योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-9, verse-7

कियन्मात्रमिदं नाम राज्यमाजीवितं मम ।
किमेतेन विना दुःखं तिष्ठामि हतधीर्यथा ॥ ७ ॥

kiyanmātramidaṃ nāma rājyamājīvitaṃ mama ,
kimetena vinā duḥkhaṃ tiṣṭhāmi hatadhīryathā 7

7. kiyanmātram idam nāma rājyam ājīvitam mama
kim etena vinā duḥkham tiṣṭhāmi hatadhīḥ yathā

7. idam mama ājīvitam nāma rājyam kiyanmātram?
etena vinā duḥkham hatadhīḥ yathā kim tiṣṭhāmi?

7. How trivial is this so-called kingdom, this life of mine? Why do I remain distressed without it, as if my intellect were completely bewildered?

Words meanings summery:

• कियन्मात्रम् (kiyanmātram) - how insignificant, how trivial (of what measure, how little, how much)

• इदम् (idam) - this (referring to the kingdom/life) (this)

• नाम (nāma) - so-called, as it were (indeed, by name, what is called, as it were)

• राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom (referring to the scope of one's life) (kingdom, sovereignty, rule)

• आजीवितम् (ājīvitam) - life (duration or existence) (livelihood, life, means of subsistence)

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• किम् (kim) - why (what, why, whether)

• एतेन (etena) - without this (referring to the trivial kingdom/life) (by this, with this)

• विना (vinā) - without (without, except)

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - distressed, sorrowful (sorrow, misery, pain)

• तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I remain (I stand, I remain, I dwell)

• हतधीः (hatadhīḥ) - like one whose intellect is completely bewildered/lost (one whose intellect is destroyed/lost)

• यथा (yathā) - as if, like (as, like, in such a manner)

Words meanings and morphology

कियन्मात्रम् (kiyanmātram) - how insignificant, how trivial (of what measure, how little, how much)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiyanmātra

kiyanmātra - of what measure, how much, how little

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kiyat+mātra)

• kiyat – how much, how many, of what size
  pronoun
• mātra – measure, quantity, extent, mere, only
  noun (neuter)
  Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Predicate adjective for "rājyam" (implied 'is').

इदम् (idam) - this (referring to the kingdom/life) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

नाम (nāma) - so-called, as it were (indeed, by name, what is called, as it were)

(indeclinable)

राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom (referring to the scope of one's life) (kingdom, sovereignty, rule)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, realm, sovereignty

Root: rāj (class 1)

आजीवितम् (ājīvitam) - life (duration or existence) (livelihood, life, means of subsistence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ājīvita

ājīvita - life, livelihood, subsistence

Prefix: ā

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Functioning as a noun in apposition to "rājyam" or as another nominative.

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

किम् (kim) - why (what, why, whether)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an interrogative particle, meaning "why".

एतेन (etena) - without this (referring to the trivial kingdom/life) (by this, with this)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: Governed by "vinā".

विना (vinā) - without (without, except)

(indeclinable)

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - distressed, sorrowful (sorrow, misery, pain)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, sorrow, misery

Note: Used here adverbially or as an adjective in apposition to the implied subject 'I'.

तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I remain (I stand, I remain, I dwell)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sthā

Present active indicative

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: The implied subject is "aham".

हतधीः (hatadhīḥ) - like one whose intellect is completely bewildered/lost (one whose intellect is destroyed/lost)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hatadhī

hatadhī - one whose intellect is destroyed/lost

Compound type : bahuvrihi (hata+dhī)

• hata – struck, killed, destroyed, lost
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root han (to strike, kill), past passive participle.
  Root: han (class 2)
• dhī – intellect, thought, understanding, wisdom
  noun (feminine)

Note: Modifies the implied subject 'I'.

यथा (yathā) - as if, like (as, like, in such a manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to introduce a comparison.