योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-84

एतावन्तमहं कालं कोऽभूवं चित्रमीदृशम् ।
येनाहमेष मिथ्यैव दृढाहंकारतां गतः ॥ ८४ ॥

etāvantamahaṃ kālaṃ ko'bhūvaṃ citramīdṛśam ,
yenāhameṣa mithyaiva dṛḍhāhaṃkāratāṃ gataḥ 84

84. etāvantam aham kālam kaḥ abhūvam citram īdṛśam
yena aham eṣa mithyā eva dṛḍhahaṅkāratām gataḥ

84. aham etāvantam kālam kaḥ abhūvam īdṛśam citram
yena eṣa aham mithyā eva dṛḍhahaṅkāratām gataḥ

84. Who was I for such a long time? This is truly a wonder, that I, this very person, merely falsely attained such a firm state of ego (ahaṅkāratā).

Words meanings summery:

• एतावन्तम् (etāvantam) - such a long, so much, so great

• अहम् (aham) - I

• कालम् (kālam) - time, duration

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• अभूवम् (abhūvam) - I was, I became

• चित्रम् (citram) - a wonder, strange thing, amazing

• ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such, of this kind

• येन (yena) - by whom, by which

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एष (eṣa) - this, this one

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, untrue

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• दृढहङ्कारताम् (dṛḍhahaṅkāratām) - the state of firm/strong ego

• गतः (gataḥ) - gone, attained, reached

Words meanings and morphology

एतावन्तम् (etāvantam) - such a long, so much, so great

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etāvat

etāvat - so much, so far, so long, of such extent

Note: Agrees with 'kālam'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

कालम् (kālam) - time, duration

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, duration

Note: Used adverbially to denote 'for a long time'.

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

अभूवम् (abhūvam) - I was, I became

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

चित्रम् (citram) - a wonder, strange thing, amazing

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citra

citra - variegated, strange, wonderful, picture, surprising

ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such, of this kind

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind, like this

Note: Agrees with 'citram'.

येन (yena) - by whom, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yat

yat - who, which, what

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

एष (eṣa) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, untrue

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

दृढहङ्कारताम् (dṛḍhahaṅkāratām) - the state of firm/strong ego

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dṛḍhahaṅkāratā

dṛḍhahaṅkāratā - state of strong ego (ahaṅkāra)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dṛḍha+ahaṅkāra+tā)

• dṛḍha – firm, strong, rigid, fixed
  adjective
• ahaṅkāra – ego, self-conceit, the faculty of 'I-making', ahaṅkāra
  noun (masculine)
• tā – suffix forming abstract noun (state of being)
  suffix (feminine)
  Suffix forming abstract feminine noun.

गतः (gataḥ) - gone, attained, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached

Past Passive Participle

formed from root 'gam' with suffix -ta

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'aham' (masculine singular implied for the speaker).

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