योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-22, verse-38

ममान्यान्येव मित्राणि अन्य एव च बन्धवः ।
अन्य एव नवा भृत्या अन्य एव समाश्रयाः ॥ ३८ ॥

mamānyānyeva mitrāṇi anya eva ca bandhavaḥ ,
anya eva navā bhṛtyā anya eva samāśrayāḥ 38

38. mama anyāni eva mitrāṇi anyaḥ eva ca bandhavaḥ
anyaḥ eva navā bhṛtyā anyaḥ eva samāśrayāḥ

38. mama mitrāṇi anyāni eva ca bandhavaḥ anyaḥ
eva navā bhṛtyā anyaḥ eva samāśrayāḥ anyaḥ eva

38. My friends are entirely different (in each cycle), and my relatives are also entirely different. My new servants are entirely different, and my sources of support are also entirely different.

Words meanings summery:

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• अन्यानि (anyāni) - other, different

• एव (eva) - emphatic (only, indeed, very, just)

• मित्राणि (mitrāṇi) - friends

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - 'a different (person/set of people)' (other, different)

• एव (eva) - emphatic (only, indeed, very, just)

• च (ca) - and, also

• बन्धवः (bandhavaḥ) - relatives, kinsmen

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - 'a different (person/set of people)' (other, different)

• एव (eva) - emphatic (only, indeed, very, just)

• नवा (navā) - new

• भृत्या (bhṛtyā) - female servants (servants, servant-girls)

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - 'a different (person/set of people)' (other, different)

• एव (eva) - emphatic (only, indeed, very, just)

• समाश्रयाः (samāśrayāḥ) - shelters, supports, dependents

Words meanings and morphology

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, myself

First person pronoun

Note: Possessive pronoun.

अन्यानि (anyāni) - other, different

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: Agrees with mitrāṇi.

एव (eva) - emphatic (only, indeed, very, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizing particle.

मित्राणि (mitrāṇi) - friends

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mitra

mitra - friend, companion, sun (Mitrā as a deity)

Note: Subject.

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - 'a different (person/set of people)' (other, different)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: Used here in masculine singular form anyaḥ even with plural subjects bandhavaḥ, bhṛtyā, samāśrayāḥ, likely idiomatically meaning "it is a different (thing/group)" or "a different (set of individuals)".

एव (eva) - emphatic (only, indeed, very, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizing particle for anyaḥ.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

बन्धवः (bandhavaḥ) - relatives, kinsmen

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bandhu

bandhu - kinsman, relative, friend

Note: Subject.

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - 'a different (person/set of people)' (other, different)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: Used here in masculine singular form anyaḥ even with plural subjects bandhavaḥ, bhṛtyā, samāśrayāḥ, likely idiomatically meaning "it is a different (thing/group)" or "a different (set of individuals)".

एव (eva) - emphatic (only, indeed, very, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizing particle for anyaḥ.

नवा (navā) - new

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nava

nava - new, fresh, young

Note: Agrees with bhṛtyā.

भृत्या (bhṛtyā) - female servants (servants, servant-girls)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhṛtyā

bhṛtyā - servant-girl, female attendant

From root bhṛ (to bear, support, maintain)

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject.

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - 'a different (person/set of people)' (other, different)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: Used here in masculine singular form anyaḥ even with plural subjects bandhavaḥ, bhṛtyā, samāśrayāḥ, likely idiomatically meaning "it is a different (thing/group)" or "a different (set of individuals)".

एव (eva) - emphatic (only, indeed, very, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizing particle for anyaḥ.

समाश्रयाः (samāśrayāḥ) - shelters, supports, dependents

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāśraya

samāśraya - refuge, support, dependence, protector

From root śrī (to resort to, serve) with prefix sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: śrī (class 1)

Note: Subject.

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