योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-54

आविर्भावतिरोभावैराशापाशविचेष्टनैः ।
अहं चिरमहंकारद्विषा समवमोषितः ॥ ५४ ॥

āvirbhāvatirobhāvairāśāpāśaviceṣṭanaiḥ ,
ahaṃ ciramahaṃkāradviṣā samavamoṣitaḥ 54

54. āvirbhāvatirobhāvaiḥ āśāpāśaviceṣṭanaiḥ
aham ciram ahaṃkāradviṣā samavamohitaḥ

54. aham āvirbhāvatirobhāvaiḥ āśāpāśaviceṣṭanaiḥ
ahaṃkāradviṣā ciram samavamohitaḥ

54. By successive appearances and disappearances, and by the struggles of the noose of desires, I was completely deluded for a long time by the enemy ego (ahaṅkāra).

Words meanings summery:

• आविर्भावतिरोभावैः (āvirbhāvatirobhāvaiḥ) - by appearances and disappearances

• आशापाशविचेष्टनैः (āśāpāśaviceṣṭanaiḥ) - by the activities/struggles of the noose of desires

• अहम् (aham) - I, myself

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

• अहंकारद्विषा (ahaṁkāradviṣā) - by the enemy ego (ahaṅkāra)

• समवमोहितः (samavamohitaḥ) - completely deluded, thoroughly bewildered

Words meanings and morphology

आविर्भावतिरोभावैः (āvirbhāvatirobhāvaiḥ) - by appearances and disappearances

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of āvirbhāvatirobhāva

āvirbhāvatirobhāva - appearance and disappearance

Dvandva-like compound of āvirbhāva (appearance) and tirobhāva (disappearance).

Compound type : dvandva (āvirbhāva+tirobhāva)

• āvirbhāva – appearance, manifestation
  noun (masculine)
  Action noun
  From root bhū (to be) with prefix āvis (visible)
  Prefix: āvis
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• tirobhāva – disappearance, concealment
  noun (masculine)
  Action noun
  From root bhū (to be) with prefix tiras (across, out of sight)
  Prefix: tiras
  Root: bhū (class 1)

आशापाशविचेष्टनैः (āśāpāśaviceṣṭanaiḥ) - by the activities/struggles of the noose of desires

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of āśāpāśaviceṣṭana

āśāpāśaviceṣṭana - the activities/struggles of the noose of desires

Compound: āśāpāśa (noose of desires) + viceṣṭana (activity/struggle).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āśāpāśa+viceṣṭana)

• āśāpāśa – noose of hope/desire
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of āśā (hope/desire) and pāśa (noose)
• viceṣṭana – activity, action, struggle
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  From root ceṣṭ (to strive) with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I, myself

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

First person singular pronoun

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of cira (long-lasting).

Note: Adverb.

अहंकारद्विषा (ahaṁkāradviṣā) - by the enemy ego (ahaṅkāra)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ahaṃkāradviṣ

ahaṁkāradviṣ - ego (ahaṅkāra) as an enemy

Compound of ahaṃkāra and dviṣ. dviṣ means 'enemy'. Here, it's a karmadhāraya compound where ahaṃkāra itself is the enemy.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ahaṃkāra+dviṣ)

• ahaṃkāra – ego, self-sense, false identification
  noun (masculine)
• dviṣ – enemy, hater
  noun (masculine)
  From root dviṣ (to hate)
  Root: dviṣ (class 2)

समवमोहितः (samavamohitaḥ) - completely deluded, thoroughly bewildered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samavamohita

samavamohita - completely deluded, thoroughly bewildered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root muh (to be bewildered) with prefixes sam-ava-.

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with aham (implied).

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