योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-33, verse-6

अहंभावमथादेहं किंचिच्छ्रयसि नश्यसि ।
जगदादिरुचिस्तस्मिंस्त्यक्ते शाम्यसि सिध्यसि ॥ ६ ॥

ahaṃbhāvamathādehaṃ kiṃcicchrayasi naśyasi ,
jagadādirucistasmiṃstyakte śāmyasi sidhyasi 6

6. ahaṃbhāvam atha adeham kiṃcit śrayasi naśyasi
jagadādiruciḥ tasmin tyakte śāmyasi sidhyasi

6. yadi (implied) ahaṃbhāvam atha adeham kiṃcit śrayasi,
[tada] naśyasi.
tasmin jagadādiruciḥ tyakte [sati],
śāmyasi [ca] sidhyasi.

6. If you rely on the ego (ahaṃbhāva) or even on the bodiless self, even slightly, you perish. But when that attachment to the origin of the world (jagadādiruci) is abandoned, you become tranquil and attain perfection (siddhi).

Words meanings summery:

• अहंभावम् (ahaṁbhāvam) - the sense of 'I', egoism, ego

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover, or

• अदेहम् (adeham) - bodiless, without body, the bodiless state

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, anything, somewhat, a little, even slightly

• श्रयसि (śrayasi) - you cling to, you resort to, you rely on

• नश्यसि (naśyasi) - you perish, you are lost, you are destroyed

• जगदादिरुचिः (jagadādiruciḥ) - attachment to the origin of the world, desire for the beginning of the world/creation

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, when that

• त्यक्ते (tyakte) - when abandoned, having been abandoned

• शाम्यसि (śāmyasi) - you become tranquil, you are pacified, you subside

• सिध्यसि (sidhyasi) - you attain perfection, you succeed, you are accomplished

Words meanings and morphology

अहंभावम् (ahaṁbhāvam) - the sense of 'I', egoism, ego

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ahaṃbhāva

ahaṁbhāva - egoism, self-conceit, the sense of 'I'

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover, or

(indeclinable)

अदेहम् (adeham) - bodiless, without body, the bodiless state

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of adeha

adeha - bodiless, not having a body

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+deha)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• deha – body, corporeal frame
  noun (masculine)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, anything, somewhat, a little, even slightly

(indeclinable)

Note: Can also be pronoun neuter accusative/nominative singular, but here functions adverbially.

श्रयसि (śrayasi) - you cling to, you resort to, you rely on

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śrī

Root: śrī (class 1)

नश्यसि (naśyasi) - you perish, you are lost, you are destroyed

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of naś

Root: naś (class 4)

जगदादिरुचिः (jagadādiruciḥ) - attachment to the origin of the world, desire for the beginning of the world/creation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jagadādiruci

jagadādiruci - attachment to the origin of the world, taste for the beginning of the world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+ādi+ruci)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, origin, source
  noun (masculine)
• ruci – light, luster, taste, liking, attachment, desire
  noun (feminine)
  Root: ruc (class 1)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, when that

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

त्यक्ते (tyakte) - when abandoned, having been abandoned

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of tyakta

tyakta - abandoned, forsaken, given up

Past Passive Participle

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Forms a locative absolute construction with tasmin.

शाम्यसि (śāmyasi) - you become tranquil, you are pacified, you subside

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śam

Root: śam (class 4)

सिध्यसि (sidhyasi) - you attain perfection, you succeed, you are accomplished

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sidh

Root: sidh (class 4)

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