योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-201, verse-29

बालो लीलामिव त्यक्तशङ्कं संसारसंस्थितिम् ।
यावद्देहमिमां साधो पालयाम्यमलैकदृक् ॥ २९ ॥

bālo līlāmiva tyaktaśaṅkaṃ saṃsārasaṃsthitim ,
yāvaddehamimāṃ sādho pālayāmyamalaikadṛk 29

29. bālaḥ līlām iva tyaktaśaṅkam saṃsārasaṃsthitim
yāvatdeham imām sādho pālayāmi amalaikadṛk

29. sādho amalaikadṛk aham tyaktaśaṅkam bālaḥ līlām
iva imām saṃsārasaṃsthitim yāvatdeham pālayāmi

29. O good one (sādho), with a singular, pure vision, I maintain this worldly existence (saṃsāra) as long as the body endures, treating it like a child's play and having abandoned all fear.

Words meanings summery:

• बालः (bālaḥ) - like a child (metaphorical) (a child, a boy, young, innocent)

• लीलाम् (līlām) - as a play, like a sport (play, sport, amusement, ease)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• त्यक्तशङ्कम् (tyaktaśaṅkam) - without any apprehension or fear (having abandoned doubt/fear, fearless)

• संसारसंस्थितिम् (saṁsārasaṁsthitim) - this continuation of worldly life (saṃsāra) (the state of worldly existence, the condition of being in saṃsāra)

• यावत्देहम् (yāvatdeham) - as long as I have this body (as long as the body exists, for the duration of the body)

• इमाम् (imām) - this (referring to 'saṃsārasaṃsthiti') (this (feminine))

• साधो (sādho) - O good one, addressing a sage. (O good one, O sage, O virtuous person)

• पालयामि (pālayāmi) - I maintain (this existence), I carry on (my duties/life) (I protect, I guard, I maintain, I observe, I rule)

• अमलैकदृक् (amalaikadṛk) - with a pure, undifferentiated understanding of reality (one with a singular pure vision, having a spotless single sight)

Words meanings and morphology

बालः (bālaḥ) - like a child (metaphorical) (a child, a boy, young, innocent)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young, innocent

Note: Functions adjectivally or adverbially meaning 'like a child'.

लीलाम् (līlām) - as a play, like a sport (play, sport, amusement, ease)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of līlā

līlā - play, sport, amusement, ease

From root LĪL (to sway, to play)

Root: LĪL (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

त्यक्तशङ्कम् (tyaktaśaṅkam) - without any apprehension or fear (having abandoned doubt/fear, fearless)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tyaktaśaṅka

tyaktaśaṅka - having abandoned doubt, fearless

Bahuvrihi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tyakta+śaṅkā)

• tyakta – abandoned, left, given up
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root TYAJ (to abandon) + kta suffix
  Root: TYAJ (class 1)
• śaṅkā – doubt, fear, apprehension
  noun (feminine)
  From root ŚAṄK (to doubt)
  Root: ŚAṄK (class 1)

Note: Accusative singular, agreeing with an implied subject (me) or adverbially modifying 'pālayāmi'.

संसारसंस्थितिम् (saṁsārasaṁsthitim) - this continuation of worldly life (saṃsāra) (the state of worldly existence, the condition of being in saṃsāra)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saṃsārasaṃsthiti

saṁsārasaṁsthiti - state of worldly existence, condition of saṃsāra

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+saṃsthiti)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  From root SṚ (to flow, to move) with prefix SAM
  Prefix: sam
  Root: SṚ (class 1)
• saṃsthiti – existence, condition, state, establishment
  noun (feminine)
  From root STHĀ (to stand) with prefix SAM + KTI suffix
  Prefix: sam
  Root: STHĀ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'pālayāmi'.

यावत्देहम् (yāvatdeham) - as long as I have this body (as long as the body exists, for the duration of the body)

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable compound (avyayībhāva) formed with 'yāvat' and 'deha'

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yāvat+deha)

• yāvat – as much as, as long as, until
  indeclinable
• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
  From root DIH (to smear, to grow)
  Root: DIH (class 1)

Note: Functions adverbially.

इमाम् (imām) - this (referring to 'saṃsārasaṃsthiti') (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Agrees with 'saṃsārasaṃsthitim'.

साधो (sādho) - O good one, addressing a sage. (O good one, O sage, O virtuous person)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, sage, holy man

From root SADH (to accomplish)

Root: SADH (class 5)

Note: Addressing a sage.

पालयामि (pālayāmi) - I maintain (this existence), I carry on (my duties/life) (I protect, I guard, I maintain, I observe, I rule)

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

Denominative verb from 'pāla' (protector), or from root PĀ (to protect) with suffix L

Root: PĀL (class 10)

Note: The subject 'I' (aham) is implied.

अमलैकदृक् (amalaikadṛk) - with a pure, undifferentiated understanding of reality (one with a singular pure vision, having a spotless single sight)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of amalaikadṛś

amalaikadṛś - one with a singular pure vision

Bahuvrihi compound, ending in 'dṛś' (seer)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (amala+eka+dṛś)

• amala – spotless, pure, stainless
  adjective (neuter)
  Negative compound (Nañ-tatpuruṣa) of 'mala' (impurity)
  Prefix: a
• eka – one, singular, unique
  adjective (neuter)
• dṛś – seer, one who sees, vision
  noun (masculine)
  From root DṚŚ (to see)
  Root: DṚŚ (class 1)

Note: Refers to the implied subject 'I'.

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