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5,34

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-34, verse-65

भवानयमयं चाहमिति मिथ्यैव विभ्रमः ।
कोदेहः कोऽप्यदेहो वा को मृतः कश्च जीवति ॥ ६५ ॥
bhavānayamayaṃ cāhamiti mithyaiva vibhramaḥ ,
kodehaḥ ko'pyadeho vā ko mṛtaḥ kaśca jīvati 65
65. bhavān ayam ayam ca aham iti mithyā eva vibhramaḥ
kaḥ dehaḥ kaḥ api adehaḥ vā kaḥ mṛtaḥ ca kaḥ jīvati
65. bhavān ayam ayam ca aham iti eva mithyā vibhramaḥ
kaḥ dehaḥ kaḥ api adehaḥ vā kaḥ mṛtaḥ ca kaḥ jīvati
65. The thought 'You are this one, and I am this one' is simply a false delusion (vibhrama). Who is truly embodied, and who is disembodied? Who is truly dead, and who truly lives?

Words meanings summery:

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  • भवान् (bhavān) - you (referring to the other individual) (you (respectful), sir, being)
  • अयम् (ayam) - this one (referring to a specific person or identity for 'you') (this, this one)
  • अयम् (ayam) - this one (referring to a specific person or identity for 'I') (this, this one)
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • अहम् (aham) - I (the egoistic sense of self) (I, myself)
  • इति (iti) - thus, (marks the thought) (thus, in this way, (marks direct speech or thought))
  • मिथ्या (mithyā) - false, illusory (falsely, wrongly, untrue, illusion)
  • एव (eva) - simply, indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)
  • विभ्रमः (vibhramaḥ) - delusion (vibhrama) (delusion, error, confusion, wandering)
  • कः (kaḥ) - who (who, which)
  • देहः (dehaḥ) - embodied, possessing a body (body, form, person)
  • कः (kaḥ) - who (who, which)
  • अपि (api) - even, also (even, also, too)
  • अदेहः (adehaḥ) - disembodied (bodiless, disembodied)
  • वा (vā) - or (or, either)
  • कः (kaḥ) - who (who, which)
  • मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead (dead, deceased)
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • कः (kaḥ) - who (who, which)
  • जीवति (jīvati) - lives, is alive (lives, exists, is alive)

Words meanings and morphology

भवान् (bhavān) - you (referring to the other individual) (you (respectful), sir, being)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat
bhavat - you, sir, being
present active participle
from root bhū + śatṛ
Root: bhū (class 1)
Note: Nominative singular, used as a respectful 'you'.
अयम् (ayam) - this one (referring to a specific person or identity for 'you') (this, this one)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
Note: Refers to the specified identity of 'bhavān'.
अयम् (ayam) - this one (referring to a specific person or identity for 'I') (this, this one)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
Note: Refers to the specified identity of 'aham'.
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
अहम् (aham) - I (the egoistic sense of self) (I, myself)
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of asmad
asmad - I, myself
Note: Refers to the limited individual 'I'.
इति (iti) - thus, (marks the thought) (thus, in this way, (marks direct speech or thought))
(indeclinable)
मिथ्या (mithyā) - false, illusory (falsely, wrongly, untrue, illusion)
(indeclinable)
Note: Used adverbially to modify 'vibhramaḥ' or as a predicative adjective.
एव (eva) - simply, indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
विभ्रमः (vibhramaḥ) - delusion (vibhrama) (delusion, error, confusion, wandering)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vibhrama
vibhrama - delusion, error, confusion, wandering, agitation
from root bhram with upasarga vi
Prefix: vi
Root: bhram (class 1)
Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.
कः (kaḥ) - who (who, which)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kim
kim - who, what, which
Note: Interrogative pronoun.
देहः (dehaḥ) - embodied, possessing a body (body, form, person)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of deha
deha - body, form, person
Note: Predicative nominative, 'who is a body' or 'who is embodied'.
कः (kaḥ) - who (who, which)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kim
kim - who, what, which
Note: Interrogative pronoun.
अपि (api) - even, also (even, also, too)
(indeclinable)
अदेहः (adehaḥ) - disembodied (bodiless, disembodied)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of adeha
adeha - bodiless, disembodied, without a body
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+deha)
  • a – not, un-
    indeclinable
  • deha – body, form
    noun (masculine)
Note: Predicative nominative, 'who is bodiless'.
वा (vā) - or (or, either)
(indeclinable)
कः (kaḥ) - who (who, which)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kim
kim - who, what, which
Note: Interrogative pronoun.
मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead (dead, deceased)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta
mṛta - dead, deceased, died
Past Passive Participle
from root mṛ (to die)
Root: mṛ (class 6)
Note: Nominative singular masculine. Functions as a predicative adjective, 'who is dead'.
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
कः (kaḥ) - who (who, which)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kim
kim - who, what, which
Note: Interrogative pronoun.
जीवति (jīvati) - lives, is alive (lives, exists, is alive)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jīv
present indicative
Root: jīv (class 1)