योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-67, verse-29

अन्तःसङ्गो हि संसारे सर्वेषां राम देहिनाम् ।
जरामरणमोहानां तरूणां बीजकारणम् ॥ २९ ॥

antaḥsaṅgo hi saṃsāre sarveṣāṃ rāma dehinām ,
jarāmaraṇamohānāṃ tarūṇāṃ bījakāraṇam 29

29. antaḥsaṅgaḥ hi saṃsāre sarveṣām rāma dehinām
jarāmaraṇamohānām tarūṇām bījakāraṇam

29. rāma,
antaḥsaṅgaḥ hi sarveṣām dehinām saṃsāre jarāmaraṇamohānām tarūṇām bījakāraṇam

29. O Rama, internal attachment is indeed the seed-cause of the trees of old age, death, and delusion for all embodied beings in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra).

29. הוי רָאמָה, ההיקשרות הפנימית בסבך הקיום היא הזרע והסיבה לצמיחת עצי הזקנה, המוות והאשליה עבור כל היצורים השוכנים בגוף.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्तःसङ्गः (antaḥsaṅgaḥ) - internal attachment, inner clinging

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• संसारे (saṁsāre) - in the cycle of transmigration, in the world

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

• राम (rāma) - O Rama

• देहिनाम् (dehinām) - of embodied beings

• जरामरणमोहानाम् (jarāmaraṇamohānām) - of old age, death, and delusion

• तरूणाम् (tarūṇām) - of the growths (metaphorically for the results of attachment) (of trees)

• बीजकारणम् (bījakāraṇam) - the seed cause, primary cause

Words meanings and morphology

अन्तःसङ्गः (antaḥsaṅgaḥ) - internal attachment, inner clinging

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antaḥsaṅga

antaḥsaṅga - internal attachment, inner connection, strong affection

Compound type : tatpurusha (antaḥ+saṅga)

• antaḥ – within, inside, internal
  indeclinable
• saṅga – attachment, union, contact, clinging, close connection
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √sañj (to cling, attach)
  Root: sañj (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

संसारे (saṁsāre) - in the cycle of transmigration, in the world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - cycle of rebirth, transmigration, mundane existence, the world

Derived from root √sṛ (to flow, run) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Refers to dehinām.

राम (rāma) - O Rama

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper name, the seventh avatar of Vishnu)

देहिनाम् (dehinām) - of embodied beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dehin

dehin - embodied being, soul in a body, living creature

Derived from 'deha' (body) with possessive suffix 'in'

जरामरणमोहानाम् (jarāmaraṇamohānām) - of old age, death, and delusion

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jarāmaraṇamoha

jarāmaraṇamoha - old age, death, and delusion (as a collective concept)

Copulative (Dvandva) compound of jarā, maraṇa, and moha

Compound type : dvandva (jarā+maraṇa+moha)

• jarā – old age, decay, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
  From root √jṛ (to grow old)
  Root: jṛ (class 4)
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  From root √mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• moha – delusion, infatuation, confusion, ignorance
  noun (masculine)
  From root √muh (to be confused, deluded)
  Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Refers to the collective phenomena that are like trees.

तरूणाम् (tarūṇām) - of the growths (metaphorically for the results of attachment) (of trees)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of taru

taru - tree, plant

Note: Used metaphorically to describe the multiple manifestations of old age, death, and delusion.

बीजकारणम् (bījakāraṇam) - the seed cause, primary cause

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bījakāraṇa

bījakāraṇa - seed cause, original cause, primary reason

Tatpurusha compound of bīja and kāraṇa

Compound type : tatpurusha (bīja+kāraṇa)

• bīja – seed, origin, primary cause, germ
  noun (neuter)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument, motive
  noun (neuter)
  From root √kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -ana
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate nominative for antaḥsaṅgaḥ.

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