योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-58, verse-6

दुःखमात्मा सुखं चैव खमाशासुमहत्तया ।
सर्वमात्ममयं ज्ञातं नष्टकष्टोऽहमात्मना ॥ ६ ॥

duḥkhamātmā sukhaṃ caiva khamāśāsumahattayā ,
sarvamātmamayaṃ jñātaṃ naṣṭakaṣṭo'hamātmanā 6

6. duḥkham ātmā sukham ca eva kham āśāsu mahattayā
sarvam ātma-mayam jñātam naṣṭa-kaṣṭaḥ aham ātmanā

6. ātmanā duḥkham ātmā ca eva sukham
(ātmanā) kham āśāsu mahattayā
(ātmaiva) sarvam ātma-mayam jñātam
(tena) aham naṣṭa-kaṣṭaḥ (jātam)

6. Sorrow is the Self (ātman), and so is happiness. Space (ākāśa) and the directions (āśā) in their great vastness are also the Self. Everything is known as consisting of the Self (ātman). My suffering has been destroyed by the Self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, suffering, pain

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the Self, soul, spirit

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, pleasure, comfort

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, even

• खम् (kham) - space, ether, sky

• आशासु (āśāsu) - in the directions, in the quarters (of the sky)

• महत्तया (mahattayā) - by greatness, by vastness

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• आत्म-मयम् (ātma-mayam) - consisting of the Self, pervaded by the Self

• ज्ञातम् (jñātam) - known, understood

• नष्ट-कष्टः (naṣṭa-kaṣṭaḥ) - whose suffering is destroyed, having lost pain

• अहम् (aham) - I

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

Words meanings and morphology

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, suffering, pain

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, suffering, pain, misery, unhappiness

आत्मा (ātmā) - the Self, soul, spirit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, pleasure, comfort

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, pleasure, comfort, ease

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, even

(indeclinable)

खम् (kham) - space, ether, sky

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - space, ether, sky, void, heaven

आशासु (āśāsu) - in the directions, in the quarters (of the sky)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of āśā

āśā - direction, quarter of the sky, hope, expectation

महत्तया (mahattayā) - by greatness, by vastness

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mahattva

mahattva - greatness, vastness, importance, majesty

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

आत्म-मयम् (ātma-mayam) - consisting of the Self, pervaded by the Self

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ātma-maya

ātma-maya - consisting of the self, identical with the self

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+maya)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• maya – consisting of, made of, full of
  suffix

ज्ञातम् (jñātam) - known, understood

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñāta

jñāta - known, understood, ascertained

Past Passive Participle

Root: jñā (class 9)

नष्ट-कष्टः (naṣṭa-kaṣṭaḥ) - whose suffering is destroyed, having lost pain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naṣṭa-kaṣṭa

naṣṭa-kaṣṭa - one whose suffering is destroyed or removed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (naṣṭa+kaṣṭa)

• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, ruined
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: naś (class 4)
• kaṣṭa – suffering, pain, difficulty
  noun (neuter)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

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

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature

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