योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-11

आत्मंभरितया नित्यमिन्द्रियाणि स्थितान्यलम् ।
पदार्थाश्च पदार्थत्वे कुतोऽहंभावभावना ॥ ११ ॥

ātmaṃbharitayā nityamindriyāṇi sthitānyalam ,
padārthāśca padārthatve kuto'haṃbhāvabhāvanā 11

11. ātmaṃbharitayā nityam indriyāṇi sthitāni alam
padārthāḥ ca padārthatve kutaḥ ahaṃbhāvabhāvanā

11. indriyāṇi ātmaṃbharitayā nityam alam sthitāni
ca padārthāḥ padārthatve kutaḥ ahaṃbhāvabhāvanā

11. The senses (indriyāṇi) are perpetually self-sufficient, existing merely for their own gratification. And all material objects (padārthāḥ) exist simply in their objective nature. From where, then, can a sense of 'I' (ahaṃbhāva) arise?

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मंभरितया (ātmaṁbharitayā) - by self-sustenance, by self-centeredness

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually, constantly

• इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, sense organs

• स्थितानि (sthitāni) - situated, existing, remaining, standing

• अलम् (alam) - here, it implies 'sufficiently' or 'indeed' (enough, sufficient, capable, indeed)

• पदार्थाः (padārthāḥ) - objects, things

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• पदार्थत्वे (padārthatve) - in the state of being an object, as an object

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where? whence? why?

• अहंभावभावना (ahaṁbhāvabhāvanā) - the conception of egoism, the feeling of 'I-ness'

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मंभरितया (ātmaṁbharitayā) - by self-sustenance, by self-centeredness

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ātmaṃbharitā

ātmaṁbharitā - self-sufficiency, self-centeredness

From ātmaṃbhara (self-sustaining) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātmaṃbhara+tā)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)
• bhara – bearing, carrying, nourishing
  adjective (masculine)
  From root bhṛ (to bear, support)
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)
• tā – -ness, -hood (suffix forming abstract nouns)
  suffix (feminine)
  Abstract noun suffix

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually, constantly

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, sense organs

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty of sense

Related to Indra, signifying power or faculty

स्थितानि (sthitāni) - situated, existing, remaining, standing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, remaining

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `indriyāṇi`.

अलम् (alam) - here, it implies 'sufficiently' or 'indeed' (enough, sufficient, capable, indeed)

(indeclinable)

पदार्थाः (padārthāḥ) - objects, things

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of padārtha

padārtha - object, thing, category, meaning of a word

From pada (word, foot) + artha (meaning, purpose)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pada+artha)

• pada – word, step, foot
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pad (class 4)
• artha – meaning, object, purpose, wealth
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛ

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

पदार्थत्वे (padārthatve) - in the state of being an object, as an object

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of padārthatva

padārthatva - the state or nature of being an object, objectivity

From padārtha (object) + tva (suffix for abstract noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (padārtha+tva)

• padārtha – object, thing
  noun (masculine)
• tva – -ness, -hood (suffix forming abstract nouns)
  suffix (neuter)
  Abstract noun suffix

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where? whence? why?

(indeclinable)

From kim (what) + ablative suffix

अहंभावभावना (ahaṁbhāvabhāvanā) - the conception of egoism, the feeling of 'I-ness'

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahaṃbhāvabhāvanā

ahaṁbhāvabhāvanā - the feeling or conception of ego, egoism

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahaṃbhāva+bhāvanā)

• ahaṃbhāva – the notion of 'I', ego, egohood
  noun (masculine)
• bhāvanā – conception, notion, imagination, contemplation, feeling
  noun (feminine)
  From root bhū (to be, exist), causative
  Root: bhū (class 1)

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