योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-124, verse-10

किंचिद्यद्रोचते तुभ्यं तद्बद्धोऽसि भवस्थितौ ।
न किंचिद्रोचते चित्ते तन्मुक्तोऽसि भवस्थितौ ॥ १० ॥

kiṃcidyadrocate tubhyaṃ tadbaddho'si bhavasthitau ,
na kiṃcidrocate citte tanmukto'si bhavasthitau 10

10. kiṃcit yat rocate tubhyam tat baddhaḥ asi bhavasthitau
na kiṃcit rocate citte tat muktaḥ asi bhavasthitau

10. yat kiṃcit tubhyam rocate tat baddhaḥ asi bhavasthitau
na kiṃcit citte rocate tat muktaḥ asi bhavasthitau

10. If anything at all delights you, by that you are bound within the realm of worldly existence (saṃsāra). If nothing at all delights your mind, by that you are liberated (mokṣa) from the realm of worldly existence (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, whatever little

• यत् (yat) - introducing a conditional clause: 'if anything...' (which, that which, if)

• रोचते (rocate) - is pleasing, delights, shines

• तुभ्यम् (tubhyam) - to you, for you

• तत् (tat) - referring back to 'whatever delights you', implying 'by that (delight)' (that, by that (correlative pronoun))

• बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied, fettered

• असि (asi) - you are

• भवस्थितौ (bhavasthitau) - in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (in the state of existence, in worldly existence, in saṃsāra)

• न (na) - not, no

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, whatever little

• रोचते (rocate) - is pleasing, delights, shines

• चित्ते (citte) - in the mind, to the mind

• तत् (tat) - referring back to 'if nothing delights your mind', implying 'by that (non-delight)' (that, by that (correlative pronoun))

• मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - liberated, released, freed

• असि (asi) - you are

• भवस्थितौ (bhavasthitau) - from the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (in the state of existence, in worldly existence, in saṃsāra)

Words meanings and morphology

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, whatever little

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'kim' (what) and 'cid' (an indefinite particle)

यत् (yat) - introducing a conditional clause: 'if anything...' (which, that which, if)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, if, that

Note: Acts as the subject of rocate (that which pleases).

रोचते (rocate) - is pleasing, delights, shines

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ruc

present 3rd person singular

From root ruc, 1st conjugation, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Root: ruc (class 1)

तुभ्यम् (tubhyam) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: The dative case is used with verbs meaning 'to be pleasing to'.

तत् (tat) - referring back to 'whatever delights you', implying 'by that (delight)' (that, by that (correlative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used as a correlative to yat.

बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied, fettered

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, fettered, imprisoned

Past Passive Participle

From root bandh with suffix -ta

Root: bandh (class 9)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present 2nd person singular

From root as, 2nd conjugation (adādi), parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

भवस्थितौ (bhavasthitau) - in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (in the state of existence, in worldly existence, in saṃsāra)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhavasthiti

bhavasthiti - state of existence, worldly existence, condition of being

Compound of 'bhava' and 'sthiti'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhava+sthiti)

• bhava – existence, being, worldly existence, saṃsāra
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• sthiti – state, condition, position, remaining
  noun (feminine)
  From root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates the following clause.

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, whatever little

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'kim' (what) and 'cid' (an indefinite particle)

रोचते (rocate) - is pleasing, delights, shines

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ruc

present 3rd person singular

From root ruc, 1st conjugation, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Root: ruc (class 1)

चित्ते (citte) - in the mind, to the mind

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, intellect, heart

From root cit (to perceive, understand)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Used in dative case with rocate (pleasing to the mind).

तत् (tat) - referring back to 'if nothing delights your mind', implying 'by that (non-delight)' (that, by that (correlative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used as a correlative to yat.

मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - liberated, released, freed

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mukta

mukta - liberated, released, freed, left, abandoned

Past Passive Participle

From root muc with suffix -ta

Root: muc (class 6)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present 2nd person singular

From root as, 2nd conjugation (adādi), parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

भवस्थितौ (bhavasthitau) - from the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) (in the state of existence, in worldly existence, in saṃsāra)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhavasthiti

bhavasthiti - state of existence, worldly existence, condition of being

Compound of 'bhava' and 'sthiti'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhava+sthiti)

• bhava – existence, being, worldly existence, saṃsāra
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• sthiti – state, condition, position, remaining
  noun (feminine)
  From root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)