योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-63

को मोहः कानि दुःखानि काः कदाशाः क आधयः ।
नरकस्वर्गमोक्षादिभ्रमाः सत्यामहंकृतौ ॥ ६३ ॥

ko mohaḥ kāni duḥkhāni kāḥ kadāśāḥ ka ādhayaḥ ,
narakasvargamokṣādibhramāḥ satyāmahaṃkṛtau 63

63. kaḥ mohaḥ kāni duḥkhāni kāḥ kudāśāḥ kaḥ ādhayaḥ
narakasvargamokṣādibhramāḥ satyām ahaṅkṛtau

63. mohaḥ kaḥ? duḥkhāni kāni? kudāśāḥ kāḥ? ādhayaḥ kaḥ? [yatra] satyām ahaṅkṛtau [asti],
[tatra eva] narakasvargamokṣādibhramāḥ [bhavanti].

63. What is delusion? What are sufferings? What are unwholesome hopes? What are mental anxieties? The illusions of hell, heaven, liberation (mokṣa), and the like, only exist when there is a true ego (ahaṅkāra).

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion, infatuation, confusion

• कानि (kāni) - what (plural, neuter)

• दुःखानि (duḥkhāni) - sufferings, pains

• काः (kāḥ) - what (plural, feminine)

• कुदाशाः (kudāśāḥ) - unwholesome hopes (bad hopes, evil desires)

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• आधयः (ādhayaḥ) - mental anxieties, worries

• नरकस्वर्गमोक्षादिभ्रमाः (narakasvargamokṣādibhramāḥ) - delusions of hell, heaven, liberation (mokṣa), etc.

• सत्याम् (satyām) - when truly existing (in the existing, in the true)

• अहङ्कृतौ (ahaṅkṛtau) - when there is ego (ahaṅkāra) (in the ego, in self-consciousness)

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion, infatuation, confusion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, infatuation, confusion, bewilderment

कानि (kāni) - what (plural, neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

दुःखानि (duḥkhāni) - sufferings, pains

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, misery, sorrow

काः (kāḥ) - what (plural, feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

कुदाशाः (kudāśāḥ) - unwholesome hopes (bad hopes, evil desires)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kudāśā

kudāśā - bad hope, evil desire, wrong desire

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ku+āśā)

• ku – bad, evil, contemptible
  prefix
• āśā – hope, expectation, desire
  noun (feminine)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

आधयः (ādhayaḥ) - mental anxieties, worries

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ādhi

ādhi - mental pain, anxiety, worry

नरकस्वर्गमोक्षादिभ्रमाः (narakasvargamokṣādibhramāḥ) - delusions of hell, heaven, liberation (mokṣa), etc.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of narakasvargamokṣādibhrama

narakasvargamokṣādibhrama - illusion/delusion of hell, heaven, liberation (mokṣa), etc.

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (naraka+svarga+mokṣa+ādi+bhrama)

• naraka – hell, underworld
  noun (masculine)
• svarga – heaven, paradise
  noun (masculine)
• mokṣa – liberation, emancipation, freedom (mokṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable
• bhrama – delusion, error, illusion, wandering
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram

सत्याम् (satyām) - when truly existing (in the existing, in the true)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of satya

satya - true, real, existing

अहङ्कृतौ (ahaṅkṛtau) - when there is ego (ahaṅkāra) (in the ego, in self-consciousness)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of ahaṅkṛti

ahaṅkṛti - ego, egotism, self-consciousness (ahaṅkāra)

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