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.

29. כמו ילד המשחק במשחקו, ללא ספקות ובראייה טהורה אחת, הוי צדיק, אני משמר את חיוניות סבך הקיום הזה כל עוד הגוף קיים.

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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