योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-102, verse-12

क्वाहमासं विनिर्मग्नः क्रियाजालकुकर्दमे ।
इदं कार्यमिदं नेति मिथ्या विभ्रमचक्रके ॥ १२ ॥

kvāhamāsaṃ vinirmagnaḥ kriyājālakukardame ,
idaṃ kāryamidaṃ neti mithyā vibhramacakrake 12

12. kva aham āsam vinirmagnaḥ kriyājālakukardame |
idam kāryam idam na iti mithyā vibhramacakrake

12. aham kva āsam kriyājālakukardame vinirmagnaḥ
idam kāryam idam na iti mithyā vibhramacakrake

12. Where indeed was I, utterly submerged in the foul mire of the net of actions, caught in the delusive (mithyā) cycle of confusion, constantly thinking, 'This is to be done, this is not to be done'?

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - where?, in what place?

• अहम् (aham) - I

• आसम् (āsam) - I was

• विनिर्मग्नः (vinirmagnaḥ) - utterly submerged (deeply immersed, sunken, plunged)

• क्रियाजालकुकर्दमे (kriyājālakukardame) - in the foul mire of the net of actions (in the foul mud of the net of actions)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - is to be done (to be done, duty, action, work)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• इति (iti) - thus, indicating quoted speech or thought (thus, so, in this way)

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - delusively, wrongly (falsely, wrongly, delusively, in vain)

• विभ्रमचक्रके (vibhramacakrake) - in the cycle of confusion (in the wheel of confusion, in the cycle of error/bewilderment)

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where?, in what place?

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

आसम् (āsam) - I was

(verb)

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

Imperfect Tense, Active Voice, 1st Person Singular

Root 'as', imperfect indicative (luṅ), active voice (parasmaipada).

Root: as (class 2)

विनिर्मग्नः (vinirmagnaḥ) - utterly submerged (deeply immersed, sunken, plunged)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vinirmagna

vinirmagna - deeply immersed, sunken, plunged, overwhelmed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'maj' (to sink) with prefixes 'vi-' and 'nir-', and suffix '-na'.

Prefixes: vi+nir

Root: maj (class 6)

Note: Agrees with the subject 'aham'.

क्रियाजालकुकर्दमे (kriyājālakukardame) - in the foul mire of the net of actions (in the foul mud of the net of actions)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kriyājālakukardama

kriyājālakukardama - the foul mud of the net of actions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kriyā+jāla+ku+kardama)

• kriyā – action, activity, rite
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• jāla – net, snare, web
  noun (neuter)
• ku – bad, evil, foul, depreciatory prefix
  indeclinable
• kardama – mud, mire, dirt
  noun (masculine)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

कार्यम् (kāryam) - is to be done (to be done, duty, action, work)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, fit to be done, duty, work, action

Gerundive

Derived from the root 'kṛ' (to do) with the suffix '-ya' or '-ārya'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, indicating quoted speech or thought (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

मिथ्या (mithyā) - delusively, wrongly (falsely, wrongly, delusively, in vain)

(indeclinable)

विभ्रमचक्रके (vibhramacakrake) - in the cycle of confusion (in the wheel of confusion, in the cycle of error/bewilderment)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vibhramacakra

vibhramacakra - wheel of confusion, cycle of error/bewilderment

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vibhrama+cakra)

• vibhrama – confusion, error, bewilderment, illusion
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'bhram' (to wander) with prefix 'vi-'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• cakra – wheel, disc, cycle, realm
  noun (neuter)