योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-38, verse-34

अहमस्त्यविचारेण विचारेणाहमस्ति नो ।
अभावादहमर्थस्य क्व जगत्क्व च संसृतिः ॥ ३४ ॥

ahamastyavicāreṇa vicāreṇāhamasti no ,
abhāvādahamarthasya kva jagatkva ca saṃsṛtiḥ 34

34. aham asti avicāreṇa vicāreṇa aham asti no
abhāvāt ahamarthasya kva jagat kva ca saṃsṛtiḥ

34. avicāreṇa aham asti,
vicāreṇa aham asti no.
ahamarthasya abhāvāt,
jagat kva? ca saṃsṛtiḥ kva?

34. The notion of 'I' exists when there is no self-inquiry, but with self-inquiry, this 'I' does not exist. From the non-existence of this 'I'-sense, where then is the world, and where is the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra)?

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - the subjective sense of 'I' or ego (ahaṅkāra) (I, ego-sense)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अविचारेण (avicāreṇa) - due to a lack of self-inquiry (by non-inquiry, without contemplation)

• विचारेण (vicāreṇa) - through self-inquiry (by inquiry, by contemplation)

• अहम् (aham) - the subjective sense of 'I' or ego (ahaṅkāra) (I, ego-sense)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• नो (no) - not

• अभावात् (abhāvāt) - due to the ultimate non-existence or cessation (due to the non-existence, from the absence)

• अहमर्थस्य (ahamarthasya) - of the conceptual 'I' or ego (ahaṅkāra) (of the meaning of 'I', of the 'I'-notion)

• क्व (kva) - rhetorically, implying 'nowhere' (where?)

• जगत् (jagat) - the world

• क्व (kva) - rhetorically, implying 'nowhere' (where?)

• च (ca) - and

• संसृतिः (saṁsṛtiḥ) - transmigration, cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra)

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - the subjective sense of 'I' or ego (ahaṅkāra) (I, ego-sense)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Refers to the subjective 'I' or ego.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root as (to be), 2nd class, Parasmaipada, Present tense.

Root: as (class 2)

अविचारेण (avicāreṇa) - due to a lack of self-inquiry (by non-inquiry, without contemplation)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of avicāra

avicāra - lack of inquiry, non-contemplation, absence of discernment

Compound type : nayatatpuruṣa (a+vicāra)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• vicāra – inquiry, investigation, contemplation, discrimination
  noun (masculine)
  from root car with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Indicates the condition under which aham exists.

विचारेण (vicāreṇa) - through self-inquiry (by inquiry, by contemplation)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vicāra

vicāra - inquiry, investigation, contemplation, discrimination

from root car with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Indicates the condition under which aham does not exist.

अहम् (aham) - the subjective sense of 'I' or ego (ahaṅkāra) (I, ego-sense)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root as (to be), 2nd class, Parasmaipada, Present tense.

Root: as (class 2)

नो (no) - not

(indeclinable)

na with expletive u creating no by sandhi; here it is clearly a negation particle.

अभावात् (abhāvāt) - due to the ultimate non-existence or cessation (due to the non-existence, from the absence)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - non-existence, absence, annihilation

Compound type : nayatatpuruṣa (a+bhāva)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• bhāva – existence, state, being, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  from root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Indicates the cause or reason.

अहमर्थस्य (ahamarthasya) - of the conceptual 'I' or ego (ahaṅkāra) (of the meaning of 'I', of the 'I'-notion)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ahamartha

ahamartha - the meaning of 'I'; the 'I'-notion; ego-sense

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aham+artha)

• aham – I
  pronoun
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, sense
  noun (masculine)
  from root ṛ (to go, to move)
  Root: ṛ (class 5)

क्व (kva) - rhetorically, implying 'nowhere' (where?)

(indeclinable)

जगत् (jagat) - the world

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, moving, living (as in the moving world)

Present Active Participle

from root gam (to go), reduplicated ja-gam-at

Root: gam (class 1)

क्व (kva) - rhetorically, implying 'nowhere' (where?)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

संसृतिः (saṁsṛtiḥ) - transmigration, cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsṛti

saṁsṛti - transmigration, cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra), worldly existence

from root sṛ with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)