योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-9

अहंभावो मुधा मोहो मनश्च मृगतृष्णिका ।
जडः पदार्थसंभारः कस्याहंकारभावना ॥ ९ ॥

ahaṃbhāvo mudhā moho manaśca mṛgatṛṣṇikā ,
jaḍaḥ padārthasaṃbhāraḥ kasyāhaṃkārabhāvanā 9

9. ahaṃbhāvaḥ mudhā mohaḥ manaḥ ca mṛgatṛṣṇikā
jaḍaḥ padārthasaṃbhāraḥ kasya ahaṃkārabhāvanā

9. ahaṃbhāvaḥ mudhā mohaḥ ca manaḥ mṛgatṛṣṇikā
jaḍaḥ padārthasaṃbhāraḥ kasya ahaṃkārabhāvanā

9. The sense of 'I' (ahaṃbhāva) is futile, a delusion. The mind (manas), moreover, is a mirage. This whole collection of material objects is inert. So, to whom does this feeling of ego (ahaṅkāra) truly belong?

Words meanings summery:

• अहंभावः (ahaṁbhāvaḥ) - a sense of 'I', egoism

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

• मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion, infatuation, bewilderment

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, internal organ

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• मृगतृष्णिका (mṛgatṛṣṇikā) - mirage, deer's thirst

• जडः (jaḍaḥ) - inert, insentient, dull, stupid

• पदार्थसंभारः (padārthasaṁbhāraḥ) - collection of objects, mass of things

• कस्य (kasya) - whose? to whom?

• अहंकारभावना (ahaṁkārabhāvanā) - the conception of ego (ahaṅkāra), the feeling of 'I-ness'

Words meanings and morphology

अहंभावः (ahaṁbhāvaḥ) - a sense of 'I', egoism

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṃbhāva

ahaṁbhāva - the notion of 'I', ego, egohood

Compound type : karmadhāraya (aham+bhāva)

• aham – I, myself
  pronoun
• bhāva – state, condition, existence, feeling, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion, infatuation, bewilderment

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, bewilderment, infatuation

From root muh (to be deluded)

Root: muh (class 4)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, internal organ

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought

Root: man (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

मृगतृष्णिका (mṛgatṛṣṇikā) - mirage, deer's thirst

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇikā

mṛgatṛṣṇikā - mirage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+tṛṣṇikā)

• mṛga – deer, animal
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛj
• tṛṣṇikā – thirst, desire
  noun (feminine)
  Diminutive of tṛṣṇā, from root tṛṣ (to thirst)
  Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

जडः (jaḍaḥ) - inert, insentient, dull, stupid

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - inert, inanimate, dull, senseless

पदार्थसंभारः (padārthasaṁbhāraḥ) - collection of objects, mass of things

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of padārthasaṃbhāra

padārthasaṁbhāra - collection of objects, mass of things

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (padārtha+saṃbhāra)

• padārtha – object, thing, meaning
  noun (masculine)
  From pada (foot, word) + artha (meaning, purpose)
• saṃbhāra – collection, assemblage, store, materials
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhṛ (to bear, carry) with saṃ
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

कस्य (kasya) - whose? to whom?

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what? which? who?

अहंकारभावना (ahaṁkārabhāvanā) - the conception of ego (ahaṅkāra), the feeling of 'I-ness'

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ahaṃkārabhāvanā

ahaṁkārabhāvanā - the feeling or conception of ego, egoism

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahaṃkāra+bhāvanā)

• ahaṃkāra – ego, egoism, self-consciousness
  noun (masculine)
  From aham (I) + kṛ (to make)
  Prefix: aham
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• bhāvanā – conception, notion, imagination, contemplation, feeling
  noun (feminine)
  From root bhū (to be, exist), causative
  Root: bhū (class 1)