योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-11, verse-26

कृशोऽतिदुःखी मूढोऽहमेताश्चान्याश्च भावनाः ।
भावयत्स्वविकल्पोत्थां याति संसारितां मनः ॥ २६ ॥

kṛśo'tiduḥkhī mūḍho'hametāścānyāśca bhāvanāḥ ,
bhāvayatsvavikalpotthāṃ yāti saṃsāritāṃ manaḥ 26

26. kṛśaḥ atiduḥkhī mūḍhaḥ aham etāḥ ca anyāḥ ca bhāvanāḥ
bhāvayat svavikalpa-utthām yāti saṃsāritām manaḥ

26. manaḥ kṛśaḥ atiduḥkhī mūḍhaḥ aham etāḥ ca anyāḥ ca
svavikalpa-utthām bhāvanāḥ bhāvayat saṃsāritām yāti

26. The mind (manas), by conceiving notions such as 'I am thin,' 'I am very sorrowful,' 'I am deluded,' and other similar ideas that arise from its own mental constructs (vikalpa), attains the state of involvement in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - thin, weak, emaciated

• अतिदुःखी (atiduḥkhī) - very sorrowful, extremely miserable

• मूढः (mūḍhaḥ) - deluded, bewildered, ignorant

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एताः (etāḥ) - these (feminine)

• च (ca) - and

• अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other (feminine)

• भावनाः (bhāvanāḥ) - notions, ideas, feelings, mental conceptions

• भावयत् (bhāvayat) - conceiving, imagining, causing to be, meditating on

• स्वविकल्प-उत्थाम् (svavikalpa-utthām) - arising from one's own mental constructs; originating from one's own imagination

• याति (yāti) - attains, goes to, reaches

• संसारिताम् (saṁsāritām) - the state of transmigration; the state of being subject to rebirth (saṃsāra)

• मनः (manaḥ) - the mind

Words meanings and morphology

कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - thin, weak, emaciated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛśa

kṛśa - thin, emaciated, weak, lean

Root: kṛś (class 1)

अतिदुःखी (atiduḥkhī) - very sorrowful, extremely miserable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atiduḥkhin

atiduḥkhin - very unhappy, extremely miserable

Compound of ati (very) and duḥkhin (sorrowful).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ati+duḥkhin)

• ati – very, excessively, over-
  indeclinable
  Prefix/adverb.
• duḥkhin – sorrowful, suffering, miserable
  adjective (masculine)
  From duḥkha (sorrow) + -in (possessive suffix).

Note: Predicative adjective for `aham`.

मूढः (mūḍhaḥ) - deluded, bewildered, ignorant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūḍha

mūḍha - deluded, bewildered, ignorant, foolish

Past Passive Participle

From root √muh (to be bewildered, confused).

Root: muh (class 4)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

First person singular pronoun.

एताः (etāḥ) - these (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, these (demonstrative pronoun)

Demonstrative pronoun.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anya

anya - other, different, another

Indefinite pronoun.

भावनाः (bhāvanāḥ) - notions, ideas, feelings, mental conceptions

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of bhāvanā

bhāvanā - notion, idea, conception, feeling, imagination, development

From root √bhū (to be, become), causative stem `bhāvaya-`.

Root: bhū (class 1)

भावयत् (bhāvayat) - conceiving, imagining, causing to be, meditating on

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāvayat

bhāvayat - conceiving, imagining, reflecting on, causing to exist

Present Active Participle (Causative)

From causative stem `bhāvaya-` (from √bhū), with `śatṛ` suffix.

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्वविकल्प-उत्थाम् (svavikalpa-utthām) - arising from one's own mental constructs; originating from one's own imagination

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of svavikalpotthā

svavikalpotthā - arising from one's own mental constructs or imagination

Compound of `sva`, `vikalpa`, and `utthā`.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+vikalpa+utthā)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• vikalpa – mental construct, imagination, doubt, error
  noun (masculine)
  From vi-√kḷp (to arrange, imagine).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• utthā – arising, originating from
  adjective (feminine)
  From ut-√sthā (to stand up, arise).
  Prefix: ud
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `bhāvanāḥ`.

याति (yāti) - attains, goes to, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present Tense

From root `√yā`.

Root: yā (class 2)

संसारिताम् (saṁsāritām) - the state of transmigration; the state of being subject to rebirth (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saṃsāritā

saṁsāritā - the state of being in transmigration, involvement in the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra)

From `saṃsārin` (one who transmigrates) + `-tā` (abstract suffix).

मनः (manaḥ) - the mind

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, consciousness

From root √man (to think).

Root: man (class 4)

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