
svasaṃkalpavaśānmūḍho mohameti na paṇḍitaḥ ,
akṣaye kṣayasaṃkalpānmuhyate śiśureva hi 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca svasaṅkalpavaśāt mūḍhaḥ moham eti na
paṇḍitaḥ akṣaye kṣayasaṅkalpāt muhyate śiśuḥ eva hi

1. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca mūḍhaḥ svasaṅkalpavaśāt moham eti paṇḍitaḥ
na (moham eti) hi śiśuḥ eva akṣaye kṣayasaṅkalpāt muhyate

1. Sri Vasistha said: A deluded person experiences illusion due to their own intentions (saṅkalpa), unlike a wise person. Indeed, it is only a child who becomes confused by the thought (saṅkalpa) of decay concerning that which is truly imperishable.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Sri Vasistha (a revered sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• स्वसङ्कल्पवशात् (svasaṅkalpavaśāt) - by the power of one's own intention, owing to one's own will

• मूढः (mūḍhaḥ) - a fool, a deluded one

• मोहम् (moham) - delusion, confusion, infatuation

• एति (eti) - goes, attains, reaches

• न (na) - not, no

• पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - a wise person, a scholar

• अक्षये (akṣaye) - in the imperishable, in the indestructible

• क्षयसङ्कल्पात् (kṣayasaṅkalpāt) - from the intention of decay, due to the thought of destruction

• मुह्यते (muhyate) - becomes deluded, is bewildered, is confused

• शिशुः (śiśuḥ) - a child, an infant

• एव (eva) - merely, only, indeed

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Sri Vasistha (a revered sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Sri Vasistha (proper name)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – prosperity, glory, beauty, revered
  noun/adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasistha (name of a Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: vas

Note: Subject of uvāca

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect (lit)

3rd person singular, perfect tense, root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

स्वसङ्कल्पवशात् (svasaṅkalpavaśāt) - by the power of one's own intention, owing to one's own will

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of svasaṅkalpavaśa

svasaṅkalpavaśa - power of one's own intention

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+saṅkalpa+vaśa)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun/adjective (masculine)
• saṅkalpa – intention, will, resolve
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 10)
• vaśa – will, power, control, influence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vaś (class 2)

Note: Indicates the cause or source of delusion

मूढः (mūḍhaḥ) - a fool, a deluded one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, deluded, confused, bewildered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root muh (to be bewildered)

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Subject of moham eti

मोहम् (moham) - delusion, confusion, infatuation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, confusion, unconsciousness, infatuation

Derived from root muh (to be bewildered)

Root: muh (class 4)

एति (eti) - goes, attains, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

present

3rd person singular, present tense, root i (to go)

Root: i (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

negation particle

Note: Negates the verb for the paṇḍitaḥ

पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - a wise person, a scholar

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paṇḍita

paṇḍita - learned, wise, scholar, pundit

derived from paṇḍā (wisdom) + ita (possessing)

Root: paṇḍ

Note: Contrast to mūḍhaḥ

अक्षये (akṣaye) - in the imperishable, in the indestructible

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of akṣaya

akṣaya - imperishable, indestructible, undecaying

a (not) + kṣaya (decay, destruction)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kṣaya)

• a – not, un-
  prefix/indeclinable
  negative prefix
• kṣaya – decay, destruction, loss, decrease
  noun (masculine)
  from root kṣi (to destroy, to waste away)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Indicates the domain or context of the delusion

क्षयसङ्कल्पात् (kṣayasaṅkalpāt) - from the intention of decay, due to the thought of destruction

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kṣayasaṅkalpa

kṣayasaṅkalpa - intention of decay, thought of destruction

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣaya+saṅkalpa)

• kṣaya – decay, destruction, loss
  noun (masculine)
  from root kṣi (to destroy)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• saṅkalpa – intention, thought, will
  noun (masculine)
  from root kḷp with sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 10)

Note: Indicates the cause of delusion

मुह्यते (muhyate) - becomes deluded, is bewildered, is confused

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of muh

present

3rd person singular, present tense, passive voice, root muh (to be bewildered), class 4

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: The passive voice here implies "is deluded" rather than "deludes"

शिशुः (śiśuḥ) - a child, an infant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śiśu

śiśu - child, infant, young animal

Root: śī

Note: Subject of muhyate

एव (eva) - merely, only, indeed

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

emphasising particle

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