योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-87, verse-35

एवंरूपमहं जालं भावयन्यत्तदास्थितः ।
तदहंकार इत्यद्य कथ्यते त्वादृशैर्जनैः ॥ ३५ ॥

evaṃrūpamahaṃ jālaṃ bhāvayanyattadāsthitaḥ ,
tadahaṃkāra ityadya kathyate tvādṛśairjanaiḥ 35

35. evam-rūpam aham jālam bhāvayan yat tadā āsthitaḥ
tat ahaṅkāraḥ iti adya kathyate tvādṛśaiḥ janaiḥ

35. yat aham evam-rūpam jālam bhāvayan tadā āsthitaḥ,
tat adya tvādṛśaiḥ janaiḥ ahaṅkāraḥ iti kathyate

35. When I, contemplating such a network, become established in it, that is what is today called ego (ahaṅkāra) by people like you.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम्-रूपम् (evam-rūpam) - of such a form, such-like

• अहम् (aham) - I

• जालम् (jālam) - net, network, multitude

• भावयन् (bhāvayan) - contemplating, imagining, creating, causing to be

• यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - established, situated, fixed in

• तत् (tat) - that

• अहङ्कारः (ahaṅkāraḥ) - ego (ahaṅkāra), the sense of 'I-ness'

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating a quote or designation

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• कथ्यते (kathyate) - is called, is said

• त्वादृशैः (tvādṛśaiḥ) - by people like you, by those like you

• जनैः (janaiḥ) - by people, by folk

Words meanings and morphology

एवम्-रूपम् (evam-rūpam) - of such a form, such-like

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of evam-rūpa

evam-rūpa - of such a form, such-like

Compound type : avyayībhāva (evam+rūpa)

• evam – thus, in this manner
  indeclinable
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, ego

जालम् (jālam) - net, network, multitude

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jāla

jāla - net, web, network, multitude

भावयन् (bhāvayan) - contemplating, imagining, creating, causing to be

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāvayat

bhāvayat - causing to be, creating, contemplating

Present Active Participle

Derived from the causative form of the root bhū (to be), bhāvayati.

Root: bhū (class 1)

यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, what

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - established, situated, fixed in

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - established, situated, fixed in

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root sthā (to stand) with the prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अहङ्कारः (ahaṅkāraḥ) - ego (ahaṅkāra), the sense of 'I-ness'

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāra

ahaṅkāra - ego, egoism, the sense of 'I'

Note: Original word in brackets in translation: ego (ahaṅkāra)

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating a quote or designation

(indeclinable)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

कथ्यते (kathyate) - is called, is said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kath

Root: kath (class 10)

त्वादृशैः (tvādṛśaiḥ) - by people like you, by those like you

(adjective)

Instrumental, plural of tvādṛśa

tvādṛśa - like you, such as you

जनैः (janaiḥ) - by people, by folk

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, creature, folk