योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-9, verse-32

येषु येषु दृढा बद्धा भावना भव्यवस्तुषु ।
तानि तानि विनष्टानि दृष्टानि किमिहोत्तमम् ॥ ३२ ॥

yeṣu yeṣu dṛḍhā baddhā bhāvanā bhavyavastuṣu ,
tāni tāni vinaṣṭāni dṛṣṭāni kimihottamam 32

32. yeṣu yeṣu dṛḍhā baddhā bhāvanā bhavyavastuṣu
tāni tāni vinaṣṭāni dṛṣṭāni kim iha uttamam

32. yeṣu yeṣu bhavyavastuṣu dṛḍhā bhāvanā baddhā
tāni tāni vinaṣṭāni dṛṣṭāni kim iha uttamam

32. Whatever excellent objects one firmly attaches their thoughts (bhāvanā) to, those very objects are observed to perish. What, then, is truly superior in this world?

Words meanings summery:

• येषु (yeṣu) - in whichever (in which, among which)

• येषु (yeṣu) - in whichever (in which, among which)

• दृढा (dṛḍhā) - firm (firm, strong, fixed)

• बद्धा (baddhā) - fixed, attached (bound, tied, fixed, attached)

• भावना (bhāvanā) - thoughts, intentions, feelings (bhāvanā) (thought, feeling, contemplation, intention, imagination, mental state)

• भव्यवस्तुषु (bhavyavastuṣu) - in excellent objects (in excellent things, in auspicious objects)

• तानि (tāni) - those very objects (those, them)

• तानि (tāni) - those very objects (those, them)

• विनष्टानि (vinaṣṭāni) - destroyed, perish (destroyed, perished, ruined)

• दृष्टानि (dṛṣṭāni) - are seen (to be) (seen, observed)

• किम् (kim) - what (is)? (what? why?)

• इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world)

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, superior (best, excellent, highest)

Words meanings and morphology

येषु (yeṣu) - in whichever (in which, among which)

(pronoun)

Locative, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Reduplicated for emphasis, 'whichever'

येषु (yeṣu) - in whichever (in which, among which)

(pronoun)

Locative, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Reduplicated for emphasis, 'whichever'

दृढा (dṛḍhā) - firm (firm, strong, fixed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛḍha

dṛḍha - firm, strong, solid, fixed

Root: dṛh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with bhāvanā

बद्धा (baddhā) - fixed, attached (bound, tied, fixed, attached)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, fixed, restrained

Past Passive Participle

From root bandh (to bind)

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Agrees with bhāvanā

भावना (bhāvanā) - thoughts, intentions, feelings (bhāvanā) (thought, feeling, contemplation, intention, imagination, mental state)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāvanā

bhāvanā - thought, feeling, contemplation, intention, mental state

From root bhū (to be) with causative; forming abstract noun

Root: bhū (class 1)

भव्यवस्तुषु (bhavyavastuṣu) - in excellent objects (in excellent things, in auspicious objects)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of bhavyavastu

bhavyavastu - excellent thing, auspicious object

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bhavya+vastu)

• bhavya – excellent, auspicious, proper, good
  adjective
  Gerundive
  From root bhū (to be) with suffix -ya
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• vastu – thing, object, substance, reality
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vas (class 1)

तानि (tāni) - those very objects (those, them)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Reduplicated for emphasis, 'those very'

तानि (tāni) - those very objects (those, them)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Reduplicated for emphasis, 'those very'

विनष्टानि (vinaṣṭāni) - destroyed, perish (destroyed, perished, ruined)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vinaṣṭa

vinaṣṭa - destroyed, perished, lost

Past Passive Participle

From root naś (to perish) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Agrees with tāni (referring to bhavyavastuṣu)

दृष्टानि (dṛṣṭāni) - are seen (to be) (seen, observed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived

Past Passive Participle

From root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with tāni (referring to bhavyavastuṣu)

किम् (kim) - what (is)? (what? why?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, superior (best, excellent, highest)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - best, excellent, highest, principal

Superlative of ud (up, out)