योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-17, verse-45

कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वहेयादेयदृशोज्झितः ।
सदेह इव निर्देहः ससंसारोऽप्यसंसृतिः ॥ ४५ ॥

kāryakāraṇakartṛtvaheyādeyadṛśojjhitaḥ ,
sadeha iva nirdehaḥ sasaṃsāro'pyasaṃsṛtiḥ 45

45. kāryakāraṇakartṛtvaheyādeyadhṛśā ujjhitaḥ
sadehaḥ iva nirdehaḥ sasaṃsāraḥ api asaṃsṛtiḥ

45. yaḥ kāryakāraṇakartṛtvaheyādeyadhṛśā ujjhitaḥ,
sadehaḥ iva nirdehaḥ,
sasaṃsāraḥ api asaṃsṛtiḥ

45. One who is free from the perspective of cause and effect, doership, and what is to be accepted or rejected; who, though seemingly embodied, is truly bodiless; and who, though appearing to be in the cycle of worldly existence (saṃsāra), is truly free from it (asaṃsṛti).

Words meanings summery:

• कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वहेयादेयधृशा (kāryakāraṇakartṛtvaheyādeyadhṛśā) - by the perspective of cause, effect, agency, and what is to be accepted or rejected

• उज्जिहितः (ujjihitaḥ) - abandoned, forsaken, given up, free from

• सदेहः (sadehaḥ) - embodied, with a body

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as, similar to

• निर्देहः (nirdehaḥ) - bodiless, incorporeal, without a body

• ससंसारः (sasaṁsāraḥ) - involved in worldly existence (saṃsāra), with saṃsāra

• अपि (api) - also, even, although

• असंसृतिः (asaṁsṛtiḥ) - without worldly existence (saṃsāra), free from saṃsāra

Words meanings and morphology

कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वहेयादेयधृशा (kāryakāraṇakartṛtvaheyādeyadhṛśā) - by the perspective of cause, effect, agency, and what is to be accepted or rejected

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kāryakāraṇakartṛtvaheyādeyadhṛś

kāryakāraṇakartṛtvaheyādeyadhṛś - the perspective of cause, effect, agency, and what is to be accepted or rejected

Compound type : Tatpurusha (kārya+kāraṇa+kartṛtva+heya+ādeya+dṛś)

• kārya – effect, work, deed, what is to be done
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument, means
  noun (neuter)
  From root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kartṛtva – doership, agency, the state of being a doer
  noun (neuter)
  From kartṛ (doer) + tva (abstract suffix)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• heya – to be abandoned, to be rejected, despicable
  adjective
  Gerundive
  From root hā (to abandon)
  Root: hā (class 3)
• ādeya – to be accepted, to be taken, acceptable
  adjective
  Gerundive
  From root dā (to give) with prefix ā (to take)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dā (class 3)
• dṛś – sight, vision, perception, view
  noun (feminine)
  From root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: This is an instrumental singular of a compound noun.

उज्जिहितः (ujjihitaḥ) - abandoned, forsaken, given up, free from

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ujjihita

ujjihita - abandoned, forsaken, given up, free from

Past Passive Participle

From root hā (to abandon) with prefix ud/uj

Prefix: ud

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Participle functioning as adjective.

सदेहः (sadehaḥ) - embodied, with a body

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sadeha

sadeha - embodied, with a body

Formed from sa- (with) and deha (body).

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (sa+deha)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  prefix
• deha – body, form, mass
  noun (masculine)
  From root dih (to smear)
  Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Compound.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as, similar to

(indeclinable)

निर्देहः (nirdehaḥ) - bodiless, incorporeal, without a body

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirdeha

nirdeha - bodiless, incorporeal, without a body

From nis- (without) and deha (body).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (nis+deha)

• nis – out, forth, without, negation
  indeclinable
  prefix
• deha – body, form, mass
  noun (masculine)
  From root dih (to smear)
  Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Compound.

ससंसारः (sasaṁsāraḥ) - involved in worldly existence (saṃsāra), with saṃsāra

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sasaṃsāra

sasaṁsāra - involved in worldly existence, with saṃsāra

From sa- (with) and saṃsāra.

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (sa+saṃsāra)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  prefix
• saṃsāra – worldly existence, transmigration, cycle of birth and death
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-sṛ (to flow together, run through)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Compound.

अपि (api) - also, even, although

(indeclinable)

असंसृतिः (asaṁsṛtiḥ) - without worldly existence (saṃsāra), free from saṃsāra

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asaṃsṛti

asaṁsṛti - without worldly existence, free from saṃsāra

From a- (negation) and saṃsṛti (saṃsāra).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (a+saṃsṛti)

• a – not, non-, without
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• saṃsṛti – worldly existence, transmigration, saṃsāra
  noun (feminine)
  From sam-sṛ (to flow together, run through)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Compound.

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