योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-122, verse-46

स्वास्पदात्मानमेवासौ विनष्टाद्देहपञ्जरात् ।
अभ्यस्तां वासनां यातः षट्पदः खमिवाम्बुजात् ॥ ४६ ॥

svāspadātmānamevāsau vinaṣṭāddehapañjarāt ,
abhyastāṃ vāsanāṃ yātaḥ ṣaṭpadaḥ khamivāmbujāt 46

46. svāspadātmanam eva asau vinaṣṭāt deha-pañjarāt
abhyastām vāsanām yātaḥ ṣaṭpadaḥ kham iva ambujāt

46. ṣaṭpadaḥ ambujāt kham iva,
asau vinaṣṭāt deha-pañjarāt abhyastām vāsanām yātaḥ svāspadātmanam eva

46. Just as a bee (ṣaṭpada) departs from a lotus and flies into the sky, so too, that [conscious entity] abandons the destroyed body-cage and goes to its own self (ātman), its natural abode, carrying the accumulated latent impressions (vāsanā).

Words meanings summery:

• स्वास्पदात्मनम् (svāspadātmanam) - its own self (ātman), its natural abode (its own abode, the self, the self as its own ground)

• एव (eva) - only, alone, indeed, merely

• असौ (asau) - that conscious entity (referring to the soul/consciousness) (that one, he, she, it)

• विनष्टात् (vinaṣṭāt) - from the destroyed, from the perished

• देह-पञ्जरात् (deha-pañjarāt) - from the body-cage

• अभ्यस्ताम् (abhyastām) - accumulated (accustomed, practiced, cultivated, acquired)

• वासनाम् (vāsanām) - latent impressions (vāsanā) (latent impression, desire, inclination, mental trace)

• यातः (yātaḥ) - having gone, having arrived, having attained

• षट्पदः (ṣaṭpadaḥ) - a bee (ṣaṭpada) (bee (literally 'six-footed'))

• खम् (kham) - sky, space, ether, air

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• अम्बुजात् (ambujāt) - from a lotus, from a water-born (plant)

Words meanings and morphology

स्वास्पदात्मनम् (svāspadātmanam) - its own self (ātman), its natural abode (its own abode, the self, the self as its own ground)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svāspadātman

svāspadātman - the self which is its own abode/ground

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa/Karmahāraya (sva+āspada+ātman)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• āspada – abode, seat, ground, place
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

एव (eva) - only, alone, indeed, merely

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - that conscious entity (referring to the soul/consciousness) (that one, he, she, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this, yonder (referring to something distant or beyond comprehension)

विनष्टात् (vinaṣṭāt) - from the destroyed, from the perished

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vinaṣṭa

vinaṣṭa - destroyed, perished, ruined, lost, vanished

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'naś' (to perish) with prefix 'vi-'.

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

देह-पञ्जरात् (deha-pañjarāt) - from the body-cage

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of deha-pañjara

deha-pañjara - body-cage (metaphor for the physical body)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (deha+pañjara)

• deha – body, physical form
  noun (masculine)
• pañjara – cage, skeleton, framework
  noun (masculine)

अभ्यस्ताम् (abhyastām) - accumulated (accustomed, practiced, cultivated, acquired)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of abhyasta

abhyasta - practiced, cultivated, acquired, accustomed, repeated

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'as' (to throw, cast) with prefix 'abhi'. Meaning can shift to 'practiced, acquired'.

Prefix: abhi

Root: as (class 4)

वासनाम् (vāsanām) - latent impressions (vāsanā) (latent impression, desire, inclination, mental trace)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, mental trace, tendency, desire, perfume, flavor

From root 'vas' (to dwell, perfume), implying an impression that 'dwells' in the mind.

Root: vas (class 1)

यातः (yātaḥ) - having gone, having arrived, having attained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, departed, arrived, passed, attained

Past Active Participle

Past passive participle of root 'yā' (to go, move), often used with active sense 'having gone'.

Root: yā (class 2)

षट्पदः (ṣaṭpadaḥ) - a bee (ṣaṭpada) (bee (literally 'six-footed'))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṣaṭpada

ṣaṭpada - six-footed, a bee (as bees have six legs)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (ṣaṭ+pada)

• ṣaṭ – six
  numeral
• pada – foot, leg
  noun (masculine)

खम् (kham) - sky, space, ether, air

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether, air, zero

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

अम्बुजात् (ambujāt) - from a lotus, from a water-born (plant)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ambuja

ambuja - lotus (literally 'water-born'), conch-shell

Compound 'ambhas' (water) + 'jan' (to be born).

Compound type : Upapada-tatpuruṣa (ambhas+jan)

• ambhas – water
  noun (neuter)
• jan – to be born, to produce
  verb
  Root: jan (class 4)