योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-103, verse-37

न बोधयामि यद्येनं चिरात्तद्बुध्यते स्वयम् ।
किमेकैवावतिष्ठेऽहमित्येवं बोधयाम्यहम् ॥ ३७ ॥

na bodhayāmi yadyenaṃ cirāttadbudhyate svayam ,
kimekaivāvatiṣṭhe'hamityevaṃ bodhayāmyaham 37

37. na bodhayāmi yadi enam cirāt tat budhyate svayam |
kim ekā eva avatiṣṭhe aham iti evam bodhayāmi aham ||

37. yadi aham enam na bodhayāmi,
(tarhi) tat (hi) cirāt svayam budhyate.
aham ekā eva kim avatiṣṭhe? iti evam aham bodhayāmi.

37. If I do not awaken him now, he will awaken by himself, but only after a long time. Why should I then remain alone? Thinking this, I will awaken him.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• बोधयामि (bodhayāmi) - I awaken, I cause to know

• यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

• एनम् (enam) - him (Śikhidhvaja) (him, this one)

• चिरात् (cirāt) - after a long time, from a long time

• तत् (tat) - that, then, therefore

• बुध्यते (budhyate) - he awakens, he understands, he knows

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, spontaneously, naturally

• किम् (kim) - Why? (what? why?)

• एका (ekā) - alone, solitary, one

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• अवतिष्ठे (avatiṣṭhe) - should I remain, do I remain

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इति (iti) - marks the end of direct thought/speech (thus, so)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• बोधयामि (bodhayāmi) - I awaken, I cause to know

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

बोधयामि (bodhayāmi) - I awaken, I cause to know

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of bodhayāmi

Causative verb (bodhay-)

From root BUDH (to know, awaken) with causative suffix -aya. First person singular, present tense, active voice.

Root: BUDH (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him (Śikhidhvaja) (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, he, him

चिरात् (cirāt) - after a long time, from a long time

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially from ablative case.

तत् (tat) - that, then, therefore

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to introduce a consequence or 'then'.

बुध्यते (budhyate) - he awakens, he understands, he knows

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (Laṭ) of budhyate

From root BUDH (to know, awaken). Third person singular, present tense, middle voice (ātmanepada).

Root: BUDH (class 4)

स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, spontaneously, naturally

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - Why? (what? why?)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an interrogative adverb.

एका (ekā) - alone, solitary, one

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone, unique

Note: Refers to Cūḍālā.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

अवतिष्ठे (avatiṣṭhe) - should I remain, do I remain

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, potential (Liṅ) of sthā

From root STHĀ (to stand) with prefix AVA. First person singular, potential mood (optative), middle voice (ātmanepada).

Prefix: ava

Root: STHĀ (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

इति (iti) - marks the end of direct thought/speech (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

बोधयामि (bodhayāmi) - I awaken, I cause to know

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of bodhayāmi

Causative verb (bodhay-)

From root BUDH (to know, awaken) with causative suffix -aya. First person singular, present tense, active voice.

Root: BUDH (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I