योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-26

अतस्त्वं वासनां राम मिथ्यैवाहमिति स्थिताम् ।
त्यज पक्षीश्वरो व्योमगमनोत्क इवाण्डकम् ॥ २६ ॥

atastvaṃ vāsanāṃ rāma mithyaivāhamiti sthitām ,
tyaja pakṣīśvaro vyomagamanotka ivāṇḍakam 26

26. ataḥ tvam vāsanām rāma mithyā eva aham iti sthitām
tyaja pakṣīśvaraḥ vyomagamanautkaḥ iva aṇḍakam

26. ataḥ rāma,
tvam mithyā eva aham iti sthitām vāsanām tyaja,
yathā vyomagamanautkaḥ pakṣīśvaraḥ aṇḍakam iva (tyajati).

26. Therefore, O Rama, relinquish the latent impression (vāsanā) which stands as 'I am merely this false (ego/body),' just as the king of birds (pakṣīśvara), eager for flight in the sky, abandons its egg.

Words meanings summery:

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore (therefore, hence)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (Rama) (you)

• वासनाम् (vāsanām) - the latent impression or tendency to identify with a false self (latent impression, desire, longing, mental tendency)

• राम (rāma) - O Rama (the addressed deity/hero) (O Rama)

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - false, illusory (referring to the ego-sense) (falsely, illusory, unreal)

• एव (eva) - indeed, truly (indeed, only, certainly)

• अहम् (aham) - the ego-sense, the limited 'I' identifying with the body/mind (I, ego)

• इति (iti) - indicating the content of the vāsanā (thus, in this way, (quote indicator))

• स्थिताम् (sthitām) - established, existing (as the nature of the vāsanā) (established, situated, existing)

• त्यज (tyaja) - abandon, relinquish (abandon, relinquish, give up)

• पक्षीश्वरः (pakṣīśvaraḥ) - the king of birds (Garuda) (king of birds)

• व्योमगमनौत्कः (vyomagamanautkaḥ) - eager and ready for soaring in the vast sky (eager for flying in the sky)

• इव (iva) - just as, like (like, as, as if)

• अण्डकम् (aṇḍakam) - its egg (after hatching) (egg)

Words meanings and morphology

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore (therefore, hence)

(indeclinable)

adverb, from idam

त्वम् (tvam) - you (Rama) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

2nd person pronoun nominative singular

Note: Refers to Rama.

वासनाम् (vāsanām) - the latent impression or tendency to identify with a false self (latent impression, desire, longing, mental tendency)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, mental trace, desire, longing, tendency

from root vas (to dwell, to perfume)

Root: vas (class 1)

राम (rāma) - O Rama (the addressed deity/hero) (O Rama)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper noun), pleasing, charming

मिथ्या (mithyā) - false, illusory (referring to the ego-sense) (falsely, illusory, unreal)

(indeclinable)

adverb/adjective

Note: Used here to qualify the nature of the 'aham' (ego-self) as illusory.

एव (eva) - indeed, truly (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

emphasizing particle

अहम् (aham) - the ego-sense, the limited 'I' identifying with the body/mind (I, ego)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

1st person pronoun nominative singular

Note: Refers to the ego (ahaṅkāra).

इति (iti) - indicating the content of the vāsanā (thus, in this way, (quote indicator))

(indeclinable)

particle, quotative marker

स्थिताम् (sthitām) - established, existing (as the nature of the vāsanā) (established, situated, existing)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, established, firm

Past Passive Participle

from root sthā (to stand, remain)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies vāsanām.

त्यज (tyaja) - abandon, relinquish (abandon, relinquish, give up)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of tyaj

imperative active

2nd person singular imperative active

Root: tyaj (class 1)

पक्षीश्वरः (pakṣīśvaraḥ) - the king of birds (Garuda) (king of birds)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pakṣīśvara

pakṣīśvara - king of birds, chief of birds (often refers to Garuda)

compound of pakṣin (bird) and īśvara (lord, king)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (pakṣin+īśvara)

• pakṣin – bird, winged creature
  noun (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, king, controller
  noun (masculine)
  from root īś (to be master of)
  Root: īś (class 2)

व्योमगमनौत्कः (vyomagamanautkaḥ) - eager and ready for soaring in the vast sky (eager for flying in the sky)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyomagamanautka

vyomagamanautka - eager for flight in the sky

compound of vyomagamana and utka

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vyomagamana+utka)

• vyomagamana – sky-flight, flying in the sky
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  compound of vyoman (sky) and gamana (going)
• utka – eager, desirous, longing, excited
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with pakṣīśvaraḥ.

इव (iva) - just as, like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

particle for comparison

अण्डकम् (aṇḍakam) - its egg (after hatching) (egg)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aṇḍaka

aṇḍaka - egg, testicle (diminutive of aṇḍa)

Note: Object of the implied verb tyajati (abandons).

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