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)?

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)