योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-50, verse-58

अहंकारविकारेण ममतामलहेलया ।
इदं ममेति भावेन चेतो गच्छति पीनताम् ॥ ५८ ॥

ahaṃkāravikāreṇa mamatāmalahelayā ,
idaṃ mameti bhāvena ceto gacchati pīnatām 58

58. ahaṅkāravikāreṇa mamātā-mala-helayā idam
mama iti bhāvena cetaḥ gacchati pīnatām

58. ahaṅkāravikāreṇa mamātā-mala-helayā idam
mama iti bhāvena cetaḥ pīnatām gacchati

58. Through the modifications of ego (ahaṅkāra) and the sport of the defilement of possessiveness, by the sentiment 'this is mine,' the mind becomes engrossed.

Words meanings summery:

• अहङ्कारविकारेण (ahaṅkāravikāreṇa) - by the modification/transformation of ego

• ममाता-मल-हेलया (mamātā-mala-helayā) - by the sport/play of the impurity of possessiveness

• इदम् (idam) - this

• मम (mama) - mine, of me

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating a quote

• भावेन (bhāvena) - by the feeling, by the sentiment

• चेतः (cetaḥ) - the mind

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, becomes, attains

• पीनताम् (pīnatām) - fatness, grossness, engrossment

Words meanings and morphology

अहङ्कारविकारेण (ahaṅkāravikāreṇa) - by the modification/transformation of ego

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāravikāra

ahaṅkāravikāra - modification of ego (ahaṅkāra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahaṅkāra+vikāra)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, egocentricity
  noun (masculine)
• vikāra – change, modification, transformation, perversion
  noun (masculine)

ममाता-मल-हेलया (mamātā-mala-helayā) - by the sport/play of the impurity of possessiveness

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mamātā-mala-helā

mamātā-mala-helā - the sport of the impurity of possessiveness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mamātā+mala+helā)

• mamātā – possessiveness, mineness
  noun (feminine)
• mala – impurity, dirt, defilement
  noun (neuter)
• helā – sport, play, ease, contempt
  noun (feminine)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

मम (mama) - mine, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating a quote

(indeclinable)

भावेन (bhāvena) - by the feeling, by the sentiment

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - state, condition, feeling, sentiment, existence

चेतः (cetaḥ) - the mind

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, intellect, heart

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, becomes, attains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

पीनताम् (pīnatām) - fatness, grossness, engrossment

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pīnatā

pīnatā - fatness, stoutness, grossness, fullness

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