योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-36, verse-44

अद्य त्वं देहनगरे राजा स्फारमनोरथः ।
न दुःखैर्गृह्यसे नापि सुखैर्व्योम करैरिव ॥ ४४ ॥

adya tvaṃ dehanagare rājā sphāramanorathaḥ ,
na duḥkhairgṛhyase nāpi sukhairvyoma karairiva 44

44. adya tvam dehanagare rājā sphāramanōrathaḥ na
duḥkhaiḥ gṛhyase na api sukhaiḥ vyoma karaiḥ iva

44. adya dehanagare tvam sphāramanōrathaḥ rājā tvam duḥkhaiḥ na gṛhyase,
api sukhaiḥ na,
iva vyoma karaiḥ.

44. Today, in the city of the body, you are a king with vast desires. You are not grasped by sorrows, nor even by pleasures, just as the sky is not seized by (sun's) rays.

Words meanings summery:

• अद्य (adya) - today, now, at present

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• देहनगरे (dehanagare) - The 'body' is metaphorically described as a 'city'. (in the city of the body)

• राजा (rājā) - You are like a king, implying control and sovereignty within the body. (king, ruler)

• स्फारमन्ओरथः (sphāramanōrathaḥ) - whose desires are vast/expansive, having extensive desires

• न (na) - not

• दुःखैः (duḥkhaiḥ) - by sorrows, by sufferings

• गृह्यसे (gṛhyase) - you are seized, you are grasped, you are caught

• न (na) - not

• अपि (api) - Used with `na` to mean 'nor even'. (also, even, moreover, (interrogative particle))

• सुखैः (sukhaiḥ) - by pleasures, by happiness

• व्योम (vyoma) - sky, atmosphere, space

• करैः (karaiḥ) - By (sun's) rays, implying they cannot grasp the vastness of the sky. (by hands, by rays (of the sun), by trunks (of an elephant))

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

अद्य (adya) - today, now, at present

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuşmad

yuşmad - you

Second person pronoun stem

देहनगरे (dehanagare) - The 'body' is metaphorically described as a 'city'. (in the city of the body)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dehanagara

dehanagara - city of the body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+nagara)

• deha – body, form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

राजा (rājā) - You are like a king, implying control and sovereignty within the body. (king, ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, monarch

N-stem noun

Root: rāj

स्फारमन्ओरथः (sphāramanōrathaḥ) - whose desires are vast/expansive, having extensive desires

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sphāramanōratha

sphāramanōratha - whose desires are vast/expansive, having extensive desires

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sphāra+manoratha)

• sphāra – vast, extensive, expansive, great
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sphāy
• manoratha – desire, wish, mental desire
  noun (masculine)
  From `manas` (mind) + `ratha` (chariot/desire)
  Root: man

Note: Modifies `tvam` and `rājā`.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

दुःखैः (duḥkhaiḥ) - by sorrows, by sufferings

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, pain, suffering, misery

गृह्यसे (gṛhyase) - you are seized, you are grasped, you are caught

(verb)

2nd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of grah

Present Passive Second Person Singular

From root `grah` (class 9, `gṛhṇāti`), passive form

Root: grah (class 9)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - Used with `na` to mean 'nor even'. (also, even, moreover, (interrogative particle))

(indeclinable)

सुखैः (sukhaiḥ) - by pleasures, by happiness

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of sukha

sukha - pleasure, happiness, joy, comfort

व्योम (vyoma) - sky, atmosphere, space

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space

N-stem noun

करैः (karaiḥ) - By (sun's) rays, implying they cannot grasp the vastness of the sky. (by hands, by rays (of the sun), by trunks (of an elephant))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kara

kara - hand, ray (of sun), trunk (of elephant)

Root: kṛ

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)