योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-3, verse-8

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
तिर्यक्पुरुषदेवादेर्यो नाम स विनश्यति ।
यस्मिन्नेव प्रदेशेऽसौ तदैवेदं प्रपश्यति ॥ ८ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
tiryakpuruṣadevāderyo nāma sa vinaśyati ,
yasminneva pradeśe'sau tadaivedaṃ prapaśyati 8

8. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca |
tiryakpuruṣadevādeḥ yaḥ nāma saḥ vinaśyati
| yasmin eva pradeśe asau
tadā eva idam prapaśyati || 8 ||

8. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca tiryakpuruṣadevādeḥ yaḥ nāma saḥ vinaśyati,
asau yasmin eva pradeśe tadā eva idam prapaśyati.

8. Shri Vasishtha said: "Whoever among animals, humans, gods, and so forth, perishes, he perceives this very (new state of existence) right there, in that same region (where he leaves the body)."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Shri Vasishtha (a revered sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• तिर्यक्पुरुषदेवादेः (tiryakpuruṣadevādeḥ) - among animals, humans, gods, and so forth (of animals, humans, gods, etc.)

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• नाम (nāma) - indeed (emphatic particle) (name, indeed, by name)

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

• यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which

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

• प्रदेशे (pradeśe) - in that specific region/locale (in a region, in a place)

• असौ (asau) - he, that one

• तदा (tadā) - at that very moment (then, at that time)

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

• इदम् (idam) - this (new state of existence/experience) (this, this world, this phenomenon)

• प्रपश्यति (prapaśyati) - sees clearly, perceives, experiences

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Shri Vasishtha (a revered sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Shri Vasishtha (name of a revered sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

root 'vac' (2nd conjugation), Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

तिर्यक्पुरुषदेवादेः (tiryakpuruṣadevādeḥ) - among animals, humans, gods, and so forth (of animals, humans, gods, etc.)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tiryakpuruṣadevādi

tiryakpuruṣadevādi - animals, humans, gods, and so forth

Compound type : dvandva (tiryak+puruṣa+deva+ādi)

• tiryak – animal; horizontal, crooked
  noun (masculine)
• puruṣa – man, human being, person, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera
  indeclinable

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

नाम (nāma) - indeed (emphatic particle) (name, indeed, by name)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun.

विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of naś

Present Active

root 'naś' (4th conjugation), Present tense, 3rd person singular

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic.

प्रदेशे (pradeśe) - in that specific region/locale (in a region, in a place)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pradeśa

pradeśa - region, place, spot, specific area

Prefix: pra

Root: diś (class 6)

असौ (asau) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, yonder, he, she, it

Note: Refers back to 'yaḥ' and 'saḥ'.

तदा (tadā) - at that very moment (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative adverb.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic.

इदम् (idam) - this (new state of existence/experience) (this, this world, this phenomenon)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this world, this phenomenon

Note: Object of 'prapaśyati'.

प्रपश्यति (prapaśyati) - sees clearly, perceives, experiences

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of dṛś

Present Active

root 'dṛś' (1st conjugation, changed to paśya in present), Present tense, 3rd person singular

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 1)