योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-16, verse-8

अहंभावनमेवोच्चैर्बीजं दुःखाख्यशाल्मलेः ।
ममेदं तद्वदादीति शाखाप्रसरकारणम् ॥ ८ ॥

ahaṃbhāvanamevoccairbījaṃ duḥkhākhyaśālmaleḥ ,
mamedaṃ tadvadādīti śākhāprasarakāraṇam 8

8. ahaṃbhāvanam eva uccaiḥ bījam duḥkha ākhya śālmaleḥ
mama idam tadvat ādi iti śākhāprasārakāraṇam

8. ahaṃbhāvanam eva uccaiḥ duḥkhākhyaśālmaleḥ bījam
tadvat mama idam ādi iti śākhāprasārakāraṇam

8. The strong sense of ego (ahaṅkāra) is precisely the seed of the śālmalī tree of suffering. Similarly, the thought 'this is mine,' and so on, is the cause for the spreading of its branches.

Words meanings summery:

• अहंभावनम् (ahaṁbhāvanam) - the feeling of 'I', ego-sense, self-identification

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, alone

• उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - strongly, intensely, loudly, high

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed, origin, cause

• दुःख (duḥkha) - suffering, misery, pain

• आख्य (ākhya) - named, called

• शाल्मलेः (śālmaleḥ) - of the śālmalī tree, which is known for its thorns and large spreading branches, here metaphorically representing the tree of suffering (of the śālmalī tree (silk-cotton tree))

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• इदम् (idam) - this

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, like that, in that manner

• आदि (ādi) - beginning, and so on, et cetera

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought

• शाखाप्रसारकारणम् (śākhāprasārakāraṇam) - cause of the branches' spread/expansion

Words meanings and morphology

अहंभावनम् (ahaṁbhāvanam) - the feeling of 'I', ego-sense, self-identification

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ahaṃbhāvana

ahaṁbhāvana - the 'I'-feeling, egoism, self-consciousness

Compound type : tatpurusha (aham+bhāvana)

• aham – I
  pronoun
• bhāvana – forming, imagining, conception, idea, thought, feeling
  noun (neuter)
  agent noun
  derived from root bhū with causative and suffix -ana
  Root: bhū (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, alone

(indeclinable)

उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - strongly, intensely, loudly, high

(indeclinable)

बीजम् (bījam) - seed, origin, cause

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, primary cause

दुःख (duḥkha) - suffering, misery, pain

(noun)

neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, sorrow, misery

Note: Part of a compound 'duḥkhākhyaśālmalī'

आख्य (ākhya) - named, called

(adjective)

of ākhya

ākhya - named, called, denominated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root khyā with upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Part of a compound 'duḥkhākhyaśālmalī'

शाल्मलेः (śālmaleḥ) - of the śālmalī tree, which is known for its thorns and large spreading branches, here metaphorically representing the tree of suffering (of the śālmalī tree (silk-cotton tree))

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of śālmalī

śālmalī - silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, like that, in that manner

(indeclinable)

आदि (ādi) - beginning, and so on, et cetera

(noun)

masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, and so forth, etcetera

Note: Used as part of the phrase 'iti ādi'

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought

(indeclinable)

शाखाप्रसारकारणम् (śākhāprasārakāraṇam) - cause of the branches' spread/expansion

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śākhāprasārakāraṇa

śākhāprasārakāraṇa - cause of the spreading of branches

Compound type : tatpurusha (śākhā+prasāra+kāraṇa)

• śākhā – branch, bough
  noun (feminine)
• prasāra – spread, expansion, extension
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root sṛ with upasarga pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  agent noun
  Derived from root kṛ with suffix -ana
  Root: kṛ (class 8)