योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-88, verse-9

अयं मणिर्मणिर्नायं मणिश्चेत्तद्भवेन्न सः ।
स्पृशामि न स्पृशाम्येनं कदाचित्स्पर्शतो व्रजेत् ॥ ९ ॥

ayaṃ maṇirmaṇirnāyaṃ maṇiścettadbhavenna saḥ ,
spṛśāmi na spṛśāmyenaṃ kadācitsparśato vrajet 9

9. ayam maṇiḥ maṇiḥ na ayam maṇiḥ cet tat bhavet na
saḥ spṛśāmi na spṛśāmi enam kadācit sparśataḥ vrajet

9. ayam maṇiḥ na ayam maṇiḥ cet maṇiḥ tat saḥ na bhavet
enam spṛśāmi na spṛśāmi kadācit sparśataḥ vrajet

9. This is a gem! No, it is not a gem. If it were a true gem, then it wouldn't be this one. I touch it, yet I also refrain from touching it, for fear that it might perhaps disappear upon contact.

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this (gem) (this, this one)

• मणिः (maṇiḥ) - gem (gem, jewel, pearl)

• मणिः (maṇiḥ) - gem (gem, jewel, pearl)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (gem) (this, this one)

• मणिः (maṇiḥ) - gem (gem, jewel, pearl)

• चेत् (cet) - if (if, if indeed)

• तत् (tat) - then (that, therefore, then)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it would be (it should be, it would be)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• सः (saḥ) - this one (referring to `ayam maṇiḥ`) (he, that)

• स्पृशामि (spṛśāmi) - I touch (it) (I touch)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• स्पृशामि (spṛśāmi) - I touch (it) (I touch)

• एनम् (enam) - it (the gem) (this, him, it)

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - perhaps (sometimes, perhaps, at some time)

• स्पर्शतः (sparśataḥ) - from being touched (from touch, by touch)

• व्रजेत् (vrajet) - it might disappear (it might go, it might disappear)

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this (gem) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

मणिः (maṇiḥ) - gem (gem, jewel, pearl)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maṇi

maṇi - gem, jewel, pearl, crystal

मणिः (maṇiḥ) - gem (gem, jewel, pearl)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maṇi

maṇi - gem, jewel, pearl, crystal

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (gem) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

मणिः (maṇiḥ) - gem (gem, jewel, pearl)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maṇi

maṇi - gem, jewel, pearl, crystal

चेत् (cet) - if (if, if indeed)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - then (that, therefore, then)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भवेत् (bhavet) - it would be (it should be, it would be)

(verb)

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

Optative Mood, Parasmaipada, 3rd Person Singular

Root bhū, 1st conjugation (bhvādi)

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - this one (referring to `ayam maṇiḥ`) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स्पृशामि (spṛśāmi) - I touch (it) (I touch)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of spṛś

Present Tense, Parasmaipada, 1st Person Singular

Root spṛś, 6th conjugation (tudādi)

Root: spṛś (class 6)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

स्पृशामि (spṛśāmi) - I touch (it) (I touch)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of spṛś

Present Tense, Parasmaipada, 1st Person Singular

Root spṛś, 6th conjugation (tudādi)

Root: spṛś (class 6)

एनम् (enam) - it (the gem) (this, him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

कदाचित् (kadācit) - perhaps (sometimes, perhaps, at some time)

(indeclinable)

स्पर्शतः (sparśataḥ) - from being touched (from touch, by touch)

(indeclinable)

Derived from root spṛś

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: suffix -tas conveying ablative sense

व्रजेत् (vrajet) - it might disappear (it might go, it might disappear)

(verb)

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

Optative Mood, Parasmaipada, 3rd Person Singular

Root vraj, 1st conjugation (bhvādi)

Root: vraj (class 1)