योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-58, verse-5

किं करोमि क्व गच्छामि किं गृह्णामि त्यजामि किम् ।
आत्मना पूरितं विश्वं महाकल्पाम्बुना यथा ॥ ५ ॥

kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi kiṃ gṛhṇāmi tyajāmi kim ,
ātmanā pūritaṃ viśvaṃ mahākalpāmbunā yathā 5

5. kim karomi kva gacchāmi kim gṛhṇāmi tyajāmi kim
ātmanā pūritaṃ viśvaṃ mahākalpa ambunā yathā

5. kim karomi kva gacchāmi kim gṛhṇāmi kim tyajāmi
ātmanā mahākalpa ambunā yathā viśvaṃ pūritaṃ

5. What should I do? Where should I go? What should I grasp? What should I abandon? The entire universe is filled by the Self (ātman), just as it is by the waters of the great deluge (mahākalpa).

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?

• करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make

• क्व (kva) - where?

• गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I go, I move

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?

• गृह्णामि (gṛhṇāmi) - I seize, I take, I grasp

• त्यजामि (tyajāmi) - I abandon, I forsake, I give up

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the Self, by the soul

• पूरितं (pūritaṁ) - filled, completed

• विश्वं (viśvaṁ) - the universe, all

• महाकल्प (mahākalpa) - great cosmic cycle, great eon

• अम्बुना (ambunā) - by water, by the waters

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?, why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I go, I move

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what?, why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

गृह्णामि (gṛhṇāmi) - I seize, I take, I grasp

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of grah

Root: grah (class 9)

त्यजामि (tyajāmi) - I abandon, I forsake, I give up

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what?, why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the Self, by the soul

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature

पूरितं (pūritaṁ) - filled, completed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pūrita

pūrita - filled, full, completed, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

Root: pṛ (class 9)

विश्वं (viśvaṁ) - the universe, all

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viśva

viśva - all, whole, universe, cosmos

महाकल्प (mahākalpa) - great cosmic cycle, great eon

(noun)

masculine, singular of mahākalpa

mahākalpa - a great cosmic period, a kalpa of immense duration

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+kalpa)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• kalpa – a cosmic day of Brahmā, an eon, a long period of time
  noun (masculine)

Note: Part of a compound with 'ambunā'

अम्बुना (ambunā) - by water, by the waters

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ambu

ambu - water

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

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