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5,20

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-20, verse-8

असि चेत्त्वं तदन्येषु यातेषु बहुजन्मसु ।
ये बन्धवो ये विभवाः किं तानपि न शोचसि ॥ ८ ॥
asi cettvaṃ tadanyeṣu yāteṣu bahujanmasu ,
ye bandhavo ye vibhavāḥ kiṃ tānapi na śocasi 8
8. asi cet tvam tat anyeṣu yāteṣu bahujanmasu ye
bandhavaḥ ye vibhavāḥ kim tān api na śocasi
8. cet tvam asi bahujanmasu yāteṣu anyeṣu ye
bandhavaḥ ye vibhavāḥ tat tān api kim na śocasi
8. If you are indeed (this individual self that grieves), then, considering those who have passed through many births, why do you not also grieve for all those who were your relatives and possessions (wealth) in those past lives?

Words meanings summery:

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  • असि (asi) - you are
  • चेत् (cet) - if
  • त्वम् (tvam) - you
  • तत् (tat) - then, therefore
  • अन्येषु (anyeṣu) - among other beings (jīvas) (in others, among others)
  • यातेषु (yāteṣu) - in those who have passed through (many births) (in (those) who have gone/passed)
  • बहुजन्मसु (bahujanmasu) - across numerous past existences (saṃsāra) (in many births)
  • ये (ye) - those who (who, which)
  • बन्धवः (bandhavaḥ) - relatives, kinsmen
  • ये (ye) - those who (who, which)
  • विभवाः (vibhavāḥ) - material possessions (possessions, wealth, prosperity)
  • किम् (kim) - why (what, why, whether)
  • तान् (tān) - those (relatives and possessions from past lives) (them, those)
  • अपि (api) - also, even, too
  • (na) - not, no
  • शोचसि (śocasi) - you grieve, you lament

Words meanings and morphology

असि (asi) - you are
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
चेत् (cet) - if
(indeclinable)
त्वम् (tvam) - you
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
तत् (tat) - then, therefore
(indeclinable)
अन्येषु (anyeṣu) - among other beings (jīvas) (in others, among others)
(pronoun)
Locative, masculine, plural of anya
anya - other, different
यातेषु (yāteṣu) - in those who have passed through (many births) (in (those) who have gone/passed)
(adjective)
Locative, masculine, plural of yāta
yāta - gone, passed, departed
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root yā- (to go) with suffix -ta.
Root: yā (class 2)
बहुजन्मसु (bahujanmasu) - across numerous past existences (saṃsāra) (in many births)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, plural of bahujanman
bahujanman - many births, numerous existences
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bahu+janman)
  • bahu – much, many, numerous
    adjective
  • janman – birth, existence, life
    noun (neuter)
    Root: jan (class 4)
ये (ye) - those who (who, which)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of yad
yad - who, which, what
बन्धवः (bandhavaḥ) - relatives, kinsmen
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of bandhu
bandhu - relative, kinsman, friend
Root: bandh
ये (ye) - those who (who, which)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of yad
yad - who, which, what
विभवाः (vibhavāḥ) - material possessions (possessions, wealth, prosperity)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vibhava
vibhava - power, wealth, prosperity, greatness, possessions
Prefix: vi
Root: bhū (class 1)
किम् (kim) - why (what, why, whether)
(indeclinable)
तान् (tān) - those (relatives and possessions from past lives) (them, those)
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, those
अपि (api) - also, even, too
(indeclinable)
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
शोचसि (śocasi) - you grieve, you lament
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śuc
Root: śuc (class 1)