योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-33, verse-29

प्रमार्जितेऽहमित्यस्मिन्पदे स्वार्थे स्वयं विना ।
नरकस्वर्गमोक्षादितृष्णायाः कल्पनैव का ॥ २९ ॥

pramārjite'hamityasminpade svārthe svayaṃ vinā ,
narakasvargamokṣāditṛṣṇāyāḥ kalpanaiva kā 29

29. pramārjite aham iti asmin pade svārthe svayam
vinā narakasvargamokṣāditṛṣṇāyāḥ kalpanā eva kā

29. asmin pade aham iti svārthe pramārjite svayam
vinā narakasvargamokṣāditṛṣṇāyāḥ kalpanā eva kā

29. When, within this concept of 'I' (aham), its essential nature is thoroughly purified, then, without the ego, what mental construct of craving for hell, heaven, or final liberation (mokṣa) could possibly exist?

Words meanings summery:

• प्रमार्जिते (pramārjite) - when thoroughly removed or purified (referring to the false sense of ego) (when cleansed, purified, erased)

• अहम् (aham) - the sense of 'I' or ego (ahaṅkāra) (I, ego, self)

• इति (iti) - namely, that is (referring to 'aham' as a concept) (thus, so, in this manner, as (introduces direct speech or specifies something))

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this, on this

• पदे (pade) - in the concept or notion (in the word, in the state, in the concept)

• स्वार्थे (svārthe) - in its essential nature (referring to the 'aham' concept) (in its own meaning, in its true sense)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - without the (false) self/ego (implying the source of craving) (by oneself, spontaneously, without external agency)

• विना (vinā) - without, except for

• नरकस्वर्गमोक्षादितृष्णायाः (narakasvargamokṣāditṛṣṇāyāḥ) - of the craving for hell, heaven, liberation (mokṣa), etc.

• कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, conception, mental construction, fabrication

• एव (eva) - indeed (emphasizing the rhetorical nature) (indeed, certainly, only, just)

• का (kā) - what kind of (what? which?)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रमार्जिते (pramārjite) - when thoroughly removed or purified (referring to the false sense of ego) (when cleansed, purified, erased)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of pramārjita

pramārjita - cleansed, purified, erased, removed

past passive participle

from pra- (prefix) + mṛj (to wipe, cleanse) + kta (suffix for PPP)

Prefix: pra

Root: mṛj (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'pade' or 'svārthe'.

अहम् (aham) - the sense of 'I' or ego (ahaṅkāra) (I, ego, self)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, ego, self

Note: Refers to the sense of ego.

इति (iti) - namely, that is (referring to 'aham' as a concept) (thus, so, in this manner, as (introduces direct speech or specifies something))

(indeclinable)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this, on this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'pade'.

पदे (pade) - in the concept or notion (in the word, in the state, in the concept)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, word, state, condition, concept

स्वार्थे (svārthe) - in its essential nature (referring to the 'aham' concept) (in its own meaning, in its true sense)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svārtha

svārtha - one's own object, interest, purpose, meaning, one's true nature

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sva+artha)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

स्वयम् (svayam) - without the (false) self/ego (implying the source of craving) (by oneself, spontaneously, without external agency)

(indeclinable)

Note: Could be interpreted as 'by itself' or 'without the ego itself'. Given 'vinā', 'without the self' or 'on its own'.

विना (vinā) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

Note: Takes accusative, instrumental, or ablative. Here used adverbially with 'svayam' possibly implying 'without (this false notion of) self' as the cause.

नरकस्वर्गमोक्षादितृष्णायाः (narakasvargamokṣāditṛṣṇāyāḥ) - of the craving for hell, heaven, liberation (mokṣa), etc.

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of narakasvargamokṣāditṛṣṇā

narakasvargamokṣāditṛṣṇā - craving (tṛṣṇā) for hell, heaven, liberation (mokṣa), etc.

compound of 'naraka' (hell), 'svarga' (heaven), 'mokṣa' (liberation), 'ādi' (and so on), and 'tṛṣṇā' (craving, thirst)

Compound type : dvandva/tatpuruṣa/bahuvrīhi (naraka+svarga+mokṣa+ādi+tṛṣṇā)

• naraka – hell, Hades
  noun (masculine)
• svarga – heaven, paradise
  noun (masculine)
• mokṣa – liberation, emancipation, freedom
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, et cetera
  indeclinable
• tṛṣṇā – thirst, desire, craving, longing
  noun (feminine)

Note: Dependent on 'kalpanā'.

कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, conception, mental construction, fabrication

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagination, conception, mental construction, fabrication, arrangement

from root kḷp (to be able, to arrange, to create)

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Subject of the rhetorical question.

एव (eva) - indeed (emphasizing the rhetorical nature) (indeed, certainly, only, just)

(indeclinable)

का (kā) - what kind of (what? which?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what? which? who?

Note: Feminine nominative singular, agreeing with 'kalpanā'.