योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-11, verse-26

दुःखितानाम कैव स्याद्रज्जुसर्पभ्रमोपमा ।
संभोगादौ सुखं ब्रह्मण्यास्थिते देहब्रह्मणि ॥ २६ ॥

duḥkhitānāma kaiva syādrajjusarpabhramopamā ,
saṃbhogādau sukhaṃ brahmaṇyāsthite dehabrahmaṇi 26

26. duḥkhitānām kā iva syāt rajju-sarpa-bhrama-upamā |
saṃbhoga-ādau sukham brahmaṇi āsthite deha-brahmaṇi

26. duḥkhitānām rajju-sarpa-bhrama-upamā kā iva syāt
dehabrahmaṇi brahmaṇi āsthite saṃbhogādau sukham

26. For the suffering, what resemblance could there be other than the delusion of mistaking a rope for a snake (rajju-sarpa-bhrama-upamā), (especially) when happiness is sought in enjoyments and so forth, with one established in the body as ultimate reality (brahman)?

26. איזה סבל כבר יכול להיות לסובלים, מלבד הדימוי השגוי של נחש בחבל? כאשר ה-בְּרַהְמַן שבגוף חווה עונג בהנאות החושים...

Words meanings summery:

• दुःखितानाम् (duḥkhitānām) - of the distressed, of those suffering

• का (kā) - what?

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• स्यात् (syāt) - might be, would be, should be

• रज्जु-सर्प-भ्रम-उपमा (rajju-sarpa-bhrama-upamā) - comparison to the delusion of a rope for a snake

• संभोग-आदौ (saṁbhoga-ādau) - in enjoyments etc., at the beginning of enjoyments

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, ease

• ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in the ultimate reality (brahman)

• आस्थिते (āsthite) - established, residing, situated

• देह-ब्रह्मणि (deha-brahmaṇi) - in the ultimate nature of the body (brahman) (in the reality of the body)

Words meanings and morphology

दुःखितानाम् (duḥkhitānām) - of the distressed, of those suffering

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of duḥkhita

duḥkhita - distressed, suffering, sad

Past Passive Participle

from duḥkha (suffering) + ita (suffix), or from root duḥkh (to suffer) + kta

Root: duḥkh (class 1)

का (kā) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - might be, would be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative Mood, 3rd Person Singular

Optative form of 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

रज्जु-सर्प-भ्रम-उपमा (rajju-sarpa-bhrama-upamā) - comparison to the delusion of a rope for a snake

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rajju-sarpa-bhrama-upamā

rajju-sarpa-bhrama-upamā - analogy of the delusion of a rope for a snake

Tatpurusha compound (rajju-sarpa-bhrama) + Upamā

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rajju+sarpa+bhrama+upamā)

• rajju – rope, cord
  noun (feminine)
• sarpa – snake, serpent
  noun (masculine)
  from sṛp (to creep)
  Root: sṛp (class 1)
• bhrama – delusion, error, illusion
  noun (masculine)
  from bhram (to wander, to err)
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• upamā – comparison, analogy, simile
  noun (feminine)
  from upa + mā (to measure)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: mā (class 2)

संभोग-आदौ (saṁbhoga-ādau) - in enjoyments etc., at the beginning of enjoyments

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃbhoga-ādi

saṁbhoga-ādi - enjoyments and so on, beginning with enjoyments

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃbhoga+ādi)

• saṃbhoga – enjoyment, experience, sexual union
  noun (masculine)
  from sam + bhuj (to enjoy) with ghañ
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhuj (class 7)
• ādi – beginning, etc., and so on
  noun (masculine)

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, ease

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, ease

ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in the ultimate reality (brahman)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - ultimate reality, universal spirit, the Absolute

from bṛh (to grow)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

आस्थिते (āsthite) - established, residing, situated

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of āsthita

āsthita - established, situated, fixed

Past Passive Participle

from ā + sthā (to stand) with kta

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

देह-ब्रह्मणि (deha-brahmaṇi) - in the ultimate nature of the body (brahman) (in the reality of the body)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dehabrahman

dehabrahman - the reality of the body, body as ultimate reality

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+brahman)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
  from dih (to smear, form)
  Root: dih (class 4)
• brahman – ultimate reality, universal spirit
  noun (neuter)
  from bṛh (to grow)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)

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