योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-115, verse-8

संश्लिष्टयोराहतयोर्द्वयोर्वा देहदेहिनोः ।
ब्रह्मन्क इव संसारी शुभाशुभफलैकभाक् ॥ ८ ॥

saṃśliṣṭayorāhatayordvayorvā dehadehinoḥ ,
brahmanka iva saṃsārī śubhāśubhaphalaikabhāk 8

8. saṃśliṣṭayoḥ āhatayoḥ dvayoḥ vā dehadehinoḥ
brahman kaḥ iva saṃsārī śubhāśubhaphalaikabhāk

8. brahman saṃśliṣṭayoḥ āhatayoḥ vā dvayoḥ
dehadehinoḥ kaḥ iva saṃsārī śubhāśubhaphalaikabhāk

8. O Brahman! Of the two, the body and the embodied (soul), whether they are closely intertwined or merely connected, who, truly, is the transmigrator (saṃsārī) who alone experiences the fruits of good and bad actions (karma)?

Words meanings summery:

• संश्लिष्टयोः (saṁśliṣṭayoḥ) - Refers to the body and embodied soul (of the two closely joined, embraced, united)

• आहतयोः (āhatayoḥ) - Refers to the body and embodied soul (of the two struck, connected, affected)

• द्वयोः (dvayoḥ) - of the two

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• देहदेहिनोः (dehadehinoḥ) - of the body and the embodied (soul)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressing the guru. (O Brahman! (addressing a revered person or the ultimate reality))

• कः (kaḥ) - who?, which?

• इव (iva) - Emphatic particle, 'truly', 'surely' (indeed, like, as if)

• संसारी (saṁsārī) - transmigrator, one who undergoes transmigration

• शुभाशुभफलैकभाक् (śubhāśubhaphalaikabhāk) - exclusively partaking of the fruit of good and bad (actions)

Words meanings and morphology

संश्लिष्टयोः (saṁśliṣṭayoḥ) - Refers to the body and embodied soul (of the two closely joined, embraced, united)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of saṃśliṣṭa

saṁśliṣṭa - closely joined, united, embraced, adhering

Past Passive Participle

From sam + śliṣ (to cling, embrace)

Prefix: sam

Root: śliṣ (class 4)

आहतयोः (āhatayoḥ) - Refers to the body and embodied soul (of the two struck, connected, affected)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of āhata

āhata - struck, hit, affected, connected, joined

Past Passive Participle

From ā + han (to strike, beat)

Prefix: ā

Root: han (class 2)

द्वयोः (dvayoḥ) - of the two

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of dvi

dvi - two

Genitive/locative dual form.

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

देहदेहिनोः (dehadehinoḥ) - of the body and the embodied (soul)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of dehadehina

dehadehina - body and embodied soul

Dvandva compound of deha and dehin.

Compound type : Dvandva (deha+dehin)

• deha – body, form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 4)
• dehin – embodied, an embodied being, soul
  noun (masculine)
  Suffix -in added to deha

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressing the guru. (O Brahman! (addressing a revered person or the ultimate reality))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman (the ultimate reality), a Brahmin, priest, prayer

brahman (masculine) refers to a Brahmin, brahman (neuter) refers to the ultimate reality. Here it is masculine vocative.

Root: bṛh (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - who?, which?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

Masculine nominative singular of the interrogative pronoun kim.

इव (iva) - Emphatic particle, 'truly', 'surely' (indeed, like, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison or emphasis.

संसारी (saṁsārī) - transmigrator, one who undergoes transmigration

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsārin

saṁsārin - undergoing transmigration, worldly, an embodied being

From saṃsāra + suffix in (possessing).

शुभाशुभफलैकभाक् (śubhāśubhaphalaikabhāk) - exclusively partaking of the fruit of good and bad (actions)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śubhāśubhaphalaikabhāj

śubhāśubhaphalaikabhāj - one who exclusively experiences the fruit of good and bad actions

Complex compound of śubha, aśubha, phala, eka, bhāj.

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (śubha+aśubha+phala+eka+bhāj)

• śubha – good, auspicious, fortunate
  adjective
• aśubha – bad, inauspicious, unfortunate
  adjective
  a (negation) + śubha
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)
• eka – one, sole, exclusive
  adjective
• bhāj – partaking of, possessing, enjoying
  adjective
  From root bhaj (to divide, partake)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)