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7,1

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-1, verse-11

ऊर्ध्वबाहुर्विरौम्येष न च कश्चिच्छृणोति मे ।
असंकल्पः परं श्रेयः स किमन्तर्न भाव्यते ॥ ११ ॥
ūrdhvabāhurviraumyeṣa na ca kaścicchṛṇoti me ,
asaṃkalpaḥ paraṃ śreyaḥ sa kimantarna bhāvyate 11
11. ūrdhvabāhuḥ viraumi eṣaḥ na ca kaścit śṛṇoti me
asaṅkalpaḥ param śreyaḥ saḥ kim antar na bhāvyate
11. eṣaḥ ūrdhvabāhuḥ viraumi,
ca kaścit me na śṛṇoti.
asaṅkalpaḥ param śreyaḥ; saḥ kim antar na bhāvyate?
11. I cry out with uplifted arms, yet no one listens to me. Non-volition (asaṅkalpa) is the supreme blessing (śreyas); why is it not contemplated within oneself?

Words meanings summery:

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  • ऊर्ध्वबाहुः (ūrdhvabāhuḥ) - with uplifted arms; having arms uplifted
  • विरौमि (viraumi) - I cry out, declare loudly (I cry out, I lament)
  • एषः (eṣaḥ) - I (referring to the speaker) (this (masculine nominative singular))
  • (na) - not, no
  • (ca) - yet, but (and, also, but)
  • कश्चित् (kaścit) - no one (with na) (anyone, someone)
  • शृणोति (śṛṇoti) - listens (he hears)
  • मे (me) - to me, my words (to me, my, for me)
  • असङ्कल्पः (asaṅkalpaḥ) - non-volition, the state of being without mental resolve or desire (saṅkalpa) (non-volition, freedom from desire, absence of mental resolve)
  • परम् (param) - supreme (supreme, highest)
  • श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - blessing, good, benefit (good, welfare, blessing)
  • सः (saḥ) - that (referring to asaṅkalpa) (he, that)
  • किम् (kim) - why (what, why)
  • अन्तर् (antar) - within oneself (within, inside)
  • (na) - not, no
  • भाव्यते (bhāvyate) - it is contemplated (it is meditated upon, it is contemplated, it is produced)

Words meanings and morphology

ऊर्ध्वबाहुः (ūrdhvabāhuḥ) - with uplifted arms; having arms uplifted
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ūrdhvabāhu
ūrdhvabāhu - having arms uplifted
Compound type : Bahuvrihi (ūrdhva+bāhu)
  • ūrdhva – upwards, high, elevated
    adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  • bāhu – arm
    noun (masculine)
विरौमि (viraumi) - I cry out, declare loudly (I cry out, I lament)
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of ru
Present active, parasmaipada
From root ru with prefix vi-. 1st person singular present active
Prefix: vi
Root: ru (class 2)
एषः (eṣaḥ) - I (referring to the speaker) (this (masculine nominative singular))
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of etad
etad - this
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
(ca) - yet, but (and, also, but)
(indeclinable)
कश्चित् (kaścit) - no one (with na) (anyone, someone)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid
kaścid - someone, anyone
kim + cid
शृणोति (śṛṇoti) - listens (he hears)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of śru
Present active, parasmaipada
3rd person singular present active
Root: śru (class 5)
मे (me) - to me, my words (to me, my, for me)
(pronoun)
singular of asmad
asmad - I
Note: Used here in the dative sense 'to me' or genitive 'my (words)'
असङ्कल्पः (asaṅkalpaḥ) - non-volition, the state of being without mental resolve or desire (saṅkalpa) (non-volition, freedom from desire, absence of mental resolve)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of asaṅkalpa
asaṅkalpa - freedom from resolve/desire; non-volition
From prefix a- (negation) and saṅkalpa
Compound type : Nañ-Tatpurusha (a+saṅkalpa)
  • a – not, non-
    indeclinable
  • saṅkalpa – mental resolve, intention, will, desire, definite conception
    noun (masculine)
    From sam- + kḷp (to be formed, to happen)
    Prefix: sam
    Root: kḷp (class 1)
परम् (param) - supreme (supreme, highest)
(adjective)
neuter, singular of para
para - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, best
Note: Here nominative neuter
श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - blessing, good, benefit (good, welfare, blessing)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas
śreyas - good, welfare, blessing, happiness, supreme good
Comparative degree of śrī or from śri
Note: Nominative neuter singular
सः (saḥ) - that (referring to asaṅkalpa) (he, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that
Note: Refers to asaṅkalpaḥ
किम् (kim) - why (what, why)
(indeclinable)
अन्तर् (antar) - within oneself (within, inside)
(indeclinable)
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
भाव्यते (bhāvyate) - it is contemplated (it is meditated upon, it is contemplated, it is produced)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of bhū
Present passive
3rd person singular present passive from causative root √bhū (or denom. from bhāva)
Root: bhū (class 1)
Note: Refers to asaṅkalpaḥ