योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-99, verse-34

यदात्मनि प्रहारौघैः पुमान्प्रहरति स्वयम् ।
तत्तत्कुकल्पनाघातैः प्रहरत्यात्मनो मनः ॥ ३४ ॥

yadātmani prahāraughaiḥ pumānpraharati svayam ,
tattatkukalpanāghātaiḥ praharatyātmano manaḥ 34

34. yadā ātmani prahārauoghaiḥ pumān praharati svayam
tat tat kukalpanāghātaiḥ praharati ātmanaḥ manaḥ

34. yadā pumān svayam ātmani prahārauoghaiḥ praharati
tat tat manaḥ ātmanaḥ kukalpanāghātaiḥ praharati

34. When a person (puruṣa) strikes himself with torrents of blows, then the mind (manas) strikes the self (ātman) with blows of evil imaginings.

Words meanings summery:

• यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

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

• प्रहारौओघैः (prahārauoghaiḥ) - by torrents of blows, by floods of attacks

• पुमान् (pumān) - a person (puruṣa) (a man, a person, a male)

• प्रहरति (praharati) - strikes, assaults, inflicts a blow

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, spontaneously

• तत् (tat) - then, that (correlative)

• तत् (tat) - that, (reduplication for emphasis or correlation)

• कुकल्पनाघातैः (kukalpanāghātaiḥ) - by blows of bad imaginings, by injuries from evil notions

• प्रहरति (praharati) - strikes, assaults, inflicts a blow

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self (ātman) (of the self, of oneself)

• मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (manas) (the mind, intellect, heart)

Words meanings and morphology

यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, mind

प्रहारौओघैः (prahārauoghaiḥ) - by torrents of blows, by floods of attacks

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prahāra-ogha

prahāra-ogha - torrents of blows, flood of attacks

Compound of prahāra (blow, strike) and ogha (torrent, flood)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prahāra+ogha)

• prahāra – blow, strike, attack
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• ogha – torrent, flood, multitude
  noun (masculine)

पुमान् (pumān) - a person (puruṣa) (a man, a person, a male)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, the supreme being, spirit

प्रहरति (praharati) - strikes, assaults, inflicts a blow

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pra-hṛ

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - then, that (correlative)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as a correlative particle 'then'

तत् (tat) - that, (reduplication for emphasis or correlation)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in reduplication 'tat tat' for emphasis, meaning 'that very' or 'then'.

कुकल्पनाघातैः (kukalpanāghātaiḥ) - by blows of bad imaginings, by injuries from evil notions

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kukalpanā-ghāta

kukalpanā-ghāta - blows of evil imaginings, injuries from bad thoughts

Compound of kukalpanā (bad imagining) and ghāta (blow, injury)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kukalpanā+ghāta)

• kukalpanā – bad imagination, evil conception, false notion
  noun (feminine)
• ghāta – blow, strike, injury, killing
  noun (masculine)
  Root: han (class 2)

प्रहरति (praharati) - strikes, assaults, inflicts a blow

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pra-hṛ

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self (ātman) (of the self, of oneself)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, mind

मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (manas) (the mind, intellect, heart)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, heart, understanding