योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-119, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
ऊर्मिकासंविदा हेम यथा विस्मृत्य हेमताम् ।
विरौति नाहं हेमेति तथात्माहंतयानया ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
ūrmikāsaṃvidā hema yathā vismṛtya hematām ,
virauti nāhaṃ hemeti tathātmāhaṃtayānayā 1

1. śrī-vasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca | ūrmikā-saṃvidā hema yathā vismṛtya
hematām | virauti na aham hema iti tathā ātmā ahaṃtayā anayā ||

1. śrī-vasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca yathā hema ūrmikā-saṃvidā hematām vismṛtya "na aham hema" iti virauti,
tathā ātmā anayā ahaṃtayā

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Just as gold, perceiving itself merely as an ornament (like an earring), forgets its golden nature and exclaims, 'I am not gold,' similarly, the individual self (ātman) identifies itself through this ego (ahaṅkāra).

Words meanings summery:

• श्री-वसिष्ठः (śrī-vasiṣṭhaḥ) - The venerable Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• ऊर्मिका-संविदा (ūrmikā-saṁvidā) - by the consciousness of being an ornament/earring

• हेम (hema) - gold

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• विस्मृत्य (vismṛtya) - having forgotten

• हेमताम् (hematām) - gold-ness, golden nature

• विरौति (virauti) - it cries out, it laments, it makes a sound

• न (na) - not, no

• अहम् (aham) - I, myself

• हेम (hema) - gold

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so, as if

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the individual self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, individual self)

• अहंतया (ahaṁtayā) - by this ego (ahaṅkāra) (by the ego-sense, by egoism, by I-ness)

• अनया (anayā) - by this (feminine)

Words meanings and morphology

श्री-वसिष्ठः (śrī-vasiṣṭhaḥ) - The venerable Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrī-vasiṣṭha

śrī-vasiṣṭha - The venerable Vasiṣṭha, Sage Vasiṣṭha (a celebrated Vedic sage)

Compound of śrī (venerable, glorious) and vasiṣṭha (proper name).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – venerable, glorious, prosperity, beauty
  indeclinable (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, third person singular

Reduplicated perfect form of √vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

ऊर्मिका-संविदा (ūrmikā-saṁvidā) - by the consciousness of being an ornament/earring

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ūrmikā-saṃvid

ūrmikā-saṁvid - consciousness of being an ornament (like an earring)

Tatpuruṣa compound of ūrmikā (ring/earring) and saṃvid (consciousness).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ūrmikā+saṃvid)

• ūrmikā – finger-ring, small wave, earring, ornament
  noun (feminine)
• saṃvid – consciousness, knowledge, understanding, agreement
  noun (feminine)
  From sam-√vid (to know, to understand)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)

हेम (hema) - gold

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of heman

heman - gold, golden

Stem ends in an.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

Correlative with tathā.

विस्मृत्य (vismṛtya) - having forgotten

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

From vi-√smṛ (to forget) + lyap suffix.

Prefix: vi

Root: smṛ (class 1)

हेमताम् (hematām) - gold-ness, golden nature

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of hematā

hematā - gold-ness, condition of being gold, golden nature

From heman (gold) + tā (suffix for abstract feminine noun).

विरौति (virauti) - it cries out, it laments, it makes a sound

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vi-ru

From vi-√ru (to roar, cry out).

Prefix: vi

Root: ru (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

A negative particle.

अहम् (aham) - I, myself

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

Nominative singular of asmad (first person pronoun).

हेम (hema) - gold

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of heman

heman - gold, golden

Stem ends in an.

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so, as if

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

Correlative with yathā.

आत्मा (ātmā) - the individual self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit, individual self)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

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

Nominative singular of ātman (n-stem).

अहंतया (ahaṁtayā) - by this ego (ahaṅkāra) (by the ego-sense, by egoism, by I-ness)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ahaṃtā

ahaṁtā - ego-sense, egoism, I-ness, individuality (ahaṅkāra)

From aham (I) + tā (suffix for abstract feminine noun).

अनया (anayā) - by this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Instrumental singular feminine of idam.