योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-55, verse-11

इदं नष्टमिदं युक्तमिति मोहभ्रमादृते ।
अन्यत्तथा न पश्यामि वन्ध्यास्त्रीतनयं यथा ॥ ११ ॥

idaṃ naṣṭamidaṃ yuktamiti mohabhramādṛte ,
anyattathā na paśyāmi vandhyāstrītanayaṃ yathā 11

11. idam naṣṭam idam yuktam iti mohabhramāt ṛte
anyat tathā na paśyāmi vandhyāstrītanayam yathā

11. idam naṣṭam idam yuktam iti mohabhramāt ṛte,
anyat tathā na paśyāmi,
yathā vandhyāstrītanayam

11. Except for this delusion (moha) and error, which causes one to think 'this is lost' and 'this is (my) true connection', I see nothing else in that manner, just as [one does not see] the son of a barren woman.

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - Refers to transient things (body, possessions). (this, this one)

• नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - destroyed, lost, ruined

• इदम् (idam) - Refers to transient things (body, possessions). (this, this one)

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - Here, implying 'rightly connected (to me)' or 'proper to be attached to', which is a delusion. (joined, connected, appropriate, proper)

• इति (iti) - Marks the preceding clause as a thought or statement. (thus, so, in this way)

• मोहभ्रमात् (mohabhramāt) - from delusion and error

• ऋते (ṛte) - except for, without, apart from

• अन्यत् (anyat) - Anything else (that is, any other reality or truth). (other, different, another)

• तथा (tathā) - In that deluded manner (referring to the previous description). (so, thus, in that manner)

• न (na) - not, no

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

• वन्ध्यास्त्रीतनयम् (vandhyāstrītanayam) - A proverbial example of something utterly non-existent. (the son of a barren woman)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - Refers to transient things (body, possessions). (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idad

idad - this, this one

नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - destroyed, lost, ruined

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, ruined, perished

Past Passive Participle

From root 'naś' (to perish, be lost).

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'idam'.

इदम् (idam) - Refers to transient things (body, possessions). (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idad

idad - this, this one

युक्तम् (yuktam) - Here, implying 'rightly connected (to me)' or 'proper to be attached to', which is a delusion. (joined, connected, appropriate, proper)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, connected, united; fit, proper, appropriate; endowed with; concentrated, absorbed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'yuj' (to join, connect).

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Refers to transient things, implying deluded attachment.

इति (iti) - Marks the preceding clause as a thought or statement. (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

मोहभ्रमात् (mohabhramāt) - from delusion and error

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of mohabhrama

mohabhrama - delusion and error, error of bewilderment

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (moha+bhrama)

• moha – delusion, bewilderment, infatuation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: muh (class 4)
• bhrama – error, mistake, wandering, delusion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: The ablative indicates the source or cause.

ऋते (ṛte) - except for, without, apart from

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - Anything else (that is, any other reality or truth). (other, different, another)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

तथा (tathā) - In that deluded manner (referring to the previous description). (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of dṛś

Present Active

1st person singular, Present Indicative Active (stem 'paśya').

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वन्ध्यास्त्रीतनयम् (vandhyāstrītanayam) - A proverbial example of something utterly non-existent. (the son of a barren woman)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vandhyāstrītanaya

vandhyāstrītanaya - son of a barren woman

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vandhyā+strī+tanaya)

• vandhyā – barren, sterile
  adjective (feminine)
• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• tanaya – son, offspring
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Object of 'paśyāmi'.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)