योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-40, verse-12

देहस्याहमहं देहीति क्षीणे चित्तविभ्रमे ।
त्यजामि न त्यजामीति किं मुधा कलनोदिता ॥ १२ ॥

dehasyāhamahaṃ dehīti kṣīṇe cittavibhrame ,
tyajāmi na tyajāmīti kiṃ mudhā kalanoditā 12

12. dehasya aham aham dehī iti kṣīṇe cittavibhrome
tyajāmi na tyajāmi iti kim mudhā kalana uditā

12. dehasya aham aham dehī iti cittavibhrome kṣīṇe
tyajāmi na tyajāmi iti mudhā kalana uditā kim

12. When the mental delusion (cittavibhrama) of "I belong to the body" or "I am the embodied one" has vanished, why does the deliberation (kalana) of "I abandon, I do not abandon" arise in vain?

Words meanings summery:

• देहस्य (dehasya) - of the body

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अहम् (aham) - I

• देही (dehī) - the embodied one, the soul (as residing in the body)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating quoted speech or thought

• क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - when dissolved, when vanished, when weakened

• चित्तविभ्रमे (cittavibhrame) - in mental delusion, in confusion of mind

• त्यजामि (tyajāmi) - I abandon, I give up, I renounce

• न (na) - not, nor

• त्यजामि (tyajāmi) - I abandon, I give up, I renounce

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating quoted speech or thought

• किम् (kim) - why?, what?

• मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

• कलन (kalana) - computation, deliberation, calculation, thought

• उदिता (uditā) - arisen, uttered, spoken

Words meanings and morphology

देहस्य (dehasya) - of the body

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, physical frame

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person singular pronoun)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person singular pronoun)

देही (dehī) - the embodied one, the soul (as residing in the body)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehin

dehin - embodied, having a body, the soul

Derived from deha (body) + -in suffix (possessing)

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating quoted speech or thought

(indeclinable)

क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - when dissolved, when vanished, when weakened

(participle)

Locative, neuter, singular of kṣīṇa

kṣīṇa - diminished, wasted, decayed, vanished, worn out

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṣi (to waste, perish)

Root: kṣi (class 4)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction, typically 'when X is Y-ed'.

चित्तविभ्रमे (cittavibhrame) - in mental delusion, in confusion of mind

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of cittavibhrama

cittavibhrama - mental delusion, confusion of mind, distraction of thought

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+vibhrama)

• citta – mind, thought, intellect, heart
  noun (neuter)
• vibhrama – error, delusion, confusion, wandering
  noun (masculine)

त्यजामि (tyajāmi) - I abandon, I give up, I renounce

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

त्यजामि (tyajāmi) - I abandon, I give up, I renounce

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating quoted speech or thought

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - why?, what?

(indeclinable)

मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

कलन (kalana) - computation, deliberation, calculation, thought

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalana

kalana - calculating, computing, deliberation, thinking

Derived from root kal (to calculate, reckon)

Root: kal (class 10)

Note: Often feminine in later Sanskrit.

उदिता (uditā) - arisen, uttered, spoken

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udita

udita - risen, appeared, said, spoken, elevated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vad (to speak) with upasarga ud-

Prefix: ud

Root: vad (class 1)