योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-17, verse-8

किं स्मृतास्मि त्वया वत्से धत्से किमिति शोकिताम् ।
संसारभ्रान्तयो भान्ति मृगतृष्णाम्बुवत्तधा ॥ ८ ॥

kiṃ smṛtāsmi tvayā vatse dhatse kimiti śokitām ,
saṃsārabhrāntayo bhānti mṛgatṛṣṇāmbuvattadhā 8

8. kim smṛtā asmi tvayā vatse dhatse kim iti śokitām
saṃsāra-bhrāntayaḥ bhānti mṛga-tṛṣṇā-ambu-vat tathā

8. vatse,
kim tvayā smṛtā asmi? kim iti śokitām dhatse? tathā saṃsāra-bhrāntayaḥ mṛga-tṛṣṇā-ambu-vat bhānti.

8. (Jñapti said:) "O child, why have you remembered me? Why do you hold onto sorrow? The delusions of transmigration (saṃsāra) always appear like water in a mirage."

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - why (why; what; whether)

• स्मृता (smṛtā) - I (feminine) am remembered (remembered (feminine))

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• वत्से (vatse) - O child; O dear one (feminine vocative)

• धत्से (dhatse) - you hold; you bear; you maintain

• किम् (kim) - why (why; what; whether)

• इति (iti) - why (do you hold...) (thus; so; indicating direct speech or thought)

• शोकिताम् (śokitām) - sorrowful state/person (sorrowful; distressed (feminine accusative))

• संसार-भ्रान्तयः (saṁsāra-bhrāntayaḥ) - the delusions of transmigration (saṃsāra)

• भान्ति (bhānti) - they appear; they shine

• मृग-तृष्णा-अम्बु-वत् (mṛga-tṛṣṇā-ambu-vat) - like the water of a mirage

• तथा (tathā) - always; in that manner (thus; so; in that manner; always)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - why (why; what; whether)

(interrogative pronoun)

स्मृता (smṛtā) - I (feminine) am remembered (remembered (feminine))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, thought of

Past Passive Participle

From root 'smṛ' (to remember) + suffix '-ta'

Root: smṛ (class 1)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present Indicative

From root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

वत्से (vatse) - O child; O dear one (feminine vocative)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of vatsā

vatsā - female calf, child, dear one (feminine)

धत्से (dhatse) - you hold; you bear; you maintain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of dhā

Present Indicative

From root 'dhā' (to place, hold)

Root: dhā (class 3)

किम् (kim) - why (why; what; whether)

(interrogative pronoun)

इति (iti) - why (do you hold...) (thus; so; indicating direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used to mark a question or explanation, here 'why (is it that you hold...)'

शोकिताम् (śokitām) - sorrowful state/person (sorrowful; distressed (feminine accusative))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śokitā

śokitā - sorrowful, distressed (feminine)

From 'śoka' (sorrow) + 'ita' suffix

संसार-भ्रान्तयः (saṁsāra-bhrāntayaḥ) - the delusions of transmigration (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of saṃsāra-bhrānti

saṁsāra-bhrānti - delusion of transmigration (saṃsāra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+bhrānti)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  From 'sam-sṛ' (to flow together, to move about)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• bhrānti – delusion, error, confusion, wandering
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'bhram' (to wander, to be confused)
  Root: bhram (class 1)

भान्ति (bhānti) - they appear; they shine

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of bhā

Present Indicative

From root 'bhā' (to shine)

Root: bhā (class 2)

मृग-तृष्णा-अम्बु-वत् (mṛga-tṛṣṇā-ambu-vat) - like the water of a mirage

(indeclinable)

Compound + 'vat' suffix (like)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga-tṛṣṇā+ambu+vat)

• mṛga-tṛṣṇā – mirage (lit. 'deer's thirst')
  noun (feminine)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, as, in the manner of
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating similarity

तथा (tathā) - always; in that manner (thus; so; in that manner; always)

(indeclinable)