योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-74, verse-50

इदमेवास्त्विदं मास्तु ममेति हृदि रञ्जना ।
न यस्यास्ति तमात्मेशं तोलयन्ति कथं जनाः ॥ ५० ॥

idamevāstvidaṃ māstu mameti hṛdi rañjanā ,
na yasyāsti tamātmeśaṃ tolayanti kathaṃ janāḥ 50

50. idam eva astu idam mā astu mama iti hṛdi rañjanā
na yasya asti tam ātmeśam tolayanti katham janāḥ

50. yasya hṛdi idam eva astu,
idam mā astu,
mama iti rañjanā na asti,
tam ātmeśam janāḥ katham tolayanti?

50. How can people weigh or compare the Lord of the Self (ātman) – one who has no such delight or attachment in their heart, thinking 'let this be mine, let that not be mine'?

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this, this object

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• इदम् (idam) - this, this object

• मा (mā) - not, do not

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• मम (mama) - mine, of me

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking direct speech

• हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart

• रञ्जना (rañjanā) - attachment, delight, coloring, pleasing

• न (na) - not, no

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine)

• आत्मेशम् (ātmeśam) - The inner Self (ātman) as the ultimate lord. (the Lord of the Self, the inner Lord)

• तोलयन्ति (tolayanti) - they weigh, they measure, they compare

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this, this object

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, now

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

imperative

3rd person singular imperative active of verb 'as'

Root: as (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - this, this object

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, now

मा (mā) - not, do not

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with imperative to express prohibition.

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

imperative

3rd person singular imperative active of verb 'as'

Root: as (class 2)

मम (mama) - mine, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking direct speech

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle used to mark the end of direct speech or thought.

हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛd

hṛd - heart, mind, core

रञ्जना (rañjanā) - attachment, delight, coloring, pleasing

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rañjanā

rañjanā - coloring, dyeing, pleasing, delight, attachment, affection

derived from root rañj

from root rañj + LyuṬ

Root: rañj (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Can be genitive singular masculine/neuter.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

present

3rd person singular present active of verb 'as'

Root: as (class 2)

तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आत्मेशम् (ātmeśam) - The inner Self (ātman) as the ultimate lord. (the Lord of the Self, the inner Lord)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātmeśa

ātmeśa - Lord of the self, inner lord

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+īśa)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)
• īśa – lord, master, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)

तोलयन्ति (tolayanti) - they weigh, they measure, they compare

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of tul

causative present

3rd person plural present active of causative of verb 'tul' (tulayati)

Root: tul (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, creature, people

Root: jan (class 4)