योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-116, verse-12

विश्रान्तिमाप्तुमुचितां चिरमंग दुःखरत्नाकरं जननसागरमुत्तितीर्षोः ।
कोऽहं कथं जगदिदं च परं च किं स्यात्किं भोगकैरिति मतिः परमोऽभ्युपायः ॥ १२ ॥

viśrāntimāptumucitāṃ ciramaṃga duḥkharatnākaraṃ jananasāgaramuttitīrṣoḥ ,
ko'haṃ kathaṃ jagadidaṃ ca paraṃ ca kiṃ syātkiṃ bhogakairiti matiḥ paramo'bhyupāyaḥ 12

12. viśrāntim āptum ucitām ciram aṅga
duḥkha-ratnākaram janana-sāgaram uttītīrṣoḥ kaḥ aham
katham jagat idam ca param ca kim syāt
kim bhogakaiḥ iti matiḥ paramaḥ abhyupāyaḥ

12. aṅga duḥkha-ratnākaram janana-sāgaram uttītīrṣoḥ ucitām viśrāntim ciram āptum,
kaḥ aham,
idam jagat katham,
ca param kim syāt,
ca bhogakaiḥ kim (syāt) iti matiḥ paramaḥ abhyupāyaḥ

12. O dear one, for someone who wishes to cross the ocean of rebirth (saṃsāra) – which is a deep ocean of suffering and temptations – in order to attain appropriate, lasting peace, the supreme means (abhyupāya) is this kind of reflection: 'Who am I? How is this world, and what is beyond it? What is the use of worldly enjoyments?'

Words meanings summery:

• विश्रान्तिम् (viśrāntim) - rest, repose, cessation, peace

• आप्तुम् (āptum) - to obtain, to attain, to reach

• उचिताम् (ucitām) - proper, suitable, appropriate, rightful

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long, lasting

• अङ्ग (aṅga) - O dear one, O friend, O venerable one (vocative particle)

• दुःख-रत्नाकरम् (duḥkha-ratnākaram) - an ocean of suffering and jewels/temptations

• जनन-सागरम् (janana-sāgaram) - ocean of birth and rebirth (saṃsāra)

• उत्तीतीर्षोः (uttītīrṣoḥ) - for one desiring to cross, of one wishing to overcome

• कः (kaḥ) - who?, what?

• अहम् (aham) - I

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, that which moves

• इदम् (idam) - this, this here

• च (ca) - and, also

• परम् (param) - the next world, or what is beyond this visible world (other, supreme, highest, next (world))

• च (ca) - and, also

• किम् (kim) - what?

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

• किम् (kim) - what use?, what good? (interrogative particle implying futility)

• भोगकैः (bhogakaiḥ) - by enjoyments, by objects of enjoyment

• इति (iti) - thus, so (marks a quotation or thought)

• मतिः (matiḥ) - this kind of reflection or understanding (thought, understanding, intellect, opinion, mind)

• परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, ultimate, best

• अभ्युपायः (abhyupāyaḥ) - means, approach, expedient, method, way (abhyupāya)

Words meanings and morphology

विश्रान्तिम् (viśrāntim) - rest, repose, cessation, peace

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of viśrānti

viśrānti - rest, repose, cessation, tranquility, peace

आप्तुम् (āptum) - to obtain, to attain, to reach

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive from root āp-

Root: āp (class 5)

उचिताम् (ucitām) - proper, suitable, appropriate, rightful

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ucita

ucita - proper, suitable, appropriate, fit, rightful

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root vac (to speak), here meaning proper/suitable

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'viśrāntim'

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long, lasting

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of cira

अङ्ग (aṅga) - O dear one, O friend, O venerable one (vocative particle)

(indeclinable)

दुःख-रत्नाकरम् (duḥkha-ratnākaram) - an ocean of suffering and jewels/temptations

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of duḥkha-ratnākara

duḥkha-ratnākara - ocean of suffering and jewels

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (duḥkha+ratnākara)

• duḥkha – suffering, pain, misery, unhappiness
  noun (neuter)
• ratnākara – mine of jewels, ocean (as a repository of gems)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'janana-sāgaram'

जनन-सागरम् (janana-sāgaram) - ocean of birth and rebirth (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of janana-sāgara

janana-sāgara - ocean of birth and rebirth, the cycle of saṃsāra

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (janana+sāgara)

• janana – birth, production, generation
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

उत्तीतीर्षोः (uttītīrṣoḥ) - for one desiring to cross, of one wishing to overcome

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of uttītīrṣu

uttītīrṣu - desiring to cross, wishing to overcome

Desiderative Participle

Desiderative participle from ut-tṝ (to cross)

Prefix: ut

Root: tṝ (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - who?, what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, that which moves

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, that which moves (present participle used as a noun)

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle of root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this, this here

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Note: Agrees with 'jagat'

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

परम् (param) - the next world, or what is beyond this visible world (other, supreme, highest, next (world))

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, supreme, highest, chief, distant, subsequent

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

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

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what use?, what good? (interrogative particle implying futility)

(indeclinable)

भोगकैः (bhogakaiḥ) - by enjoyments, by objects of enjoyment

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhogaka

bhogaka - enjoyment, object of enjoyment, one who enjoys

इति (iti) - thus, so (marks a quotation or thought)

(indeclinable)

मतिः (matiḥ) - this kind of reflection or understanding (thought, understanding, intellect, opinion, mind)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - thought, understanding, intellect, opinion, mind

Root: man (class 4)

परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, ultimate, best

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, best, greatest

Note: Agrees with 'abhyupāyaḥ'

अभ्युपायः (abhyupāyaḥ) - means, approach, expedient, method, way (abhyupāya)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhyupāya

abhyupāya - means, approach, expedient, method, way, resource

Derived from root i (to go) with upasargas abhi and upa

Prefixes: abhi+upa

Root: i (class 2)