योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-33, verse-42

श्रीराम उवाच ।
केनोपायेन भगवन्नहंकारो न वर्धते ।
तं त्वं कथय मे ब्रह्मन्संसारभयशान्तये ॥ ४२ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
kenopāyena bhagavannahaṃkāro na vardhate ,
taṃ tvaṃ kathaya me brahmansaṃsārabhayaśāntaye 42

42. śrī-rāma uvāca kena upāyena bhagavan ahaṃkāraḥ na vardhate
tam tvam kathaya me brahman saṃsāra-bhaya-śāntaye

42. śrī-rāma uvāca: bhagavan,
kena upāyena ahaṃkāraḥ na vardhate? brahman,
saṃsāra-bhaya-śāntaye tam tvam me kathaya.

42. Śrī Rāma said: O revered one (Bhagavan), by what means does ego (ahaṃkāra) not grow? O Brāhmaṇa (Brahman), tell me that method for the pacification of the fear of transmigration (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• श्री-राम (śrī-rāma) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• केन (kena) - by what, by which

• उपायेन (upāyena) - by means, by method

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord, O revered one

• अहंकारः (ahaṁkāraḥ) - ego, egoism, sense of 'I' (ahaṃkāra)

• न (na) - not, no

• वर्धते (vardhate) - grows, increases, prospers

• तम् (tam) - that (masculine singular accusative)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular nominative)

• कथय (kathaya) - tell, narrate, explain (imperative)

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressing Vasiṣṭha as a Brāhmaṇa (O Brāhmaṇa, O Brahmā (vocative))

• संसार-भय-शान्तये (saṁsāra-bhaya-śāntaye) - for the calming of the fear of transmigration, for the pacification of the fear of saṃsāra

Words meanings and morphology

श्री-राम (śrī-rāma) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrī-rāma

śrī-rāma - The glorious Rāma (proper name)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – glory, prosperity, beauty, radiance
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (proper name), pleasing, delightful
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense, third person singular, active voice of root √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

केन (kena) - by what, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

उपायेन (upāyena) - by means, by method

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of upāya

upāya - means, method, expedient, device

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord, O revered one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, fortunate, divine, revered; a possessor of divine attributes (Bhagavan)

Possessive suffix -vat

Root: bhaj (class 1)

अहंकारः (ahaṁkāraḥ) - ego, egoism, sense of 'I' (ahaṃkāra)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṃkāra

ahaṁkāra - egoism, sense of 'I', ego (ahaṃkāra)

Compound type : tatpurusha (aham+kāra)

• aham – I, ego
  pronoun
• kāra – making, doing, agent, sound
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वर्धते (vardhate) - grows, increases, prospers

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛdh

Present tense, third person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada) of root √vṛdh

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

तम् (tam) - that (masculine singular accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it (demonstrative pronoun)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular, second person pronoun)

कथय (kathaya) - tell, narrate, explain (imperative)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kath

Imperative, second person singular, active voice of root √kath (Curādi class 10)

Root: kath (class 10)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressing Vasiṣṭha as a Brāhmaṇa (O Brāhmaṇa, O Brahmā (vocative))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - a Brāhmaṇa, a priest, the creator god Brahmā, the ultimate reality (brahman)

संसार-भय-शान्तये (saṁsāra-bhaya-śāntaye) - for the calming of the fear of transmigration, for the pacification of the fear of saṃsāra

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of saṃsāra-bhaya-śānti

saṁsāra-bhaya-śānti - the pacification of the fear of transmigration (saṃsāra)

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃsāra+bhaya+śānti)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
• śānti – peace, tranquility, pacification, cessation
  noun (feminine)