योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-15

देहः पततु वोदेतु यातु वा गगनान्तरम् ।
तद्विलक्षणरूपस्य कासौ भवति मे क्षतिः ॥ १५ ॥

dehaḥ patatu vodetu yātu vā gaganāntaram ,
tadvilakṣaṇarūpasya kāsau bhavati me kṣatiḥ 15

15. dehaḥ patatu vā udetu yātu vā gaganāntaram
tadvilakṣaṇarūpasya kā asau bhavati me kṣatiḥ

15. dehaḥ patatu vā udetu vā gaganāntaram yātu
tadvilakṣaṇarūpasya me asau kā kṣatiḥ bhavati

15. Whether the body falls, rises, or ascends into the sky, what harm can that cause to me, whose true nature (rūpa) is distinct from it?

Words meanings summery:

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body, physical form

• पततु (patatu) - let it fall, may it fall

• वा (vā) - or, either

• उदेतु (udetu) - let it rise, may it rise

• यातु (yātu) - let it go, may it go

• वा (vā) - or, either

• गगनान्तरम् (gaganāntaram) - into the sky, into the space of the heavens

• तद्विलक्षणरूपस्य (tadvilakṣaṇarūpasya) - of one whose nature is distinct from that (body)

• का (kā) - what (feminine interrogative pronoun)

• असौ (asau) - that (feminine demonstrative pronoun, referring to 'kṣatiḥ')

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, exists

• मे (me) - to me, my

• क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - harm, loss, injury

Words meanings and morphology

देहः (dehaḥ) - body, physical form

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, physical form, embodiment

पततु (patatu) - let it fall, may it fall

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

उदेतु (udetu) - let it rise, may it rise

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ud-i

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

यातु (yātu) - let it go, may it go

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

गगनान्तरम् (gaganāntaram) - into the sky, into the space of the heavens

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gaganāntara

gaganāntara - space of the sky, atmosphere

Compound type : tatpurusha (gagana+antara)

• gagana – sky, heaven, atmosphere
  noun (neuter)
• antara – interior, space, interval, middle
  noun (neuter)

तद्विलक्षणरूपस्य (tadvilakṣaṇarūpasya) - of one whose nature is distinct from that (body)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tadvilakṣaṇarūpa

tadvilakṣaṇarūpa - having a form/nature distinct from that

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tad+vilakṣaṇa+rūpa)

• tad – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• vilakṣaṇa – distinct, peculiar, characteristic, different
  adjective
• rūpa – form, nature, essence, appearance
  noun (neuter)

का (kā) - what (feminine interrogative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

असौ (asau) - that (feminine demonstrative pronoun, referring to 'kṣatiḥ')

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of adas

adas - that, this, he/she/it (referring to something distant)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

क्षतिः (kṣatiḥ) - harm, loss, injury

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣati

kṣati - harm, loss, injury, damage, destruction

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