योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-9, verse-19

स्वयमेव निबध्नामि जरामरणरागिणीम् ।
किमिमामहमेतेषु धृतिमुद्वेगकारिणीम् ॥ १९ ॥

svayameva nibadhnāmi jarāmaraṇarāgiṇīm ,
kimimāmahameteṣu dhṛtimudvegakāriṇīm 19

19. svayam eva nibadhnāmi jarā-maraṇa-rāgiṇīm
kim imām aham eteṣu dhṛtim udvega-kāriṇīm

19. kim aham svayam eva (mama) jarā-maraṇa-rāgiṇīm
udvega-kāriṇīm imām dhṛtim eteṣu nibadhnāmi?

19. Why do I myself bind myself to this resolve (dhṛtim) that is attached to old age and death (jarā-maraṇa-rāgiṇīm) and causes agitation (udvega-kāriṇīm) amidst these very things?

Words meanings summery:

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, oneself

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly

• निबध्नामि (nibadhnāmi) - I bind, I fasten

• जरा-मरण-रागिणीम् (jarā-maraṇa-rāgiṇīm) - attached to old age and death

• किम् (kim) - why?, what?

• इमाम् (imām) - this

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एतेषु (eteṣu) - among these worldly enjoyments and relations (from previous verse) (in these, among these)

• धृतिम् (dhṛtim) - firmness, resolve, steadfastness

• उद्वेग-कारिणीम् (udvega-kāriṇīm) - causing agitation, causing distress

Words meanings and morphology

स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, oneself

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

निबध्नामि (nibadhnāmi) - I bind, I fasten

(verb)

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

present active

root bandh (9th class) with upasarga ni

Prefix: ni

Root: bandh (class 9)

जरा-मरण-रागिणीम् (jarā-maraṇa-rāgiṇīm) - attached to old age and death

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jarā-maraṇa-rāgiṇī

jarā-maraṇa-rāgiṇī - attached to old age and death

tatpuruṣa compound: jarā (old age) + maraṇa (death) + rāgiṇī (attached to)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jarā+maraṇa+rāgiṇī)

• jarā – old age, decay
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jṛ (class 1)
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  from root mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• rāgiṇī – attached to, passionate, fond of (feminine form)
  adjective (feminine)
  from rāgin (attached to) + ī (feminine suffix)
  Root: rañj (class 1)

किम् (kim) - why?, what?

(indeclinable)

इमाम् (imām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

एतेषु (eteṣu) - among these worldly enjoyments and relations (from previous verse) (in these, among these)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

धृतिम् (dhṛtim) - firmness, resolve, steadfastness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhṛti

dhṛti - firmness, resolve, steadfastness, courage, patience

from root dhṛ (to hold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

उद्वेग-कारिणीम् (udvega-kāriṇīm) - causing agitation, causing distress

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of udvega-kāriṇī

udvega-kāriṇī - causing agitation, causing distress (feminine form)

compound: udvega (agitation) + kāriṇī (causing)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (udvega+kāriṇī)

• udvega – agitation, alarm, distress, anxiety
  noun (masculine)
  from ud + vij (to tremble)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: vij (class 6)
• kāriṇī – causing, making, performing (feminine form)
  adjective (feminine)
  Agent Noun (feminine)
  from root kṛ (to do, make) + ṇin (agent suffix) + ī (feminine suffix)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)