योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-21, verse-57

लीलोवाच ।
आतिवाहिकदेहत्वप्रत्यये घनतां गते ।
तामवाप्नोत्ययं देहो दशामाहो विनश्यति ॥ ५७ ॥

līlovāca ,
ātivāhikadehatvapratyaye ghanatāṃ gate ,
tāmavāpnotyayaṃ deho daśāmāho vinaśyati 57

57. līlā uvāca ātivāhikadehatvapratyaye ghanatām
gate tām avāpnoti ayam dehaḥ daśām āho vinaśyati

57. līlā uvāca ātivāhikadehatvapratyaye ghanatām
gate ayam dehaḥ tām daśām avāpnoti āho vinaśyati

57. Līlā said: When the conviction of being a subtle body becomes firm, does this body attain that state, or does it simply perish?

Words meanings summery:

• लीला (līlā) - Līlā (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• आतिवाहिकदेहत्वप्रत्यये (ātivāhikadehatvapratyaye) - in the conviction/belief of having a subtle body

• घनताम् (ghanatām) - firmness, solidity, density

• गते (gate) - when it has reached (firmness) (having gone, having attained, having reached)

• ताम् (tām) - that

• अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - attains, reaches, obtains

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body

• दशाम् (daśām) - state, condition, stage

• आहो (āho) - or, or else

• विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

Words meanings and morphology

लीला (līlā) - Līlā (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of līlā

līlā - play, sport, grace, a proper name

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect active

Perfect 3rd person singular, root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

आतिवाहिकदेहत्वप्रत्यये (ātivāhikadehatvapratyaye) - in the conviction/belief of having a subtle body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātivāhikadehatvapratyaya

ātivāhikadehatvapratyaya - conviction/belief of being a subtle body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātivāhikadehatva+pratyaya)

• ātivāhikadehatva – the state of being a subtle body
  noun (neuter)
  Abstract noun formed from ātivāhikadeha with suffix -tva.
• pratyaya – conviction, belief, idea, notion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: prati+i
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

घनताम् (ghanatām) - firmness, solidity, density

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ghanatā

ghanatā - firmness, solidity, density

Derived from ghana + tā (abstract noun suffix)

गते (gate) - when it has reached (firmness) (having gone, having attained, having reached)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, attained

past passive participle

Past passive participle of root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction, modifying 'pratyaye'.

ताम् (tām) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Refers to 'daśām'.

अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - attains, reaches, obtains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of avāp

present active

Present 3rd person singular, root āp with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'dehaḥ'.

देहः (dehaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, physical frame

Root: dih (class 4)

दशाम् (daśām) - state, condition, stage

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of daśā

daśā - state, condition, stage, plight

आहो (āho) - or, or else

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to introduce an alternative question.

विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vināś

present active

Present 3rd person singular, root naś with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)