योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-33, verse-32

असन्नयमहंकारः स्वयं मिथ्या प्रकल्पितः ।
दुःखायैव न हर्षाय बालसंभ्रमयक्षवत् ॥ ३२ ॥

asannayamahaṃkāraḥ svayaṃ mithyā prakalpitaḥ ,
duḥkhāyaiva na harṣāya bālasaṃbhramayakṣavat 32

32. asan ayam ahaṅkāraḥ svayam mithyā prakalpitaḥ
duḥkhāya eva na harṣāya bālasaṃbhramayakṣavat

32. ayam asan ahaṅkāraḥ svayam mithyā prakalpitaḥ (san),
bālasaṃbhramayakṣavat duḥkhāya eva (bhavati) na harṣāya.

32. This ego (ahaṅkāra), which is inherently non-existent and falsely imagined on its own, leads only to sorrow, never to joy, much like a yakṣa conjured by a child's confused fancy.

Words meanings summery:

• असन् (asan) - non-existent, unreal

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• अहङ्कारः (ahaṅkāraḥ) - ego, egoism

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

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, illusory

• प्रकल्पितः (prakalpitaḥ) - imagined, created, fabricated

• दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for sorrow, for suffering

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• न (na) - not, no

• हर्षाय (harṣāya) - for joy, for delight

• बालसंभ्रमयक्षवत् (bālasaṁbhramayakṣavat) - like a yakṣa (spirit) caused by a child's delusion

Words meanings and morphology

असन् (asan) - non-existent, unreal

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, bad

Present Active Participle (masculine nominative singular)

From negative prefix a + root as 'to be'

Prefix: a

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Modifies `ahaṅkāraḥ`.

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to `ahaṅkāraḥ`.

अहङ्कारः (ahaṅkāraḥ) - ego, egoism

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāra

ahaṅkāra - ego, egoism, 'I-making'

From aham (I) + kāra (making)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (aham+kāra)

• aham – I
  pronoun
• kāra – maker, doer, making
  noun (masculine)
  From root kṛ 'to do, make'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, spontaneously, personally

(indeclinable)

Instrumental of sva (self) used adverbially

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, illusory

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies `prakalpitaḥ`.

प्रकल्पितः (prakalpitaḥ) - imagined, created, fabricated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prakalpita

prakalpita - imagined, created, fabricated

Past Passive Participle

From pra + root kḷp 'to form, arrange'

Prefix: pra

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Modifies `ahaṅkāraḥ`.

दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for sorrow, for suffering

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, suffering, pain

From dus (bad) + kha (axle-hole, aperture, implying space or feeling)

Note: Expresses purpose or result.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हर्षाय (harṣāya) - for joy, for delight

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of harṣa

harṣa - joy, delight, pleasure

From root hṛṣ 'to be glad'

Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Expresses purpose or result, contrasted with `duḥkhāya`.

बालसंभ्रमयक्षवत् (bālasaṁbhramayakṣavat) - like a yakṣa (spirit) caused by a child's delusion

(indeclinable)

From bāla (child) + saṃbhrama (delusion/confusion) + yakṣa (spirit) + vat (like/as)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāla+saṃbhrama+yakṣa+vat)

• bāla – child, young, ignorant
  noun (masculine)
• saṃbhrama – confusion, delusion, flurry
  noun (masculine)
  From sam + bhram 'to wander'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• yakṣa – a type of nature spirit or demigod
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, as, similar to
  suffix
  Possessive or similitude suffix

Note: Adverb of comparison.