योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-21, verse-48

इमं देहमिहास्थाप्य शुद्धसत्त्वानुपातिना ।
चेतसा तं परं यामि लोकं त्वं कथमेषि तत् ॥ ४८ ॥

imaṃ dehamihāsthāpya śuddhasattvānupātinā ,
cetasā taṃ paraṃ yāmi lokaṃ tvaṃ kathameṣi tat 48

48. imam deham iha āsthāpya śuddhasattvānupātinā |
cetasā tam param yāmi lokam tvam katham eṣi tat ||

48. imam deham iha āsthāpya,
śuddhasattvānupātinā cetasā tam param lokam yāmi tvam tat katham eṣi?

48. Leaving this body here, I go to that supreme world with a mind (cetas) that follows pure being (sattva). How do you, then, reach that (world)?

Words meanings summery:

• इमम् (imam) - this (physical) body (this)

• देहम् (deham) - this physical body (body)

• इह (iha) - in this (physical) place (here, in this world)

• आस्थाप्य (āsthāpya) - having left (the physical body) here (having placed, having established, having left)

• शुद्धसत्त्वानुपातिना (śuddhasattvānupātinā) - by a mind (cetas) that follows pure being (sattva) (by that which follows pure being/essence, by a follower of pure sattva)

• चेतसा (cetasā) - by the subtle mind/consciousness (by the mind, by consciousness)

• तम् (tam) - that (supreme) world (that)

• परम् (param) - the supreme world (supreme, highest, other)

• यामि (yāmi) - I go, I move

• लोकम् (lokam) - to the supreme world (world, realm, space)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (the Goddess) (you)

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• एषि (eṣi) - you go, you reach

• तत् (tat) - that (supreme world) (that, it)

Words meanings and morphology

इमम् (imam) - this (physical) body (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here, present

Note: Agrees with deham.

देहम् (deham) - this physical body (body)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

इह (iha) - in this (physical) place (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

आस्थाप्य (āsthāpya) - having left (the physical body) here (having placed, having established, having left)

(indeclinable)

Gerund (Absolutive)

From root sthā (स्था) with prefix ā (आ), causative form.

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb.

शुद्धसत्त्वानुपातिना (śuddhasattvānupātinā) - by a mind (cetas) that follows pure being (sattva) (by that which follows pure being/essence, by a follower of pure sattva)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śuddhasattvānupātin

śuddhasattvānupātin - following pure being, following pure essence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śuddhasattva+anupātin)

• śuddhasattva – pure being, pure essence, pure goodness
  noun (neuter)
• anupātin – following, pursuing, attending
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective from verbal root
  From anu-pat (अनु-पत्)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with cetasā.

चेतसा (cetasā) - by the subtle mind/consciousness (by the mind, by consciousness)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, intellect, consciousness, heart

Note: Agrees with śuddhasattvānupātinā.

तम् (tam) - that (supreme) world (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with lokam.

परम् (param) - the supreme world (supreme, highest, other)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

Note: Agrees with lokam.

यामि (yāmi) - I go, I move

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present tense, Active voice

Root yā (या)

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Subject is implicit 'I'.

लोकम् (lokam) - to the supreme world (world, realm, space)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, universe, realm, people

Note: Object of the verb yāmi.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (the Goddess) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of eṣi.

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

एषि (eṣi) - you go, you reach

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Present tense, Active voice

Root i (इ)

Root: i (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that (supreme world) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it