योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-4, verse-4

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सदेहादेहमुक्तानां भेदः को बोधरूपिणाम् ।
यदेवाम्बुतरङ्गत्वे सौम्यत्वेऽपि तदेव तत् ॥ ४ ॥

sadehādehamuktānāṃ bhedaḥ ko bodharūpiṇām ,
yadevāmbutaraṅgatve saumyatve'pi tadeva tat 4

4. sadehādehamuktānām bhedaḥ kaḥ bodharūpiṇām yat
eva ambutaraṅgatve saumyatve api tat eva tat

4. bodharūpiṇām sadehādehamuktānām kaḥ bhedaḥ? yat ambutaraṅgatve api saumyatve tat eva,
tat eva.

4. What difference is there between those liberated while still embodied and those liberated without a body, when both are of the nature of pure awareness? Just as water, whether in its state as a wave or in its calm state, is essentially that very same water.

Words meanings summery:

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सदेहादेहमुक्तानाम् (sadehādehamuktānām) - of those enlightened beings who have attained liberation, regardless of whether they retain a physical body or not (of those who are liberated, both embodied and disembodied)

भेदः (bhedaḥ) - difference, distinction

कः (kaḥ) - what, who

बोधरूपिणाम् (bodharūpiṇām) - of those who have realized their true self as pure consciousness (of those whose nature is knowledge/awareness)

यत् (yat) - just as (introducing an example) (that which, just as)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

अम्बुतरङ्गत्वे (ambutaraṅgatve) - in its manifestation as a wave on water (in the state of being a water-wave)

सौम्यत्वे (saumyatve) - in its tranquil or undisturbed state (in the state of calmness, placidness)

अपि (api) - even, also

तत् (tat) - that very essence or reality (that, that very thing)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

तत् (tat) - that very essence or reality (that, that very thing)

Words meanings and morphology

सदेहादेहमुक्तानाम् (sadehādehamuktānām) - of those enlightened beings who have attained liberation, regardless of whether they retain a physical body or not (of those who are liberated, both embodied and disembodied)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sadehādehamukta

sadehādehamukta - liberated with body and liberated without body

Compound type : Dvandva-Tatpuruṣa (sadeha+adeha+mukta)

sadeha – with a body, embodied
adjective (masculine)
From 'sa' (with) + 'deha' (body)
adeha – without a body, disembodied
adjective (masculine)
From 'a' (not) + 'deha' (body)
mukta – freed, released, liberated
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root 'muc' (to release) with 'kta' suffix
Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Used here substantively as 'of the liberated ones'.

भेदः (bhedaḥ) - difference, distinction

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bheda

bheda - difference, distinction, separation

Root: bhid (class 7)

कः (kaḥ) - what, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ka

ka - who, what, which

बोधरूपिणाम् (bodharūpiṇām) - of those who have realized their true self as pure consciousness (of those whose nature is knowledge/awareness)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bodharūpin

bodharūpin - having the form of knowledge, of the nature of awareness

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (bodha+rūpin)

bodha – knowledge, awareness, understanding
noun (masculine)
Root: budh (class 1)
rūpin – having a form, endowed with a nature
adjective (masculine)
From 'rūpa' (form) + 'in' suffix

Note: Used here substantively as 'of those who are of the nature of awareness'.

यत् (yat) - just as (introducing an example) (that which, just as)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, what, that, just as (relative pronoun/indeclinable)

Note: Functions as a correlative particle 'just as' here.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

अम्बुतरङ्गत्वे (ambutaraṅgatve) - in its manifestation as a wave on water (in the state of being a water-wave)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambutaraṅgatva

ambutaraṅgatva - the state of being a water-wave