योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-59, verse-4

किरातमण्डलं नेदं मम नाहं च मण्डलम् ।
निजसंकेतमात्रेण केवलं देश एव मे ॥ ४ ॥

kirātamaṇḍalaṃ nedaṃ mama nāhaṃ ca maṇḍalam ,
nijasaṃketamātreṇa kevalaṃ deśa eva me 4

4. kirātamaṇḍalam na idam mama na aham ca maṇḍalam
nijasaṃketamātreṇa kevalam deśaḥ eva me

4. idam kirātamaṇḍalam mama na,
ca aham maṇḍalam na.
kevalam nijasaṃketamātreṇa deśaḥ eva me.

4. "This Kirāta region does not belong to me, nor am I this region. This land is considered mine merely through conventional designation."

Words meanings summery:

• किरातमण्डलम् (kirātamaṇḍalam) - The Kirāta region (the region of the Kirātas, Kirāta territory)

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• इदम् (idam) - this (region) (this, this here)

• मम (mama) - mine (possessive) (my, mine, to me)

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• अहम् (aham) - I

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• मण्डलम् (maṇḍalam) - the region (region, circle, territory)

• निजसंकेतमात्रेण (nijasaṁketamātreṇa) - merely through conventional designation (merely by personal convention/designation)

• केवलम् (kevalam) - only (merely, only, solely)

• देशः (deśaḥ) - land, country (country, region, place)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• मे (me) - mine (possessive) (to me, my, for me)

Words meanings and morphology

किरातमण्डलम् (kirātamaṇḍalam) - The Kirāta region (the region of the Kirātas, Kirāta territory)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kirātamaṇḍala

kirātamaṇḍala - region of the Kirātas (a tribal people), Kirāta territory

Neuter nominative/accusative singular form.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kirāta+maṇḍala)

• kirāta – name of a wild tribe, hunter
  proper noun (masculine)
• maṇḍala – region, territory, circle
  noun (neuter)

Note: Predicate nominative.

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

इदम् (idam) - this (region) (this, this here)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here, he, she, it

Neuter nominative singular form.

Note: Subject of the implied verb "is".

मम (mama) - mine (possessive) (my, mine, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person singular genitive form.

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

First person singular nominative pronoun.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

मण्डलम् (maṇḍalam) - the region (region, circle, territory)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maṇḍala

maṇḍala - circle, sphere, region, territory, district

Neuter nominative singular form.

निजसंकेतमात्रेण (nijasaṁketamātreṇa) - merely through conventional designation (merely by personal convention/designation)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of nijasaṃketamātra

nijasaṁketamātra - merely by personal designation or convention

Neuter instrumental singular form. Compound with mātra suffix.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nija+saṃketa+mātra)

• nija – own, inherent, personal
  adjective (neuter)
• saṃketa – sign, signal, convention, agreement
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kit (class 1)
• mātra – mere, only, measure, quantity
  indeclinable (neuter)

केवलम् (kevalam) - only (merely, only, solely)

(indeclinable)

Neuter nominative/accusative singular form, or adverbial.

देशः (deśaḥ) - land, country (country, region, place)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - country, region, place, direction

Masculine nominative singular form.

Root: diś (class 6)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

मे (me) - mine (possessive) (to me, my, for me)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person singular dative/genitive form (enclitic).

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