योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-52, verse-32

अयं सोऽहमिति व्यर्थं दुर्दृष्टिरवलम्बिता ।
त्वया मूढविनाशाय शङ्काविषविषूचिका ॥ ३२ ॥

ayaṃ so'hamiti vyarthaṃ durdṛṣṭiravalambitā ,
tvayā mūḍhavināśāya śaṅkāviṣaviṣūcikā 32

32. ayam saḥ aham iti vyartham durdṛṣṭiḥ avalambitā
tvayā mūḍha-vināśāya śaṅkā-viṣa-viṣūcikā

32. tvayā mūḍha-vināśāya ayam saḥ aham iti vyartham
śaṅkā-viṣa-viṣūcikā durdṛṣṭiḥ avalambitā

32. This erroneous perception, 'I am that,' has been uselessly embraced by you, becoming a fatal cholera-like disease, a poison of doubt, leading to the destruction of the deluded.

32. הראייה השגויה הזו של אני הוא זה ננקטה על ידייך לשווא, כמו מגפת רעל הספק, לשם אבדנם של הסכלים.

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• सः (saḥ) - that

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इति (iti) - introduces or concludes a quotation (thus, so)

• व्यर्थम् (vyartham) - uselessly, in vain

• दुर्दृष्टिः (durdṛṣṭiḥ) - wrong perception, false view

• अवलम्बिता (avalambitā) - grasped, adopted, taken hold of

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• मूढ-विनाशाय (mūḍha-vināśāya) - for the destruction of the deluded

• शङ्का-विष-विषूचिका (śaṅkā-viṣa-viṣūcikā) - the cholera-like disease of the poison of doubt

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this (pronoun)

सः (saḥ) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that (pronoun)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person pronoun)

इति (iti) - introduces or concludes a quotation (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

व्यर्थम् (vyartham) - uselessly, in vain

(indeclinable)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+artha)

• vi – apart, away, intense, special
  indeclinable
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially (neuter accusative singular).

दुर्दृष्टिः (durdṛṣṭiḥ) - wrong perception, false view

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of durdṛṣṭi

durdṛṣṭi - wrong vision, erroneous perception, evil eye

Compound type : tatpurusha (dur+dṛṣṭi)

• dur – bad, difficult, evil, wrong
  indeclinable
• dṛṣṭi – sight, vision, perception, view, insight
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

अवलम्बिता (avalambitā) - grasped, adopted, taken hold of

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avalambita

avalambita - supported, taken hold of, adopted, embraced, depended on

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √lamb (to hang down, support) with the prefix ava- and the past passive participle suffix -ita.

Prefix: ava

Root: lamb (class 1)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of tvam

tvam - you

मूढ-विनाशाय (mūḍha-vināśāya) - for the destruction of the deluded

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of mūḍha-vināśa

mūḍha-vināśa - destruction of the deluded/foolish

Compound type : tatpurusha (mūḍha+vināśa)

• mūḍha – deluded, foolish, bewildered, infatuated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √muh (to be bewildered, deluded) with the past passive participle suffix -kta.
  Root: muh (class 4)
• vināśa – destruction, ruin, loss, annihilation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: naś (class 4)

शङ्का-विष-विषूचिका (śaṅkā-viṣa-viṣūcikā) - the cholera-like disease of the poison of doubt

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śaṅkā-viṣa-viṣūcikā

śaṅkā-viṣa-viṣūcikā - the cholera of the poison of doubt/suspicion

Compound type : tatpurusha (śaṅkā+viṣa+viṣūcikā)

• śaṅkā – doubt, apprehension, fear, suspicion
  noun (feminine)
• viṣa – poison, venom, bane
  noun (neuter)
• viṣūcikā – cholera, epidemic, a kind of fever accompanied by vomiting and purging
  noun (feminine)

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