योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-6, verse-6

भावैस्तैरेव तैरेव तुच्छालम्भविडम्बनैः ।
चिरेण परिखिन्नाः स्मो विप्रलम्भाः पुनः पुनः ॥ ६ ॥

bhāvaistaireva taireva tucchālambhaviḍambanaiḥ ,
cireṇa parikhinnāḥ smo vipralambhāḥ punaḥ punaḥ 6

6. bhāvaiḥ taiḥ eva taiḥ eva tucchālambhaviḍambanaiḥ
cireṇa parikhinnāḥ smaḥ vipralambhāḥ punaḥ punaḥ

6. cireṇa taiḥ eva taiḥ eva tucchālambhaviḍambanaiḥ bhāvaiḥ
parikhinnāḥ smaḥ; punaḥ punaḥ vipralambhāḥ (bhavanti)

6. We have been utterly exhausted for a long time by these very insignificant pursuits and deceptions, which are nothing but repeated disappointments.

6. נמאס לנו מן המצבים החוזרים ונשנים הללו, המלאים בהבלים ריקים ואשליות המאכזבות אותנו שוב ושוב.

Words meanings summery:

• भावैः (bhāvaiḥ) - by states, by conditions, by emotions, by things

• तैः (taiḥ) - by those, by them

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, exactly

• तैः (taiḥ) - by those, by them

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, exactly

• तुच्छालम्भविडम्बनैः (tucchālambhaviḍambanaiḥ) - by insignificant pursuits and deceptions, by deceptions concerning trivial objects

• चिरेण (cireṇa) - for a long time, slowly, after a long interval

• परिखिन्नाः (parikhinnāḥ) - distressed, exhausted, weary, troubled

• स्मः (smaḥ) - we are, we have been

• विप्रलम्भाः (vipralambhāḥ) - deceptions, disappointments, failures, separations

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, moreover

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, moreover

Words meanings and morphology

भावैः (bhāvaiḥ) - by states, by conditions, by emotions, by things

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - state, condition, existence, nature, emotion, sentiment, thing, entity

तैः (taiḥ) - by those, by them

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, exactly

(indeclinable)

तैः (taiḥ) - by those, by them

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, exactly

(indeclinable)

तुच्छालम्भविडम्बनैः (tucchālambhaviḍambanaiḥ) - by insignificant pursuits and deceptions, by deceptions concerning trivial objects

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tucchālambhaviḍambana

tucchālambhaviḍambana - deception concerning trivial objects or pursuits

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tuccha+ālambha+viḍambana)

• tuccha – trivial, worthless, empty, insignificant
  adjective (masculine)
• ālambha – obtaining, acquiring, support, object of sense, pursuit
  noun (masculine)
• viḍambana – deception, mockery, imitation, humiliation, disappointment
  noun (neuter)

चिरेण (cireṇa) - for a long time, slowly, after a long interval

(indeclinable)

Note: Instrumental case of 'cira' used adverbially.

परिखिन्नाः (parikhinnāḥ) - distressed, exhausted, weary, troubled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parikhinna

parikhinna - distressed, tired, exhausted, weary

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root khid (to be distressed) with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: khid (class 1)

Note: Refers to the implied subject 'we'.

स्मः (smaḥ) - we are, we have been

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used here as an auxiliary verb with the past passive participle 'parikhinnāḥ' to form a past perfect sense ('we have been').

विप्रलम्भाः (vipralambhāḥ) - deceptions, disappointments, failures, separations

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vipralambha

vipralambha - deception, disappointment, separation, failure

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, moreover

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, moreover

(indeclinable)

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