योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-4, verse-27

शस्त्राघाताः प्रसह्यन्ते सह्यन्ते व्याधिवेदनाः ।
नाहमित्येवमात्रस्य सहने का कदर्थना ॥ २७ ॥

śastrāghātāḥ prasahyante sahyante vyādhivedanāḥ ,
nāhamityevamātrasya sahane kā kadarthanā 27

27. śastrāghātāḥ prasahyante sahyante vyādhivedanāḥ
na aham iti eva mātrasya sahane kā kadarthanā

27. śastrāghātāḥ prasahyante,
vyādhivedanāḥ sahyante.
na aham iti eva mātrasya sahane kā kadarthanā?

27. Weapon blows can be endured, and the pains of disease can be endured. But if one simply endures this very sense of 'I' (ahaṅkāra), what further distress can there be?

Words meanings summery:

• शस्त्राघाताः (śastrāghātāḥ) - weapon blows, strikes of weapons

• प्रसह्यन्ते (prasahyante) - they are endured, they are tolerated

• सह्यन्ते (sahyante) - they are endured, they are tolerated

• व्याधिवेदनाः (vyādhivedanāḥ) - pains of disease, disease sufferings

• न (na) - not, nor

• अहम् (aham) - I, ego

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying, indicating

• एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed

• मात्रस्य (mātrasya) - of the mere sense of 'I' (ahaṅkāra) (of the mere, of only)

• सहने (sahane) - in the endurance, in tolerating

• का (kā) - what (feminine)

• कदर्थना (kadarthanā) - distress, suffering, humiliation, degradation

Words meanings and morphology

शस्त्राघाताः (śastrāghātāḥ) - weapon blows, strikes of weapons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śastrāghāta

śastrāghāta - weapon blow, impact of a weapon

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śastra+āghāta)

• śastra – weapon, sword, iron instrument
  noun (neuter)
• āghāta – blow, stroke, impact
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: han (class 2)

प्रसह्यन्ते (prasahyante) - they are endured, they are tolerated

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of pra-sah

Prefix: pra

Root: sah (class 1)

सह्यन्ते (sahyante) - they are endured, they are tolerated

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of sah

Root: sah (class 1)

व्याधिवेदनाः (vyādhivedanāḥ) - pains of disease, disease sufferings

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vyādhivedanā

vyādhivedanā - disease pain, suffering from illness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vyādhi+vedanā)

• vyādhi – disease, sickness, affliction
  noun (masculine)
• vedanā – pain, sensation, feeling
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vid (class 7)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I, ego

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, self, ego (ahaṅkāra)

इति (iti) - thus, so saying, indicating

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed

(indeclinable)

मात्रस्य (mātrasya) - of the mere sense of 'I' (ahaṅkāra) (of the mere, of only)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mātra

mātra - merely, only, measuring, extent, just

Note: Qualifies 'aham' (the 'I' principle) implied as masculine.

सहने (sahane) - in the endurance, in tolerating

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sahana

sahana - enduring, tolerating, bearing

derived from root sah

root 'sah' (to endure) + suffix 'ana'

Root: sah (class 1)

का (kā) - what (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

कदर्थना (kadarthanā) - distress, suffering, humiliation, degradation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kadarthanā

kadarthanā - distress, degradation, humiliation, suffering, ill-treatment