योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-14, verse-39

दृष्टाः कठिनसंरम्भा विभवोऽप्यर्जनभ्रमाः ।
विहृतं वीतशोकासु चिरं मेरुस्थलीषु च ॥ ३९ ॥

dṛṣṭāḥ kaṭhinasaṃrambhā vibhavo'pyarjanabhramāḥ ,
vihṛtaṃ vītaśokāsu ciraṃ merusthalīṣu ca 39

39. dṛṣṭāḥ kaṭhina-saṃrambhāḥ vibhavaḥ api arjana-bhramāḥ
vihṛtam vīta-śokāsu ciram meru-sthalīṣu ca

39. kaṭhina-saṃrambhāḥ arjana-bhramāḥ vibhavaḥ api
dṛṣṭāḥ ca vīta-śokāsu meru-sthalīṣu ciram vihṛtam

39. I have witnessed wealth and power that involved strenuous efforts and ultimately proved to be illusions of acquisition. And I have long roamed the plateaus of Mount Meru, which are free from sorrow.

39. חוויתי מאבקים קשים, עליות ומורדות, אשליות של צבירת עושר ונכסים, וגם שוטטתי זמן רב במישורי הר המֵרוּ החופשיים מיגון.

Words meanings summery:

• दृष्टाः (dṛṣṭāḥ) - seen, observed, perceived

• कठिन-संरम्भाः (kaṭhina-saṁrambhāḥ) - having harsh/strenuous efforts, involving arduous undertakings

• विभवः (vibhavaḥ) - wealth, power, prosperity, glory

• अपि (api) - even, also, moreover

• अर्जन-भ्रमाः (arjana-bhramāḥ) - illusions of acquisition, characterized by the delusion of earning

• विहृतम् (vihṛtam) - roamed, sported, resided

• वीत-शोकासु (vīta-śokāsu) - in those free from sorrow

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long, lasting

• मेरु-स्थलीषु (meru-sthalīṣu) - on the plateaus/regions of Meru

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

Words meanings and morphology

दृष्टाः (dṛṣṭāḥ) - seen, observed, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed, visible, known

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'dṛś' (to see) with the past passive participle suffix 'ta'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कठिन-संरम्भाः (kaṭhina-saṁrambhāḥ) - having harsh/strenuous efforts, involving arduous undertakings

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaṭhina-saṃrambha

kaṭhina-saṁrambha - having severe or strenuous undertakings/efforts

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (kaṭhina+saṃrambha)

• kaṭhina – harsh, hard, difficult, strenuous, severe
  adjective (masculine)
• saṃrambha – undertaking, enterprise, effort, vehemence, fury
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: rabh (class 1)

विभवः (vibhavaḥ) - wealth, power, prosperity, glory

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vibhava

vibhava - power, might, wealth, prosperity, glory, grandeur

Prefix: vi

Root: bhū (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अर्जन-भ्रमाः (arjana-bhramāḥ) - illusions of acquisition, characterized by the delusion of earning

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of arjana-bhrama

arjana-bhrama - delusion of acquisition, error in earning

Compound type : Tatpurusha (arjana+bhrama)

• arjana – acquiring, earning, acquisition, gain
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal noun
  Derived from the root 'ṛj' (to acquire) with the suffix 'ana'.
  Root: ṛj (class 1)
• bhrama – illusion, error, delusion, wandering, confusion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)

विहृतम् (vihṛtam) - roamed, sported, resided

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vihṛta

vihṛta - roamed, sported, played, dwelled, spent (time)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'hṛ' (to take, carry) with the prefix 'vi-' (apart, away) and the past passive participle suffix 'ta'. Here used impersonally or to refer to 'sporting'.

Prefix: vi

Root: hṛ (class 1)

वीत-शोकासु (vīta-śokāsu) - in those free from sorrow

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of vīta-śokā

vīta-śokā - free from sorrow, grief, or distress

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (vīta+śoka)

• vīta – gone, departed, disappeared, free from
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'i' (to go) with the prefix 'vi-' (away, apart) and the past passive participle suffix 'ta'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: i (class 2)
• śoka – sorrow, grief, lamentation, anguish
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long, lasting

(indeclinable)

मेरु-स्थलीषु (meru-sthalīṣu) - on the plateaus/regions of Meru

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of meru-sthalī

meru-sthalī - plateau or region of Mount Meru

Compound type : Tatpurusha (meru+sthalī)

• meru – Mount Meru (the mythical golden mountain, central to many cosmologies)
  proper noun (masculine)
• sthalī – plateau, region, land, place
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sthal (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

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