योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-74, verse-32

भगीरथ उवाच ।
शरीरेऽस्मिंश्चिरारूढो गिरौ तरुरिव स्वके ।
अहंभावो महाभाग वद मे त्यज्यते कथम् ॥ ३२ ॥

bhagīratha uvāca ,
śarīre'smiṃścirārūḍho girau taruriva svake ,
ahaṃbhāvo mahābhāga vada me tyajyate katham 32

32. bhagīrathaḥ uvāca śarīre asmin ca cira-ārūḍhaḥ girau taruḥ
iva svake ahaṃ-bhāvaḥ mahā-bhāga vada me tyajyate katham

32. bhagīrathaḥ uvāca mahā-bhāga me vada katham ahaṃ-bhāvaḥ
tyajyate asmin śarīre ca cira-ārūḍhaḥ svake girau taruḥ iva

32. Bhagīratha said: "O venerable one (mahā-bhāga), tell me, how can this ego (ahaṅkāra) be relinquished, which is deeply rooted in this body, like a tree firmly established on its own mountain?"

Words meanings summery:

• भगीरथः (bhagīrathaḥ) - Bhagīratha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• च (ca) - and, also

• चिर-आरूढः (cira-ārūḍhaḥ) - long-established, deeply rooted, settled for a long time

• गिरौ (girau) - on a mountain

• तरुः (taruḥ) - a tree

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• स्वके (svake) - in its own, in one's own

• अहं-भावः (ahaṁ-bhāvaḥ) - the ego, egoism, the sense of 'I'

• महा-भाग (mahā-bhāga) - O venerable one, O great-souled one, O fortunate one

• वद (vada) - tell, say, speak

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• त्यज्यते (tyajyate) - is abandoned, is relinquished, is given up

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

Words meanings and morphology

भगीरथः (bhagīrathaḥ) - Bhagīratha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagīratha

bhagīratha - Bhagīratha (a legendary king of the Solar Dynasty)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Tense, Active Voice

Irregular perfect form of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical frame, organism

Root: śṝ (class 9)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

Note: Agrees with 'śarīre'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चिर-आरूढः (cira-ārūḍhaḥ) - long-established, deeply rooted, settled for a long time

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cira-ārūḍha

cira-ārūḍha - long-mounted, long-fixed, long-rooted

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cira+ārūḍha)

• cira – for a long time, ancient, lasting
  indeclinable
• ārūḍha – mounted, ascended, climbed, fixed, settled, rooted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From ā-ruh (to mount, ascend)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ruh (class 1)

गिरौ (girau) - on a mountain

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill, rock

तरुः (taruḥ) - a tree

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of taru

taru - tree, plant

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

स्वके (svake) - in its own, in one's own

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of svaka

svaka - own, proper, peculiar to, one's own (possessive)

अहं-भावः (ahaṁ-bhāvaḥ) - the ego, egoism, the sense of 'I'

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṃ-bhāva

ahaṁ-bhāva - ego, egoism, the notion of 'I', self-consciousness

Compound of aham (I) and bhāva (state of being, notion)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aham+bhāva)

• aham – I
  pronoun
• bhāva – state of being, existence, feeling, sentiment, nature, ego
  noun (masculine)
  verbal noun
  From root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'tyajyate'.

महा-भाग (mahā-bhāga) - O venerable one, O great-souled one, O fortunate one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahā-bhāga

mahā-bhāga - great-souled, venerable, highly fortunate, noble one

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bhāga)

• mahā – great, large, mighty, excellent
  adjective
• bhāga – portion, share, fortune, destiny, venerable
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

वद (vada) - tell, say, speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Imperative Mood, Active Voice

Root vad, imperative 2nd person singular

Root: vad (class 1)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, me (pronoun)

त्यज्यते (tyajyate) - is abandoned, is relinquished, is given up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of tyaj

Present Tense, Passive Voice

Root tyaj, passive voice form

Root: tyaj (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)