योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-114, verse-60

मा भवाज्ञो भव प्राज्ञो जहि संसारवासनाम् ।
अनात्मन्यात्मभावेन किमज्ञ इव रोदिषि ॥ ६० ॥

mā bhavājño bhava prājño jahi saṃsāravāsanām ,
anātmanyātmabhāvena kimajña iva rodiṣi 60

60. mā bhavaḥ ajñaḥ bhava prājñaḥ jahi saṃsāravāsanām
anātmani ātma-bhāvena kim ajñaḥ iva rodiṣi

60. ajñaḥ mā bhava prājñaḥ bhava saṃsāra-vāsanām
jahi anātmani ātma-bhāvena ajñaḥ iva kim rodiṣi

60. Be wise; do not be ignorant. Renounce the cravings of repeated existence (saṃsāra). Why do you cry like one who does not know, attributing the nature of the self (ātman) to that which is not the self (anātman)?

Words meanings summery:

• मा (mā) - do not, not

• भवः (bhavaḥ) - be, become

• अज्ञः (ajñaḥ) - ignorant, foolish, unknowing

• भव (bhava) - be, become

• प्राज्ञः (prājñaḥ) - wise, intelligent, knowing

• जहि (jahi) - abandon, forsake, destroy

• संसारवासनाम् (saṁsāravāsanām) - the desires/cravings of transmigratory existence

• अनात्मनि (anātmani) - in what is not the self, in non-self

• आत्म-भावेन (ātma-bhāvena) - with the sense/feeling of self, with self-nature

• किम् (kim) - why (why, what)

• अज्ञः (ajñaḥ) - ignorant, foolish, unknowing

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• रोदिषि (rodiṣi) - you cry, you weep

Words meanings and morphology

मा (mā) - do not, not

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with injunctive mood to express prohibition.

भवः (bhavaḥ) - be, become

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of bhū

root verb, class 1

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Injunctive sense with mā.

अज्ञः (ajñaḥ) - ignorant, foolish, unknowing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajña

ajña - ignorant, unknowing, foolish

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jña)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• jña – knowing, wise
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with implied 'tvam'.

भव (bhava) - be, become

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of bhū

root verb, class 1

Root: bhū (class 1)

प्राज्ञः (prājñaḥ) - wise, intelligent, knowing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prājña

prājña - wise, intelligent, knowing

derived from pra-jñā (to know well)

Prefix: pra

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with implied 'tvam'.

जहि (jahi) - abandon, forsake, destroy

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of han

root verb, class 2

Root: han (class 2)

संसारवासनाम् (saṁsāravāsanām) - the desires/cravings of transmigratory existence

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saṃsāravāsanā

saṁsāravāsanā - desire for mundane existence, impression/craving related to saṃsāra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+vāsanā)

• saṃsāra – transmigratory existence, cycle of birth and death
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• vāsanā – impression, desire, longing, craving
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Object of 'jahi'.

अनात्मनि (anātmani) - in what is not the self, in non-self

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anātman

anātman - non-self, not the self

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+ātman)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• ātman – self, soul, essence, individual soul, supreme soul
  noun (masculine)

Note: Location where the false identification occurs.

आत्म-भावेन (ātma-bhāvena) - with the sense/feeling of self, with self-nature

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātma-bhāva

ātma-bhāva - the nature/feeling/sense of self

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+bhāva)

• ātman – self, soul, essence, individual soul, supreme soul
  noun (masculine)
• bhāva – state, condition, nature, feeling, existence
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Instrument by which one acts like an ignorant person.

किम् (kim) - why (why, what)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative particle.

अज्ञः (ajñaḥ) - ignorant, foolish, unknowing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajña

ajña - ignorant, unknowing, foolish

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jña)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• jña – knowing, wise
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with implied 'tvam'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

रोदिषि (rodiṣi) - you cry, you weep

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of rud

root verb, class 2

Root: rud (class 2)