योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-16, verse-23

इत्यानीयाथ संपूज्य द्विजान्पप्रच्छ सा नता ।
अमरत्वं कथं विप्रा भवेदिति पुनःपुनः ॥ २३ ॥

ityānīyātha saṃpūjya dvijānpapraccha sā natā ,
amaratvaṃ kathaṃ viprā bhavediti punaḥpunaḥ 23

23. iti ānīya atha saṃpūjya dvijān papraccha sā natā
amaratvam katham viprā bhavet iti punaḥ punaḥ

23. sā natā iti dvijān ānīya atha saṃpūjya he viprāḥ
amaratvam katham bhavet iti punaḥ punaḥ papraccha

23. Having thus brought and then honored the Brahmins (dvija), she, bowing humbly, repeatedly asked them, 'O learned ones (vipra), how can immortality be attained?'

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - referring to the preceding intention/statement (thus, so (quotative marker))

• आनीय (ānīya) - having brought, having led near

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• संपूज्य (saṁpūjya) - having honored, having worshipped, having revered

• द्विजान् (dvijān) - Brahmins, twice-born

• पप्रछ्छ (paprachcha) - she asked, asked

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• नता (natā) - (she) bowing humbly (bowing, humble, bent)

• अमरत्वम् (amaratvam) - immortality, deathlessness

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

• विप्रा (viprā) - O learned ones! O Brahmins! (vipra)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, should it be, may it occur, may it become

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative marker)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, repeatedly

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - referring to the preceding intention/statement (thus, so (quotative marker))

(indeclinable)

आनीय (ānīya) - having brought, having led near

(verbal derivative)

Note: Absolutive (or gerund) particle.

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

संपूज्य (saṁpūjya) - having honored, having worshipped, having revered

(verbal derivative)

Note: Absolutive (or gerund) particle.

द्विजान् (dvijān) - Brahmins, twice-born

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a Brahmin, a bird, a tooth)

पप्रछ्छ (paprachcha) - she asked, asked

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of prach

Root: prach (class 6)

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नता (natā) - (she) bowing humbly (bowing, humble, bent)

(verbal derivative)

अमरत्वम् (amaratvam) - immortality, deathlessness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of amaratva

amaratva - immortality, state of being deathless

Derived from 'amara' (immortal) with the suffix '-tva' forming an abstract noun.

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

विप्रा (viprā) - O learned ones! O Brahmins! (vipra)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of vipra

vipra - wise, learned, inspired; a Brahmin, a sage

भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, should it be, may it occur, may it become

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative marker)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in repetition 'punaḥ punaḥ' for 'repeatedly'.