योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-81, verse-14

विचाराकारको मौर्ख्यादहमासं मितस्थितिः ।
विचारेणामिताकारः क्व नामाहं विचारकः ॥ १४ ॥

vicārākārako maurkhyādahamāsaṃ mitasthitiḥ ,
vicāreṇāmitākāraḥ kva nāmāhaṃ vicārakaḥ 14

14. vicāra-ākārakaḥ maurkʰyāt aham āsam mita-sthitiḥ
vicāreṇa amita-ākāraḥ kva nāma aham vicārakaḥ

14. maurkʰyāt aham mita-sthitiḥ vicāra-ākārakaḥ āsam
vicāreṇa amita-ākāraḥ kva nāma aham vicārakaḥ ?

14. Due to ignorance (maurkʰya), I possessed a limited existence as a delberator. Through (proper) discernment (vicāra), I am now of immeasurable form. Where then, indeed, am I (that former) delberator?

Words meanings summery:

• विचार-आकारकः (vicāra-ākārakaḥ) - acting as a delberator, one whose form is deliberation

• मौर्क्ʰयात् (maurkʰyāt) - from/due to ignorance, folly, foolishness (maurkʰya)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• आसम् (āsam) - I was

• मित-स्थितिः (mita-sthitiḥ) - having limited existence/state, of limited stability

• विचारेण (vicāreṇa) - by deliberation, by discernment, by investigation (vicāra)

• अमित-आकारः (amita-ākāraḥ) - having immeasurable form/nature, boundless in aspect

• क्व (kva) - where, in what place?

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, forsooth, by name (particle)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• विचारकः (vicārakaḥ) - the (former, limited) delberator (deliberator, thinker, investigator)

Words meanings and morphology

विचार-आकारकः (vicāra-ākārakaḥ) - acting as a delberator, one whose form is deliberation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vicāra-ākāraka

vicāra-ākāraka - acting as a delberator, one whose form is deliberation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vicāra+ākāraka)

• vicāra – deliberation, investigation, discernment (vicāra)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: car (class 1)
• ākāraka – doer, agent, form-maker, causing to appear
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

मौर्क्ʰयात् (maurkʰyāt) - from/due to ignorance, folly, foolishness (maurkʰya)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of maurkʰya

maurkʰya - ignorance, folly, foolishness (maurkʰya)

derived from mūrkʰa (fool)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

आसम् (āsam) - I was

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मित-स्थितिः (mita-sthitiḥ) - having limited existence/state, of limited stability

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mita-sthiti

mita-sthiti - having limited existence/state, of limited stability

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mita+sthiti)

• mita – measured, limited, finite
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: mā (class 2)
• sthiti – existence, state, stability, position
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

विचारेण (vicāreṇa) - by deliberation, by discernment, by investigation (vicāra)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vicāra

vicāra - deliberation, investigation, discernment (vicāra)

Root: car (class 1)

अमित-आकारः (amita-ākāraḥ) - having immeasurable form/nature, boundless in aspect

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of amita-ākāra

amita-ākāra - having immeasurable form/nature, boundless in aspect

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (amita+ākāra)

• amita – immeasurable, unlimited
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  negative a- prefix + mita (measured)
  Prefix: a
  Root: mā (class 2)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

क्व (kva) - where, in what place?

(indeclinable)

नाम (nāma) - indeed, forsooth, by name (particle)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

विचारकः (vicārakaḥ) - the (former, limited) delberator (deliberator, thinker, investigator)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vicāraka

vicāraka - deliberator, thinker, investigator

agent noun from vicāra (deliberation)

Root: car (class 1)

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