योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-29, verse-74

अस्यां जगदरण्यान्यां मुह्यन्तं मुग्धबालवत् ।
स्वयमाराध्य धैर्याशमात्मनात्मानमुद्धरेत् ॥ ७४ ॥

asyāṃ jagadaraṇyānyāṃ muhyantaṃ mugdhabālavat ,
svayamārādhya dhairyāśamātmanātmānamuddharet 74

74. asyām jagat-araṇyānyām muhyantam mugdha-bālavat |
svayam ārādhya dhairya-āśam ātmanā ātmānam uddharet ||

74. asyām jagat-araṇyānyām mugdha-bālavat muhyantam ātmānam,
svayam dhairya-āśam ārādhya,
ātmanā uddharet

74. In this world-forest, where the self (ātman) becomes bewildered like a naive child, one should uplift one's own self (ātman) by one's own means (ātmanā), having thoroughly cultivated a refuge in fortitude.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्याम् (asyām) - in this

• जगत्-अरण्यान्याम् (jagat-araṇyānyām) - in this world-forest

• मुह्यन्तम् (muhyantam) - bewildered, deluded, confused

• मुग्ध-बालवत् (mugdha-bālavat) - like a naive child, like a bewildered child

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, spontaneously

• आराध्य (ārādhya) - having propitiated, having cultivated, having obtained

• धैर्य-आशम् (dhairya-āśam) - refuge in fortitude, hope of courage

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the self, by oneself

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, oneself

• उद्धरेत् (uddharet) - one should uplift, one should save, one should rescue

Words meanings and morphology

अस्याम् (asyām) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

जगत्-अरण्यान्याम् (jagat-araṇyānyām) - in this world-forest

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of jagat-araṇyānī

jagat-araṇyānī - world-forest (metaphor for the world being a vast and wild place)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jagat+araṇyānī)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
• araṇyānī – a large forest, wilderness
  noun (feminine)

मुह्यन्तम् (muhyantam) - bewildered, deluded, confused

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of muh

muh - to be bewildered, to be perplexed, to be deluded

Present Active Participle

Derived from root muh, forming an adjective.

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'ātmānam'.

मुग्ध-बालवत् (mugdha-bālavat) - like a naive child, like a bewildered child

(indeclinable)

Adverbial formation using the suffix -vat (like, similar to).

स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

आराध्य (ārādhya) - having propitiated, having cultivated, having obtained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with prefix ā- and suffix -ya, indicating 'having done X'.

Prefix: ā

Root: rādh (class 4)

धैर्य-आशम् (dhairya-āśam) - refuge in fortitude, hope of courage

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhairya-āśa

dhairya-āśa - refuge/hope of fortitude/courage

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dhairya+āśa)

• dhairya – fortitude, courage, firmness, patience
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from dhīra (firm, steady)
• āśa – hope, desire, region, abode, refuge
  noun (masculine)

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the self, by oneself

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, mind, Brahman (brahman)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, oneself

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, mind, Brahman (brahman)

उद्धरेत् (uddharet) - one should uplift, one should save, one should rescue

(verb)

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

Root verb, Parasmaipada

Prefix: ud

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

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