योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-54, verse-10

असौ सोऽहमिमे भावाः सुखदुःखमया मम ।
व्यर्थमेवेति नानास्था येनान्तः परितप्यसे ॥ १० ॥

asau so'hamime bhāvāḥ sukhaduḥkhamayā mama ,
vyarthameveti nānāsthā yenāntaḥ paritapyase 10

10. asau saḥ aham ime bhāvāḥ sukha-duḥkha-mayāḥ mama
vyartham eva iti nānā-sthā yena antaḥ paritapyase

10. asau saḥ aham ime sukha-duḥkha-mayāḥ bhāvāḥ mama
iti nānā-sthā vyartham eva yena antaḥ paritapyase

10. That one is I (aham); these states (bhāva) full of pleasure and pain are mine. Such diverse notions are entirely futile, and it is by them that you are tormented internally.

10. התפיסות השונות האומרות "זה הוא, אני הוא זה, ומצבי העונג והסבל הללו הם שלי" הן עקרות לחלוטין, אך הן הסיבה לכך שרוחך מתייסרת מבפנים.

Words meanings summery:

• असौ (asau) - that (remote demonstrative pronoun, masculine/feminine nominative singular)

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इमे (ime) - these (near demonstrative pronoun, masculine/feminine nominative plural)

• भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - states, conditions, existences (bhāva)

• सुख-दुःख-मयाः (sukha-duḥkha-mayāḥ) - full of happiness and sorrow, consisting of pleasure and pain

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• इति (iti) - thus, thinking, so

• नाना-स्था (nānā-sthā) - various conditions, diverse states

• व्यर्थम् (vyartham) - futile, useless, in vain

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - internally, within

• परितप्यसे (paritapyase) - you are tormented, you suffer

Words meanings and morphology

असौ (asau) - that (remote demonstrative pronoun, masculine/feminine nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, yonder, such a one (demonstrative pronoun)

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)

इमे (ime) - these (near demonstrative pronoun, masculine/feminine nominative plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, here (proximal demonstrative pronoun)

भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - states, conditions, existences (bhāva)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - state, condition, existence, being, feeling, sentiment, nature

Derived from root 'bhū' (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

सुख-दुःख-मयाः (sukha-duḥkha-mayāḥ) - full of happiness and sorrow, consisting of pleasure and pain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sukha-duḥkha-maya

sukha-duḥkha-maya - consisting of pleasure and pain, composed of happiness and sorrow

Adjective formed by suffix '-maya' from the Dvandva compound 'sukha-duḥkha'

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+duḥkha+maya)

• sukha – pleasure, happiness, ease, comfort
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – pain, sorrow, suffering, misery
  noun (neuter)
• maya – consisting of, made of, full of (suffix)
  suffix (masculine)
  Taddhita suffix forming adjectives indicating material or characteristic

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)

इति (iti) - thus, thinking, so

(indeclinable)

नाना-स्था (nānā-sthā) - various conditions, diverse states

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nānā-sthā

nānā-sthā - various states, diverse conditions

Compound type : tatpurusha (nānā+sthā)

• nānā – various, diverse, manifold, different
  indeclinable
• sthā – standing, state, condition, situation, place
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

व्यर्थम् (vyartham) - futile, useless, in vain

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyartha

vyartha - useless, vain, pointless, fruitless

Prefix 'vi-' + 'artha' (purpose)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

येन (yena) - by which, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what (relative pronoun)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - internally, within

(indeclinable)

परितप्यसे (paritapyase) - you are tormented, you suffer

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present indicative (lat) of paritap

Prefix: pari

Root: tap (class 1)

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