योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-5, verse-26

पृथगात्मा पृथग्देही जलपद्मलवोपमौ ।
ऊर्ध्वबाहुर्विरौम्येष न च कश्चिच्छृणोति मे ॥ २६ ॥

pṛthagātmā pṛthagdehī jalapadmalavopamau ,
ūrdhvabāhurviraumyeṣa na ca kaścicchṛṇoti me 26

26. pṛthak ātmā pṛthak dehī jala padma lava upamau |
ūrdhvabāhuḥ viraumi eṣa na ca kaścid śṛṇoti me ||

26. ātmā pṛthak,
dehī pṛthak (asti); (tau) jala-padmalava-upamau (sthaḥ).
eṣaḥ (aham) ūrdhvabāhuḥ viraumi,
ca kaścit me na śṛṇoti.

26. The self (ātman) is distinct, and the body (dehin) is distinct, just like water and a lotus leaf. I cry out with raised arms, yet no one hears me.

26. העצמי נפרד והגוף נפרד, כמו טיפת מים ועלה הלוטוס! אני צועק זאת בידיים מורמות אל על, אך איש אינו מטה אוזן!

Words meanings summery:

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separate, distinct, apart

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the individual self or spirit (self, soul, spirit, essential nature)

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separate, distinct, apart

• देही (dehī) - an embodied being, the possessor of a body

• जल पद्म लव उपमौ (jala padma lava upamau) - like water and a lotus leaf

• ऊर्ध्वबाहुः (ūrdhvabāhuḥ) - with raised arms

• विरौमि (viraumi) - I cry aloud, I shout

• एष (eṣa) - this (one)

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and

• कश्चिद् (kaścid) - someone, anyone (with negation: no one)

• शृणोति (śṛṇoti) - hears, listens

• मे (me) - to me, my

Words meanings and morphology

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separate, distinct, apart

(indeclinable)

Root: pṛth

आत्मा (ātmā) - the individual self or spirit (self, soul, spirit, essential nature)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit

Note: Subject.

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separate, distinct, apart

(indeclinable)

Root: pṛth

देही (dehī) - an embodied being, the possessor of a body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehin

dehin - embodied, living being, the soul in the body

From 'deha' (body) + 'in' (possessive suffix).

Note: Subject.

जल पद्म लव उपमौ (jala padma lava upamau) - like water and a lotus leaf

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of jalapadmalavopama

jalapadmalavopama - comparable to water and a lotus leaf (implying non-adherence)

Compound formed from 'jala' (water), 'padmalava' (lotus leaf/petal), and 'upama' (like).

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (jala+padmalava+upama)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• padmalava – lotus leaf, lotus petal, part of a lotus
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'padma' (lotus) and 'lava' (part, speck, or by extension, leaf/petal).
• upama – like, resembling
  adjective (masculine)
  From upa + mā (to measure, compare).
  Prefix: upa
  Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'ātma' and 'dehī'.

ऊर्ध्वबाहुः (ūrdhvabāhuḥ) - with raised arms

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ūrdhvabāhu

ūrdhvabāhu - having raised arms

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ūrdhva+bāhu)

• ūrdhva – upwards, raised
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies the speaker (implied 'aham').

विरौमि (viraumi) - I cry aloud, I shout

(verb)

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

From 'vi' (apart, intensifier) + 'ru' (to cry, roar).

Prefix: vi

Root: ru (class 2)

एष (eṣa) - this (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कश्चिद् (kaścid) - someone, anyone (with negation: no one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone

From 'kim' (what/who) + 'cid' (particle for indefiniteness).

Note: Subject of 'śṛṇoti'.

शृणोति (śṛṇoti) - hears, listens

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Enclitic form of asmad.

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