योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-85

अद्याहमस्मि जातोऽयमहमद्य महामतिः ।
अहंकारमहाभ्रेण यत्कृष्णेनालमुज्झितः ॥ ८५ ॥

adyāhamasmi jāto'yamahamadya mahāmatiḥ ,
ahaṃkāramahābhreṇa yatkṛṣṇenālamujjhitaḥ 85

85. adya aham asmi jātaḥ ayam aham adya mahāmatiḥ |
ahaṅkāramahābhreṇa yat kṛṣṇena alam ujjhitaḥ ||

85. adya aham jātaḥ asmi; adya ayam aham mahāmatiḥ; yat kṛṣṇena ahaṅkāramahābhreṇa alam ujjhitaḥ (aham).

85. Today I am reborn; this 'I' is now profoundly wise. For, by Kṛṣṇa, I have been completely freed from the great cloud of ego (ahaṅkāra).

Words meanings summery:

• अद्य (adya) - today, now, at this moment

• अहम् (aham) - I, myself

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am, I exist

• जातः (jātaḥ) - reborn (born, produced, arisen)

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• अहम् (aham) - I, myself

• अद्य (adya) - today, now, at this moment

• महामतिः (mahāmatiḥ) - great-minded, highly intelligent, of great intellect

• अहङ्कारमहाभ्रेण (ahaṅkāramahābhreṇa) - by the great cloud of ego (ahaṅkāra)

• यत् (yat) - because (because, for, which (relative pronoun))

• कृष्णेन (kṛṣṇena) - by Kṛṣṇa

• अलम् (alam) - completely (enough, completely, sufficiently)

• उज्झितः (ujjhitaḥ) - liberated, freed from (abandoned, cast off, released)

Words meanings and morphology

अद्य (adya) - today, now, at this moment

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I, myself

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

अस्मि (asmi) - I am, I exist

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

present active

root 'as', class 2, Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

जातः (jātaḥ) - reborn (born, produced, arisen)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, become

Past Passive Participle

from root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

अहम् (aham) - I, myself

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

अद्य (adya) - today, now, at this moment

(indeclinable)

महामतिः (mahāmatiḥ) - great-minded, highly intelligent, of great intellect

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāmati

mahāmati - great-minded, highly intelligent

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+mati)

• mahā – great, large, extensive
  adjective
• mati – mind, intellect, thought, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  Root: man (class 4)

अहङ्कारमहाभ्रेण (ahaṅkāramahābhreṇa) - by the great cloud of ego (ahaṅkāra)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ahaṅkāramahābhra

ahaṅkāramahābhra - great cloud of ego

Compound type : tatpurusha (ahaṅkāra+mahābhra)

• ahaṅkāra – ego (ahaṅkāra), sense of 'I-ness'
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: aham
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• mahābhra – great cloud
  noun (neuter)

यत् (yat) - because (because, for, which (relative pronoun))

(indeclinable)

कृष्णेन (kṛṣṇena) - by Kṛṣṇa

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Kṛṣṇa (proper name); black, dark

अलम् (alam) - completely (enough, completely, sufficiently)

(indeclinable)

उज्झितः (ujjhitaḥ) - liberated, freed from (abandoned, cast off, released)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ujjhita

ujjhita - abandoned, cast off, given up, released

Past Passive Participle

from root ujjh (to abandon)

Root: ujjh (class 1)

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