योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-8

यो ह्यहंभावतां प्राप्तो भावाभावैः स गृह्यते ।
आत्मनो नास्त्यहंभावो भावाभावाः कुतोऽस्य ते ॥ ८ ॥

yo hyahaṃbhāvatāṃ prāpto bhāvābhāvaiḥ sa gṛhyate ,
ātmano nāstyahaṃbhāvo bhāvābhāvāḥ kuto'sya te 8

8. yaḥ hi ahaṁbhāvatām prāptaḥ bhāvābhāvaiḥ sa gṛhyate
ātmanaḥ na asti ahaṁbhāvaḥ bhāvābhāvāḥ kutaḥ asya te

8. yaḥ hi ahaṁbhāvatām prāptaḥ,
sa bhāvābhāvaiḥ gṛhyate.
ātmanaḥ ahaṁbhāvaḥ na asti.
kutaḥ asya te bhāvābhāvāḥ (syuḥ)?

8. Indeed, he who has attained the state of ego (ahaṅkāra) is grasped by (the duality of) existence and non-existence. For the Self (ātman), there is no ego (ahaṅkāra); therefore, how can those (dualities of) existence and non-existence belong to it?

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

• हि (hi) - indeed, for

• अहंभावताम् (ahaṁbhāvatām) - the state of ego (ahaṅkāra), egoism

• प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - attained, reached

• भावाभावैः (bhāvābhāvaiḥ) - by existence and non-existence, by states of being and non-being

• स (sa) - he, that one

• गृह्यते (gṛhyate) - is grasped, is seized, is perceived

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the Self (ātman)

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अहंभावः (ahaṁbhāvaḥ) - ego (ahaṅkāra), ego-sense

• भावाभावाः (bhāvābhāvāḥ) - existence and non-existence, states of being and non-being

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how, from where

• अस्य (asya) - to the Self (ātman) (of this, to it)

• ते (te) - those

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

हि (hi) - indeed, for

(indeclinable)

अहंभावताम् (ahaṁbhāvatām) - the state of ego (ahaṅkāra), egoism

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ahaṁbhāvatā

ahaṁbhāvatā - the state of ego-sense, egoism

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aham+bhāva+tā)

• aham – I, self
  pronoun
• bhāva – being, existence, state, feeling, notion
  noun (masculine)
  noun derived from root bhū (to be)
  Root: √bhū
• tā – suffix forming abstract feminine nouns (state of, -ness)
  suffix (feminine)

प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - attained, reached

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of √āp

√āp - to obtain, reach, attain, get

past passive participle

past passive participle of √āp with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: √āp (class 5)

भावाभावैः (bhāvābhāvaiḥ) - by existence and non-existence, by states of being and non-being

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhāvābhāva

bhāvābhāva - existence and non-existence, being and non-being

Compound type : dvandva (bhāva+abhāva)

• bhāva – being, existence, state, feeling, notion
  noun (masculine)
  noun derived from root bhū (to be)
  Root: √bhū
• abhāva – non-existence, absence, negation
  noun (masculine)
  composed of a (not) + bhāva (existence)

स (sa) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गृह्यते (gṛhyate) - is grasped, is seized, is perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of √grah

Root: √grah (class 9)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the Self (ātman)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, vital breath (ātman)

derived from root at (to breathe)

Root: √at

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: √as (class 2)

अहंभावः (ahaṁbhāvaḥ) - ego (ahaṅkāra), ego-sense

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṁbhāva

ahaṁbhāva - ego-sense, 'I'-ness, egoism

Compound type : karmadhāraya (aham+bhāva)

• aham – I, self
  pronoun
• bhāva – being, existence, state, feeling, notion
  noun (masculine)
  noun derived from root bhū (to be)
  Root: √bhū

भावाभावाः (bhāvābhāvāḥ) - existence and non-existence, states of being and non-being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāvābhāva

bhāvābhāva - existence and non-existence, being and non-being

Compound type : dvandva (bhāva+abhāva)

• bhāva – being, existence, state, feeling, notion
  noun (masculine)
  noun derived from root bhū (to be)
  Root: √bhū
• abhāva – non-existence, absence, negation
  noun (masculine)
  composed of a (not) + bhāva (existence)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how, from where

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - to the Self (ātman) (of this, to it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine/neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, those

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