योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-52, verse-53

स्वार्थमालोकने चक्षुर्यदितून्मुखतां गतम् ।
तदहं नाम कोसौ स्याद्योऽस्मिन्दुःखे न मोहितः ॥ ५३ ॥

svārthamālokane cakṣuryaditūnmukhatāṃ gatam ,
tadahaṃ nāma kosau syādyo'sminduḥkhe na mohitaḥ 53

53. svārtham ālokane cakṣuḥ yadi tu unmukhatām gatam tat
aham nāma kaḥ asau syāt yaḥ asmin duḥkhe na mohitaḥ

53. yadi cakṣuḥ svārtham ālokane tu unmukhatām gatam,
tat kaḥ asau aham nāma syāt yaḥ asmin duḥkhe na mohitaḥ

53. If the eye (cakṣuḥ), for its own purpose (svārtham), has become truly intent upon seeing (ālokane unmukhatām gatam), then who indeed would be this 'I' (aham) that is not deluded in this suffering (duḥkhe)?

Words meanings summery:

• स्वार्थम् (svārtham) - for its own purpose, for its own object, self-interest

• आलोकने (ālokane) - in seeing, in observation, in looking

• चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye, sight

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• उन्मुखताम् (unmukhatām) - eagerness, directedness, facing towards

• गतम् (gatam) - gone, attained, reached, become

• तत् (tat) - then, therefore, that

• अहम् (aham) - The true self (aham), distinct from the sense organs and their experiences. (I, myself, ego)

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, surely

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• असौ (asau) - that one, he

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, would be

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• दुःखे (duḥkhe) - in suffering, in misery, in sorrow

• न (na) - not, no

• मोहितः (mohitaḥ) - deluded, bewildered, confused

Words meanings and morphology

स्वार्थम् (svārtham) - for its own purpose, for its own object, self-interest

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svārtha

svārtha - one's own object, self-interest, purpose

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+artha)

• sva – self, own
  pronoun
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for its own purpose'.

आलोकने (ālokane) - in seeing, in observation, in looking

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ālokaṇa

ālokaṇa - seeing, looking, observation, light

Derived from root lok with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye, sight

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, sight, vision

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

उन्मुखताम् (unmukhatām) - eagerness, directedness, facing towards

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of unmukhatā

unmukhatā - eagerness, intentness, state of being turned towards

Derived from unmukha (turned towards) + tā (suffix for abstract noun).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ud+mukha)

• ud – up, out, forth (prefix)
  indeclinable
• mukha – face, mouth, front, entrance
  noun (neuter)

गतम् (gatam) - gone, attained, reached, become

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, become, attained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam.

Root: gam (class 1)

तत् (tat) - then, therefore, that

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - The true self (aham), distinct from the sense organs and their experiences. (I, myself, ego)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, surely

(indeclinable)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

असौ (asau) - that one, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one, yonder

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

दुःखे (duḥkhe) - in suffering, in misery, in sorrow

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, misery, sorrow

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मोहितः (mohitaḥ) - deluded, bewildered, confused

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mohita

mohita - bewildered, deluded, infatuated, enchanted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root muh.

Root: muh (class 4)