योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-3, verse-10

नास्त्येव भौतिको देहः प्रथमस्य प्रजापतेः ।
आकाशात्मा च भात्येष आतिवाहिकदेहवान् ॥ १० ॥

nāstyeva bhautiko dehaḥ prathamasya prajāpateḥ ,
ākāśātmā ca bhātyeṣa ātivāhikadehavān 10

10. na asti eva bhautikaḥ dehaḥ prathamasya prajāpateḥ
ākāśātman ca bhāti eṣaḥ ātivāhika-dehavān

10. prathamasya prajāpateḥ bhautikaḥ dehaḥ na eva asti.
ca eṣaḥ ākāśātman ātivāhika-dehavān [san] bhāti.

10. Indeed, there is no gross physical body (ādhibhautika deha) for the first Prajāpati. And this one, whose essence is space (ākāśātman), shines forth, possessing a subtle body (ātivāhika deha).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - no (not, no)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• एव (eva) - indeed (only, just, indeed)

• भौतिकः (bhautikaḥ) - gross physical (body) (physical, material, gross (body))

• देहः (dehaḥ) - a body (body)

• प्रथमस्य (prathamasya) - of the first (of the first, of the foremost)

• प्रजापतेः (prajāpateḥ) - of the Prajāpati (the creator deity) (of Prajāpati, of the creator)

• आकाशात्मन् (ākāśātman) - whose essence is space (whose nature is space, essentially space)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• भाति (bhāti) - shines forth (shines, appears, becomes manifest)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one (Prajāpati) (this one, he)

• आतिवाहिक-देहवान् (ātivāhika-dehavān) - possessing a subtle body

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - no (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'asti'.

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of root as

Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the negation.

भौतिकः (bhautikaḥ) - gross physical (body) (physical, material, gross (body))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhautika

bhautika - material, physical, elemental, gross

Derived from bhūta + ika

Note: Qualifies 'dehaḥ'.

देहः (dehaḥ) - a body (body)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, shape

Note: Subject of 'na asti'.

प्रथमस्य (prathamasya) - of the first (of the first, of the foremost)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of prathama

prathama - first, foremost, primary

Note: Qualifies 'prajāpateḥ'.

प्रजापतेः (prajāpateḥ) - of the Prajāpati (the creator deity) (of Prajāpati, of the creator)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of prajāpati

prajāpati - lord of creatures, creator, Prajāpati (a specific deity)

Compound type : tatpurusha (prajā+pati)

• prajā – offspring, progeny, creatures
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jan (class 4)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Refers to the primordial creator.

आकाशात्मन् (ākāśātman) - whose essence is space (whose nature is space, essentially space)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākāśātman

ākāśātman - whose nature is space, whose self is space

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ākāśa+ātman)

• ākāśa – ether, space, sky
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Compound adjective used as a noun, referring to Prajāpati.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects clauses.

भाति (bhāti) - shines forth (shines, appears, becomes manifest)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhā

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of root bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one (Prajāpati) (this one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'prajāpatiḥ'.

आतिवाहिक-देहवान् (ātivāhika-dehavān) - possessing a subtle body

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātivāhika-dehavat

ātivāhika-dehavat - possessing a subtle body

Compound formed from ātivāhika-deha + matup suffix

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ātivāhika+deha)

• ātivāhika – subtle, passing through, belonging to the subtle body
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from ati + vah + ika
  Prefix: ati
  Root: vah (class 1)
• deha – body, form, shape
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'eṣaḥ'.