योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-32

तथा नायमहं बद्धः सर्वभावगणातिगः ।
संबन्धः कोऽस्तु नः कामैर्भावाभावैरथेन्द्रियैः ॥ ३२ ॥

tathā nāyamahaṃ baddhaḥ sarvabhāvagaṇātigaḥ ,
saṃbandhaḥ ko'stu naḥ kāmairbhāvābhāvairathendriyaiḥ 32

32. tathā na ayam aham baddhaḥ sarvabhāvaghaṇātigaḥ sambandhaḥ
kaḥ astu naḥ kāmaiḥ bhāvābhāvaiḥ atha indriyaiḥ

32. ayam aham tathā sarvabhāvaghaṇātigaḥ baddhaḥ na.
naḥ kāmaiḥ bhāvābhāvaiḥ atha indriyaiḥ kaḥ sambandhaḥ astu?

32. Similarly, I, the Self (ātman), am not bound, as I transcend all multitudes of states of being. What connection can there be for us with desires, with existing and non-existing phenomena, or with the senses (indriya)?

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

• न (na) - not, no

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• अहम् (aham) - I

• बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied, restricted, imprisoned

• सर्वभावघणातिगः (sarvabhāvaghaṇātigaḥ) - transcending all multitudes of states of being

• सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection, relation, bond

• कः (kaḥ) - what, who

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• नः (naḥ) - for us, to us, our

• कामैः (kāmaiḥ) - by desires, with desires

• भावाभावैः (bhāvābhāvaiḥ) - by existences and non-existences, by being and non-being, with phenomena and non-phenomena

• अथ (atha) - and, then, now

• इन्द्रियैः (indriyaiḥ) - by the senses, with the sense organs

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied, restricted, imprisoned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, confined, captured

Past Passive Participle

From root bandh (to bind), suffix -ta

Root: bandh (class 9)

सर्वभावघणातिगः (sarvabhāvaghaṇātigaḥ) - transcending all multitudes of states of being

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvabhāvaghaṇātiga

sarvabhāvaghaṇātiga - one who goes beyond or transcends all groups of states/existences

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+bhāva+ghaṇa+atiga)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• bhāva – state of being, existence, nature, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ghaṇa – multitude, group, collection, mass
  noun (masculine)
• atiga – going beyond, transcending, passing over
  adjective (masculine)
  From root i (to go) with prefix ati
  Prefix: ati
  Root: i (class 2)

सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection, relation, bond

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sambandha

sambandha - connection, relation, bond, tie

From root bandh (to bind) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: bandh (class 9)

कः (kaḥ) - what, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

नः (naḥ) - for us, to us, our

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Note: Can also be genitive plural, but here implies 'for us'.

कामैः (kāmaiḥ) - by desires, with desires

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, longing, love

From root kam (to desire)

Root: kam (class 1)

भावाभावैः (bhāvābhāvaiḥ) - by existences and non-existences, by being and non-being, with phenomena and non-phenomena

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhāvābhāva

bhāvābhāva - existence and non-existence, being and non-being

Compound type : dvandva (bhāva+abhāva)

• bhāva – state of being, existence, sentiment, phenomenon
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abhāva – non-existence, non-being, absence
  noun (masculine)
  Negative prefix a- + bhāva

अथ (atha) - and, then, now

(indeclinable)

इन्द्रियैः (indriyaiḥ) - by the senses, with the sense organs

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty of sense

Derived from Indra or 'might'

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