योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-118, verse-16

एषा हि जीवन्मुक्तेषु तुर्यावस्थेह विद्यते ।
विदेहमुक्तिविषयस्तुर्यातीतमतः परम् ॥ १६ ॥

eṣā hi jīvanmukteṣu turyāvastheha vidyate ,
videhamuktiviṣayasturyātītamataḥ param 16

16. eṣā hi jīvanmukteṣu turyāvasthā iha vidyate
| videhamuktiviṣayaḥ turyātītam ataḥ param ||

16. iha jīvanmukteṣu eṣā tu(r)ryāvasthā hi vidyate
ataḥ param videhamuktiviṣayaḥ tu(r)ryātītam

16. This state of turiya (the fourth state of consciousness) indeed exists for those who are liberated while living (jīvanmuktas) in this very life. The state beyond turiya (turyātīta) is the subject of liberation from the body (videhamukti) thereafter.

Words meanings summery:

• एषा (eṣā) - this (state) (this, she)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

• जीवन्मुक्तेषु (jīvanmukteṣu) - among those who are liberated while still alive (among the jīvanmuktas, among those liberated while living)

• तुर्यावस्था (turyāvasthā) - the fourth state of consciousness (turiya) (the fourth state, the state of turiya)

• इह (iha) - here (in this life) (here, in this world, in this case)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (is, exists, is found)

• विदेहमुक्तिविषयः (videhamuktiviṣayaḥ) - the sphere concerning liberation without a body (videhamukti) (the sphere/subject of liberation from the body)

• तुर्यातीतम् (turyātītam) - the state that transcends turiya (beyond turiya, the state beyond turiya)

• अतः (ataḥ) - thereafter, after this (life/state) (therefore, from this, after this)

• परम् (param) - subsequently, next (next, highest, supreme, subsequently)

Words meanings and morphology

एषा (eṣā) - this (state) (this, she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

जीवन्मुक्तेषु (jīvanmukteṣu) - among those who are liberated while still alive (among the jīvanmuktas, among those liberated while living)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of jīvanmukta

jīvanmukta - liberated while living, a liberated soul (jīvanmukta)

Compound type : tatpurusha (jīvat+mukta)

• jīvat – living, alive, existing
  participle (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root jīv- 'to live'
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• mukta – released, liberated, free
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root muc- 'to release'
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Refers to individuals who have attained liberation (mokṣa) while still embodied.

तुर्यावस्था (turyāvasthā) - the fourth state of consciousness (turiya) (the fourth state, the state of turiya)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of turyāvasthā

turyāvasthā - the fourth state, the state of turiya

Compound type : tatpurusha (turya+avasthā)

• turya – fourth
  adjective (feminine)
• avasthā – state, condition, situation
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: In Vedānta, the fourth state of consciousness, beyond waking, dreaming, and deep sleep, characterized by pure awareness.

इह (iha) - here (in this life) (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists (is, exists, is found)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 4)

Note: The root 'vid' has multiple meanings and classes. Here it means 'to be, to exist'.

विदेहमुक्तिविषयः (videhamuktiviṣayaḥ) - the sphere concerning liberation without a body (videhamukti) (the sphere/subject of liberation from the body)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of videhamuktiviṣaya

videhamuktiviṣaya - sphere/subject of liberation from the body

Compound type : tatpurusha (videhamukti+viṣaya)

• videhamukti – liberation from the body, bodiless liberation (mokṣa)
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: vi
• viṣaya – object, sphere, domain, subject
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: si

Note: Refers to liberation (mokṣa) attained after shedding the physical body.

तुर्यातीतम् (turyātītam) - the state that transcends turiya (beyond turiya, the state beyond turiya)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of turyātīta

turyātīta - beyond turiya, transcending the fourth state

Compound type : tatpurusha (turya+atīta)

• turya – fourth
  adjective (neuter)
• atīta – gone beyond, past, transcended
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root i- 'to go' with prefix ati-
  Prefix: ati
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Here used substantively as a state.

अतः (ataḥ) - thereafter, after this (life/state) (therefore, from this, after this)

(indeclinable)

परम् (param) - subsequently, next (next, highest, supreme, subsequently)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of para

para - other, subsequent, supreme, highest

Note: Here used adverbially.