योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-34, verse-8

किमहं नाम तावत्स्यां योऽस्मिन्भुवनडम्बरे ।
वच्मि गच्छामि तिष्ठामि प्रयत्नेनाहरामि च ॥ ८ ॥

kimahaṃ nāma tāvatsyāṃ yo'sminbhuvanaḍambare ,
vacmi gacchāmi tiṣṭhāmi prayatnenāharāmi ca 8

8. kim aham nāma tāvat syām yaḥ asmin bhuvana-ḍambare
vacmi gacchāmi tiṣṭhāmi prayatnena āharāmi ca

8. tāvat aham nāma kim syām yaḥ asmin bhuvana-ḍambare
vacmi gacchāmi tiṣṭhāmi ca prayatnena āharāmi

8. What then, am I truly, who in this grand spectacle of the world, speaks, moves, remains, and strives to acquire?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?; why?

• अहम् (aham) - I

• नाम (nāma) - indeed; truly; by name

• तावत् (tāvat) - then; meanwhile; so much

• स्याम् (syām) - may I be; I might be

• यः (yaḥ) - who; which

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• भुवन-डम्बरे (bhuvana-ḍambare) - in the spectacle of the world

• वच्मि (vacmi) - I speak; I say

• गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I go; I move

• तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand; I remain; I stay

• प्रयत्नेन (prayatnena) - with effort; by exertion

• आहरामि (āharāmi) - I bring; I acquire; I take

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?; why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?; which?; why?

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

asmad - I; myself

First person singular pronoun.

नाम (nāma) - indeed; truly; by name

(indeclinable)

तावत् (tāvat) - then; meanwhile; so much

(indeclinable)

स्याम् (syām) - may I be; I might be

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

optative

First person singular active optative of the root as-.

Root: as (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - who; which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who; which; what; whoever

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this; here

भुवन-डम्बरे (bhuvana-ḍambare) - in the spectacle of the world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhuvana-ḍambara

bhuvana-ḍambara - grand display of the world; show of the universe

Compound of bhuvana (world, universe) and ḍambara (pomp, display, show).

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhuvana+ḍambara)

• bhuvana – world; earth; universe; being
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from the root bhū- (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ḍambara – pomp; display; show; grandeur; noise
  noun (masculine)

वच्मि (vacmi) - I speak; I say

(verb)

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

present indicative

First person singular active present indicative of the root vac-.

Root: vac (class 2)

गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I go; I move

(verb)

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

present indicative

First person singular active present indicative of the root gam-.

Root: gam (class 1)

तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand; I remain; I stay

(verb)

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

present indicative

First person singular active present indicative of the root sthā-.

Root: sthā (class 1)

प्रयत्नेन (prayatnena) - with effort; by exertion

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prayatna

prayatna - effort; exertion; endeavor; attempt

Derived from the root yat- (to strive) with upasarga pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: yat (class 1)

आहरामि (āharāmi) - I bring; I acquire; I take

(verb)

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

present indicative

First person singular active present indicative of the root hṛ- with upasarga ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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