योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-142, verse-2

अचिन्तयं तत्स्वप्नोऽयं परस्य हृदये मम ।
तदतः परिनिर्वामि दुःखं पश्यामि किं मुधा ॥ २ ॥

acintayaṃ tatsvapno'yaṃ parasya hṛdaye mama ,
tadataḥ parinirvāmi duḥkhaṃ paśyāmi kiṃ mudhā 2

2. acintayam tat svapnaḥ ayam parasya hṛdaye mama
tat ataḥ parinirvāmi duḥkham paśyāmi kim mudhā

2. acintayam ayam svapnaḥ mama hṛdaye parasya
tat ataḥ parinirvāmi kim mudhā duḥkham paśyāmi

2. I thought: "This is a dream belonging to another person, yet experienced in my heart. Therefore, I will detach myself from it. Why should I perceive this suffering in vain?"

Words meanings summery:

• अचिन्तयम् (acintayam) - I thought, I considered, I reflected

• तत् (tat) - that (object of thought), therefore

• स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep

• अयम् (ayam) - this, he

• परस्य (parasya) - of another, belonging to another

• हृदये (hṛdaye) - in the heart, in the mind

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• तत् (tat) - therefore, so

• अतः (ataḥ) - from this, hence, therefore

• परिनिर्वामि (parinirvāmi) - I will cease, I will extinguish myself (from suffering/illusion), I will detach

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, pain, misery

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive, I behold

• किम् (kim) - why, what (interrogative particle)

• मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

Words meanings and morphology

अचिन्तयम् (acintayam) - I thought, I considered, I reflected

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of cint

Imperfect form of verb root cint (to think), a derivative of cit.

Root: cit (class 10)

तत् (tat) - that (object of thought), therefore

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep, slumber

अयम् (ayam) - this, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

परस्य (parasya) - of another, belonging to another

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of para

para - other, another, supreme, highest

हृदये (hṛdaye) - in the heart, in the mind

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, soul, core

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Genitive singular form of first person pronoun asmad.

तत् (tat) - therefore, so

(indeclinable)

Used adverbially to mean 'therefore'.

अतः (ataḥ) - from this, hence, therefore

(indeclinable)

परिनिर्वामि (parinirvāmi) - I will cease, I will extinguish myself (from suffering/illusion), I will detach

(verb)

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

Present tense form of verb root vā (to blow) with prefixes pari and nis, implying cessation or extinguishing. Contextually, not necessarily final (nirvāṇa) but cessation of current experience.

Prefixes: pari+nis

Root: vā (class 2)

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, pain, misery

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, misery, discomfort

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive, I behold

(verb)

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

Present tense form of verb root dṛś (to see), with the root substitute paśya.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

किम् (kim) - why, what (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)