योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-52, verse-35

कः किलायं मुधा मोहो बालस्येवाविचारिणः ।
अयं सोऽहमिति भ्रान्तिस्त्वहंतापरिकल्पिता ॥ ३५ ॥

kaḥ kilāyaṃ mudhā moho bālasyevāvicāriṇaḥ ,
ayaṃ so'hamiti bhrāntistvahaṃtāparikalpitā 35

35. kaḥ kila ayam mudhā mohaḥ bālasya iva avicāriṇaḥ
ayam saḥ aham iti bhrāntiḥ tu ahaṃtā parikalpitā

35. ayam avicāriṇaḥ bālasya iva mudhā mohaḥ kaḥ kila? ayam saḥ aham iti bhrāntiḥ tu ahaṃtā parikalpitā.

35. What indeed is this futile delusion, like that of an unthinking child? This mistaken idea, 'I am this,' is imagined by the sense of 'I-ness' or ego (ahaṅtā).

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - What kind of (delusion)? (who, what, which)

• किल (kila) - indeed (indeed, certainly, as it were)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (delusion) (this)

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

• मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion (delusion, infatuation, confusion)

• बालस्य (bālasya) - of a child (of a child, of a boy)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as it were)

• अविचारिणः (avicāriṇaḥ) - of an unthinking (person) (of an unthinking, inconsiderate, indiscreet (person))

• अयम् (ayam) - This (in "This is I") (this)

• सः (saḥ) - that (in "That I am") (he, that)

• अहम् (aham) - I (the first person pronoun) (I)

• इति (iti) - marks the quoted thought "This is I" (thus, in this way, (marks direct speech or thought))

• भ्रान्तिः (bhrāntiḥ) - mistaken idea, error (error, delusion, confusion)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed (but, on the other hand, indeed)

• अहंता (ahaṁtā) - ego (ahaṃtā) (ego, egoism, 'I-ness')

• परिकल्पिता (parikalpitā) - imagined (imagined, devised, fabricated, conceived)

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - What kind of (delusion)? (who, what, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Note: Interrogative pronoun

किल (kila) - indeed (indeed, certainly, as it were)

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (delusion) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Demonstrative pronoun

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use

मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion (delusion, infatuation, confusion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, infatuation, confusion

Derived from √muh (to be bewildered)

Root: muh (class 4)

बालस्य (bālasya) - of a child (of a child, of a boy)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison

अविचारिणः (avicāriṇaḥ) - of an unthinking (person) (of an unthinking, inconsiderate, indiscreet (person))

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of avicārin

avicārin - unthinking, inconsiderate, indiscreet

Negative prefix 'a' + 'vicārin'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vicārin)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• vicārin – thinking, reflecting, deliberating
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective from verb 'vicārati'
  Derived from prefix 'vi' + root 'car' + suffix 'ṇin'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with bālasya, or implies 'person'.

अयम् (ayam) - This (in "This is I") (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Demonstrative pronoun

सः (saḥ) - that (in "That I am") (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun

अहम् (aham) - I (the first person pronoun) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: First person pronoun

इति (iti) - marks the quoted thought "This is I" (thus, in this way, (marks direct speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

Note: Quotation particle

भ्रान्तिः (bhrāntiḥ) - mistaken idea, error (error, delusion, confusion)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhrānti

bhrānti - error, delusion, confusion

Derived from √bhram (to wander, to err)

Root: bhram (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed (but, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunctive particle

अहंता (ahaṁtā) - ego (ahaṃtā) (ego, egoism, 'I-ness')

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahaṃtā

ahaṁtā - ego, egoism, 'I-ness'

Derived from 'aham' (I) + suffix 'tā'

Note: One of the specific terms: ego (ahaṃtā)

परिकल्पिता (parikalpitā) - imagined (imagined, devised, fabricated, conceived)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parikalpita

parikalpita - imagined, devised, fabricated, conceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from prefix 'pari' + root 'kḷp' + suffix 'kta'

Prefix: pari

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Agrees with bhrāntiḥ