योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-4, verse-17

अर्थो दृषदिवाम्भोधौ यो य आपतति त्वयि ।
तस्मादेव पलायस्व नाहमित्येव भावयन् ॥ १७ ॥

artho dṛṣadivāmbhodhau yo ya āpatati tvayi ,
tasmādeva palāyasva nāhamityeva bhāvayan 17

17. arthaḥ dṛṣadi iva ambhodhau yaḥ yaḥ āpatati tvayi
tasmāt eva palāyasva na aham iti eva bhāvayan

17. yaḥ yaḥ arthaḥ dṛṣadi iva ambhodhau tvayi āpatati,
tasmāt eva palāyasva,
"aham na" iti eva bhāvayan.

17. Whatever object or purpose comes to you, like a stone dropped into the ocean, flee from it, constantly reflecting, 'I am not that'.

Words meanings summery:

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - object, thing, purpose, meaning, wealth

• दृषदि (dṛṣadi) - on a stone, in a rock

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अम्भोधौ (ambhodhau) - in the ocean, in the sea

• यः (yaḥ) - whatever, whichever

• यः (yaḥ) - whatever, whichever

• आपतति (āpatati) - falls upon, comes to, occurs

• त्वयि (tvayi) - on you, in you, to you

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• पलायस्व (palāyasva) - flee, escape

• न (na) - not

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• भावयन् (bhāvayan) - constantly reflecting (contemplating, meditating, thinking, causing to be)

Words meanings and morphology

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - object, thing, purpose, meaning, wealth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - object, purpose, meaning, wealth, goal

दृषदि (dṛṣadi) - on a stone, in a rock

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of dṛṣad

dṛṣad - stone, rock

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अम्भोधौ (ambhodhau) - in the ocean, in the sea

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ambhodhi

ambhodhi - ocean, sea (literally, container of water)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ambhas+dhī)

• ambhas – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhī – holding, receptacle
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhā (class 3)

यः (yaḥ) - whatever, whichever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who

यः (yaḥ) - whatever, whichever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who

आपतति (āpatati) - falls upon, comes to, occurs

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

त्वयि (tvayi) - on you, in you, to you

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

पलायस्व (palāyasva) - flee, escape

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of palāyasva

Prefix: parā

Root: i (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

भावयन् (bhāvayan) - constantly reflecting (contemplating, meditating, thinking, causing to be)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāvayat

bhāvayat - causing to be, contemplating, imagining

Present Active Participle

Root √bhū (to be) in causative (bhāvayati), present participle

Root: bhū (class 1)