योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-5, verse-10

पुनर्मृतिः पुनर्जन्म जरा मेति विभावयन् ।
लज्जेऽहं तत्किमेकं स्यात्स्थिरमित्यवमृश्य सः ॥ १० ॥

punarmṛtiḥ punarjanma jarā meti vibhāvayan ,
lajje'haṃ tatkimekaṃ syātsthiramityavamṛśya saḥ 10

10. punarmṛtiḥ punarjanma jarā me iti vibhāvayan lajje
aham tat kim ekam syāt sthiram iti avamṛśya saḥ

10. saḥ (He) पुनर्मृतिः (repeated death),
पुनर्जन्म (repeated birth),
जरा (old age) मे (to me) इति (thus) विभावयन् (reflecting),
तत् (then) किम (what) एकम् (one thing) स्थिरम् (stable) स्यात् (could be) इति (thus) अवमृश्य (having deliberated),
अहम् (I) लज्जे (am ashamed).

10. He, contemplating (vibhāvayan) that repeated death (punarmṛtiḥ), repeated birth (punarjanma), and old age (jarā) will be his lot, and having deliberated (avamṛśya) what one thing (ekam) could possibly be stable (sthira), exclaimed to himself, 'I am ashamed (lajje aham)!'

Words meanings summery:

• पुनर्मृतिः (punarmṛtiḥ) - repeated death, cycle of death

• पुनर्जन्म (punarjanma) - repeated birth, rebirth, reincarnation

• जरा (jarā) - old age, decrepitude

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way; (introduces a direct quote or thought)

• विभावयन् (vibhāvayan) - reflecting, considering, contemplating, causing to appear

• लज्जे (lajje) - I am ashamed

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तत् (tat) - that, then, therefore

• किम् (kim) - what, which, whether

• एकम् (ekam) - one, single, unique

• स्यात् (syāt) - may it be, it should be, it could be

• स्थिरम् (sthiram) - stable, firm, permanent

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way; (introduces a direct quote or thought)

• अवमृश्य (avamṛśya) - having deliberated, having reflected, having considered

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

Words meanings and morphology

पुनर्मृतिः (punarmṛtiḥ) - repeated death, cycle of death

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of punarmṛti

punarmṛti - repeated death, cycle of death

Compound type : karmadhāraya (punar+mṛti)

• punar – again, repeatedly
  indeclinable
• mṛti – death, dying
  noun (feminine)
  Root: mṛ (class 4)

पुनर्जन्म (punarjanma) - repeated birth, rebirth, reincarnation

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of punarjanman

punarjanman - repeated birth, rebirth, reincarnation (saṃsāra)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (punar+janman)

• punar – again, repeatedly
  indeclinable
• janman – birth, origin, existence
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)

जरा (jarā) - old age, decrepitude

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, decrepitude

Root: jṛ (class 1)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way; (introduces a direct quote or thought)

(indeclinable)

विभावयन् (vibhāvayan) - reflecting, considering, contemplating, causing to appear

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vibhāvayat

vibhāvayat - reflecting, considering, contemplating, causing to appear

Present Active Participle

Derived from causative of root `bhū` (to be) with prefix `vi`. `vi + bhū` (causative `bhāva`) + `śatṛ` (present active participle suffix).

Prefix: vi

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Acts as an adjective for `saḥ`.

लज्जे (lajje) - I am ashamed

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of lajj

ātmanepada, present tense, 1st person singular.

Root: lajj (class 6)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Subject of `lajje`.

तत् (tat) - that, then, therefore

(indeclinable)

Note: Acts as an indeclinable introducing a question or consequence.

किम् (kim) - what, which, whether

(interrogative pronoun)

एकम् (ekam) - one, single, unique

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with implied neuter subject of `syāt`.

स्यात् (syāt) - may it be, it should be, it could be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential/optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Parasmaipada, potential mood (vidhi-liṅ), 3rd person singular.

Root: as (class 2)

स्थिरम् (sthiram) - stable, firm, permanent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthira

sthira - stable, firm, fixed, permanent

Derived from root `sthā`.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implied neuter subject of `syāt` (e.g., 'that thing').

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way; (introduces a direct quote or thought)

(indeclinable)

अवमृश्य (avamṛśya) - having deliberated, having reflected, having considered

(indeclinable)

Gerund/Absolutive

Derived from root `mṛś` (to touch, reflect) with prefix `ava`, suffix `lyap`.

Prefix: ava

Root: mṛś (class 6)

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Subject of the sentence.

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