योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-112, verse-3

अहंकारमसद्विद्धि मैनमाश्रय मा त्यज ।
असतः शशशृङ्गस्य किल त्यागग्रहौ कुतः ॥ ३ ॥

ahaṃkāramasadviddhi mainamāśraya mā tyaja ,
asataḥ śaśaśṛṅgasya kila tyāgagrahau kutaḥ 3

3. ahaṅkāram asat viddhi mā enam āśraya mā tyaja
asataḥ śaśaśṛṅgasya kila tyāgagrahaū kutaḥ

3. ahaṅkāram asat viddhi enam mā āśraya mā tyaja
asataḥ śaśaśṛṅgasya tyāgagrahaū kila kutaḥ

3. Know the ego (ahaṅkāra) to be unreal. Do not cling to it, yet do not try to abandon it either. Indeed, for an unreal rabbit's horn, how can there be any question of abandoning or seizing it?

Words meanings summery:

• अहङ्कारम् (ahaṅkāram) - ego (ahaṅkāra), self-identification

• असत् (asat) - unreal, non-existent, false

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

• मा (mā) - do not, not (prohibitive particle)

• एनम् (enam) - it, this (masculine)

• आश्रय (āśraya) - resort to, cling to, depend on, take refuge in

• मा (mā) - do not, not (prohibitive particle)

• त्यज (tyaja) - abandon, forsake, give up

• असतः (asataḥ) - of the unreal, of the non-existent

• शशशृङ्गस्य (śaśaśṛṅgasya) - of a rabbit's horn

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, it is said

• त्यागग्रहऊ (tyāgagrahaū) - abandoning and seizing (dual)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, how, from where

Words meanings and morphology

अहङ्कारम् (ahaṅkāram) - ego (ahaṅkāra), self-identification

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāra

ahaṅkāra - ego, self-identification, 'I-making'

असत् (asat) - unreal, non-existent, false

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - unreal, non-existent, false, bad

present active participle

negative prefix 'a' with present participle of 'as' (to be)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• sat – existent, real, true, good (present active participle of √as)
  participle (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Root: as (class 2)

विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √vid

Root: vid (class 2)

मा (mā) - do not, not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - it, this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one (demonstrative pronoun)

आश्रय (āśraya) - resort to, cling to, depend on, take refuge in

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √śri

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

मा (mā) - do not, not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

त्यज (tyaja) - abandon, forsake, give up

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

असतः (asataḥ) - of the unreal, of the non-existent

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of asat

asat - unreal, non-existent, false, bad

present active participle

negative prefix 'a' with present participle of 'as' (to be)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+sat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• sat – existent, real, true, good (present active participle of √as)
  participle (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'śaśaśṛṅgasya'

शशशृङ्गस्य (śaśaśṛṅgasya) - of a rabbit's horn

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of śaśaśṛṅga

śaśaśṛṅga - rabbit's horn (an example of something non-existent or impossible)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaśa+śṛṅga)

• śaśa – rabbit, hare
  noun (masculine)
• śṛṅga – horn, peak, summit
  noun (neuter)

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, it is said

(indeclinable)

त्यागग्रहऊ (tyāgagrahaū) - abandoning and seizing (dual)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tyāgagraha

tyāgagraha - abandoning and seizing, giving up and taking

Compound type : dvandva (tyāga+graha)

• tyāga – abandoning, renunciation, giving up
  noun (masculine)
  from root √tyaj
  Root: tyaj (class 1)
• graha – seizing, taking, grasping
  noun (masculine)
  from root √grah
  Root: grah (class 9)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, how, from where

(indeclinable)