योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-122, verse-18

अबन्धुरपि कस्मात्त्वं बन्धुदुःखानि शोचसि ।
अद्वितीये स्थिते ह्यस्मिन्बान्धवाः क इवात्मनि ॥ १८ ॥

abandhurapi kasmāttvaṃ bandhuduḥkhāni śocasi ,
advitīye sthite hyasminbāndhavāḥ ka ivātmani 18

18. abandhuḥ api kasmāt tvam bandhuduḥkhāni śocasi
advitīye sthite hi asmin bāndhavāḥ ka iva ātmani

18. abandhuḥ api tvam kasmāt bandhuduḥkhāni śocasi? hi,
advitīye asmin ātmani sthite [sati],
bāndhavāḥ ka iva [bhavanti]?

18. Even though you have no relations, why do you grieve for the sorrows of relations? Indeed, when this self (ātman) is established as non-dual (advitīya), who then are the relatives in it?

Words meanings summery:

• अबन्धुः (abandhuḥ) - without relatives, friendless, unsupported

• अपि (api) - also, even, although

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• बन्धुदुःखानि (bandhuduḥkhāni) - the sorrows of relatives

• शोचसि (śocasi) - you grieve, you lament

• अद्वितीये (advitīye) - in the non-dual, in the secondless

• स्थिते (sthite) - when it is established (in a non-dual state) (being, established, situated)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• बान्धवाः (bāndhavāḥ) - relatives, kinsmen

• क (ka) - who, what

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if (particle of comparison/question)

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, in the soul (ātman)

Words meanings and morphology

अबन्धुः (abandhuḥ) - without relatives, friendless, unsupported

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abandhu

abandhu - without kinsmen or friends, friendless

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bandhu)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• bandhu – relative, kinsman
  noun (masculine)

अपि (api) - also, even, although

(indeclinable)

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

बन्धुदुःखानि (bandhuduḥkhāni) - the sorrows of relatives

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bandhuduḥkha

bandhuduḥkha - sorrows of relatives

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (bandhu+duḥkha)

• bandhu – relative, kinsman
  noun (masculine)
• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, suffering
  noun (neuter)

शोचसि (śocasi) - you grieve, you lament

(verb)

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

Root: śuc (class 1)

अद्वितीये (advitīye) - in the non-dual, in the secondless

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of advitīya

advitīya - non-dual, unique, having no second

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dvitīya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• dvitīya – second, another
  adjective (masculine)

स्थिते (sthite) - when it is established (in a non-dual state) (being, established, situated)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, established, firm

Past Passive Participle

Root: sthā (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

बान्धवाः (bāndhavāḥ) - relatives, kinsmen

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāndhava

bāndhava - relative, kinsman, friend

क (ka) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if (particle of comparison/question)

(indeclinable)

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, in the soul (ātman)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, Supreme Soul (Brahman)