योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-9, verse-16

अरज्जुरेव बद्धोऽहमपङ्कोऽस्मि कलङ्कितः ।
पतितोस्म्युपरिस्थोपि हा ममात्मन्हता स्थितिः ॥ १६ ॥

arajjureva baddho'hamapaṅko'smi kalaṅkitaḥ ,
patitosmyuparisthopi hā mamātmanhatā sthitiḥ 16

16. arajjūḥ eva baddhaḥ aham apaṅkaḥ asmi kalaṅkitaḥ
patitaḥ asmi uparisthaḥ api hā mama ātman hatā sthitiḥ

16. hā mama ātman (paśya) hatā sthitiḥ
(mama)! (aham) arajjūḥ eva baddhaḥ
(asmi) apaṅkaḥ (api) kalaṅkitaḥ asmi
uparisthaḥ api (aham) patitaḥ asmi

16. Alas, O my self (ātman), what a wretched condition (sthitiḥ) I am in! I am bound without a rope, yet I am stained without any mud. I have fallen, even though I remain at the top.

Words meanings summery:

• अरज्जूः (arajjūḥ) - without a rope, unbound

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly

• बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied, fastened

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अपङ्कः (apaṅkaḥ) - without mud, stainless, pure

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• कलङ्कितः (kalaṅkitaḥ) - stained, defiled, disgraced

• पतितः (patitaḥ) - fallen, degraded, descended

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• उपरिस्थः (uparisthaḥ) - standing above, being on top

• अपि (api) - even, although, too

• हा (hā) - alas!, ah!

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• आत्मन् (ātman) - O self, O soul

• हता (hatā) - destroyed, ruined, wretched

• स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - wretched condition (state, condition, existence)

Words meanings and morphology

अरज्जूः (arajjūḥ) - without a rope, unbound

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arajjū

arajjū - without a rope

negative compound (na rajjū)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+rajjū)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• rajjū – rope, cord
  noun (feminine)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied, fastened

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, caught, confined

Past Passive Participle

from root bandh (to bind)

Root: bandh (class 9)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

अपङ्कः (apaṅkaḥ) - without mud, stainless, pure

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apaṅka

apaṅka - without mud, pure, clean

negative compound (na paṅka)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+paṅka)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• paṅka – mud, mire, dirt, sin
  noun (masculine)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present active

root as (2nd class)

Root: as (class 2)

कलङ्कितः (kalaṅkitaḥ) - stained, defiled, disgraced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalaṅkita

kalaṅkita - stained, defiled, disgraced

Past Passive Participle

from kalaṅka (stain) + ita (suffix for 'having a stain')

पतितः (patitaḥ) - fallen, degraded, descended

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of patita

patita - fallen, descended, degraded

Past Passive Participle

from root pat (to fall)

Root: pat (class 1)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present active

root as (2nd class)

Root: as (class 2)

उपरिस्थः (uparisthaḥ) - standing above, being on top

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uparistha

uparistha - standing above, placed on top

compound of upari (above) + stha (standing)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (upari+stha)

• upari – above, on, upon
  indeclinable
• stha – standing, staying, situated
  adjective
  from root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, although, too

(indeclinable)

हा (hā) - alas!, ah!

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

आत्मन् (ātman) - O self, O soul

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

हता (hatā) - destroyed, ruined, wretched

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hata

hata - struck, killed, destroyed, ruined

Past Passive Participle

from root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - wretched condition (state, condition, existence)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, remaining, state, condition, position

from root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

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