योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-56, verse-7

इदं चिन्तितवानस्मि कस्मिंश्चिदमरालये ।
संस्थितो विविधाः पश्यन्भङ्गुरा जागतीर्गतीः ॥ ७ ॥

idaṃ cintitavānasmi kasmiṃścidamarālaye ,
saṃsthito vividhāḥ paśyanbhaṅgurā jāgatīrgatīḥ 7

7. idam cintitavān asmi kasmin cit amarālaye
saṃsthitaḥ vividhāḥ paśyan bhaṅgurāḥ jāgatīḥ gatīḥ

7. asmi kasmin cit amarālaye saṃsthitaḥ vividhāḥ
bhaṅgurāḥ jāgatīḥ gatīḥ paśyan idam cintitavān

7. I pondered this while residing in some celestial abode, observing the diverse and fleeting conditions of the world.

7. בעודי שוהה במשכן אלים כלשהו ומתבונן בהליכותיו החולפות והמשתנות של העולם, הרהרתי בלבי כך:

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this, this matter

• चिन्तितवान् (cintitavān) - having thought, pondered

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in which, in some

• चित् (cit) - some, any

• अमरालये (amarālaye) - in a celestial abode, in heaven

• संस्थितः (saṁsthitaḥ) - situated, staying, abiding

• विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, diverse

• पश्यन् (paśyan) - seeing, observing

• भङ्गुराः (bhaṅgurāḥ) - fragile, transient, perishable

• जागतीः (jāgatīḥ) - worldly, pertaining to the world

• गतीः (gatīḥ) - states, conditions, courses

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this, this matter

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, now

चिन्तितवान् (cintitavān) - having thought, pondered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cintitavat

cintitavat - having thought, having reflected, having pondered

Past Active Participle

Derived from root 'cint' (to think, consider) with the suffix 'ktavatū'

Root: cint (class 10)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in which, in some

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

चित् (cit) - some, any

(indeclinable)

अमरालये (amarālaye) - in a celestial abode, in heaven

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of amarālaya

amarālaya - celestial abode, heaven (lit. abode of immortals)

Compound type : tatpurusha (amara+ālaya)

• amara – immortal, god, deity
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'a' (not) and 'mara' (mortal, from root 'mṛ' to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• ālaya – abode, dwelling, home
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'lī' (to cling, dissolve) with prefix 'ā'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lī (class 4)

संस्थितः (saṁsthitaḥ) - situated, staying, abiding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsthita

saṁsthita - situated, placed, standing, abiding, established

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand) with prefix 'sam' and suffix 'kta'

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, diverse

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold, different

Derived from 'vi' (different) and 'vidha' (kind, sort)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vi+vidha)

• vi – prefix: dis, un, apart
  indeclinable
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (neuter)

पश्यन् (paśyan) - seeing, observing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, perceiving, observing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'dṛś' (to see) in its present stem 'paśya'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

भङ्गुराः (bhaṅgurāḥ) - fragile, transient, perishable

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of bhaṅgura

bhaṅgura - fragile, perishable, transient, easily broken

Derived from root 'bhañj' (to break)

Root: bhañj (class 7)

जागतीः (jāgatīḥ) - worldly, pertaining to the world

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of jāgatī

jāgatī - worldly, terrestrial, pertaining to the world or awakening state

Derived from 'jagat' (world)

गतीः (gatīḥ) - states, conditions, courses

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of gati

gati - going, movement, course, path, state, condition, destiny

Derived from root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

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