योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-29, verse-10

मोक्षमिच्छाम्यहं कस्माद्बद्धः केनास्मि वै पुरा ।
अबद्धो मोक्षमिच्छामि केयं बालविडम्बना ॥ १० ॥

mokṣamicchāmyahaṃ kasmādbaddhaḥ kenāsmi vai purā ,
abaddho mokṣamicchāmi keyaṃ bālaviḍambanā 10

10. mokṣam icchāmi aham kasmāt baddhaḥ kena asmi vai
purā abaddhaḥ mokṣam icchāmi kā iyam bālaviḍambanā

10. aham kasmāt mokṣam icchāmi? purā kena baddhaḥ asmi vai? abaddhaḥ mokṣam icchāmi.
iyam kā bālaviḍambanā?

10. Why do I desire final liberation (mokṣa)? By whom was I indeed bound before? I am unbound, yet I desire final liberation (mokṣa). What is this childish delusion?

Words meanings summery:

• मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation (mokṣa), freedom

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

• अहम् (aham) - I

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why?, from what?

• बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied

• केन (kena) - by whom?

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• वै (vai) - indeed, verily

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, in ancient times

• अबद्धः (abaddhaḥ) - unbound, not bound

• मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation (mokṣa), freedom

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

• का (kā) - what?

• इयम् (iyam) - this

• बालविडम्बना (bālaviḍambanā) - childish mockery, foolish delusion

Words meanings and morphology

मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation (mokṣa), freedom

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, freedom, release, salvation, emancipation (mokṣa)

From root muc (to free, release)

Root: muc (class 6)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

(verb)

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

Desiderative stem

Root form is iṣ, 'icchā' is the present stem of the desiderative.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why?, from what?

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, which? (interrogative pronoun)

बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, imprisoned, fettered

Past Passive Participle

From root bandh (to bind)

Root: bandh (class 9)

केन (kena) - by whom?

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, which? (interrogative pronoun)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

वै (vai) - indeed, verily

(indeclinable)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, in ancient times

(indeclinable)

अबद्धः (abaddhaḥ) - unbound, not bound

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abaddha

abaddha - unbound, not tied, free

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+baddha)

• a – not, un-
  prefix
• baddha – bound, tied, imprisoned
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bandh (to bind)
  Root: bandh (class 9)

मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation (mokṣa), freedom

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, freedom, release, salvation, emancipation (mokṣa)

From root muc (to free, release)

Root: muc (class 6)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

(verb)

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

Desiderative stem

Root form is iṣ, 'icchā' is the present stem of the desiderative.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

का (kā) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, which? (interrogative pronoun)

इयम् (iyam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, here, the present

बालविडम्बना (bālaviḍambanā) - childish mockery, foolish delusion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bālaviḍambanā

bālaviḍambanā - childish mockery, foolish delusion, a child's deception

Compound type : tatpurusha (bāla+viḍambanā)

• bāla – child, childish, foolish, naive
  adjective (masculine)
• viḍambanā – mockery, deception, delusion, imitation, fraud
  noun (feminine)
  From vi-ḍamb (to mock, deceive)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ḍamb (class 1)

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