योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-3, verse-8

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
सर्वेषामेव देहौ द्वौ भूतानां कारणात्मनाम् ।
अजस्य कारणाभावादेक एवातिवाहिकः ॥ ८ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
sarveṣāmeva dehau dvau bhūtānāṃ kāraṇātmanām ,
ajasya kāraṇābhāvādeka evātivāhikaḥ 8

8. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca sarveṣām eva dehau dvau bhūtānām
kāraṇātmanām ajasya kāraṇa abhāvāt ekaḥ eva ātivāhikaḥ

8. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca sarveṣām kāraṇātmanām bhūtānām eva dvau dehau [sthaḥ].
ajasya kāraṇa abhāvāt ekaḥ eva ātivāhikaḥ [dehaḥ asti].

8. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: "Indeed, all causal beings (kāraṇātman) have two bodies. But for the Unborn (aja), due to the absence of a cause, there is only one subtle body (ātivāhika deha)."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - The venerable Vasiṣṭha (the speaker) (Śrī Vasiṣṭha)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (by Śrī Vasiṣṭha) (said, spoke)

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - for all (of all)

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

• देहौ (dehau) - two bodies

• द्वौ (dvau) - two (bodies) (two)

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - for beings (of beings, of creatures)

• कारणात्मनाम् (kāraṇātmanām) - of those with a causal self (of causal selves, of those with a causal self)

• अजस्य (ajasya) - of the Unborn (referring to Brahman) (of the unborn, of the unoriginated)

• कारण (kāraṇa) - cause (cause, reason)

• अभावात् (abhāvāt) - due to the absence (due to absence, from absence)

• एकः (ekaḥ) - only one (one, single)

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

• आतिवाहिकः (ātivāhikaḥ) - the subtle body (subtle, spiritual, transcendental (body))

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - The venerable Vasiṣṭha (the speaker) (Śrī Vasiṣṭha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Venerable Vasiṣṭha, a proper name

उवाच (uvāca) - said (by Śrī Vasiṣṭha) (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - for all (of all)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every

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

(indeclinable)

देहौ (dehau) - two bodies

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of deha

deha - body, form, shape

द्वौ (dvau) - two (bodies) (two)

(numeral)

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - for beings (of beings, of creatures)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element

Past Passive Participle

From root bhū, 'to be'

Root: bhū (class 1)

कारणात्मनाम् (kāraṇātmanām) - of those with a causal self (of causal selves, of those with a causal self)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kāraṇātman

kāraṇātman - causal self, the individual soul in its causal state

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāraṇa+ātman)

• kāraṇa – cause, reason
  noun (neuter)
  Noun formed from root kṛ with suffix ana
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, ego, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Refers to embodied beings who have a causal body (kāraṇa śarīra).

अजस्य (ajasya) - of the Unborn (referring to Brahman) (of the unborn, of the unoriginated)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aja

aja - unborn, not born, primordial, an epithet of Brahman or the soul

a (negation) + ja (born)

Note: Often used as a noun to refer to Brahman.

कारण (kāraṇa) - cause (cause, reason)

(noun)

neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

Noun formed from root kṛ with suffix ana

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Part of the compound kāraṇa-abhāvāt.

अभावात् (abhāvāt) - due to the absence (due to absence, from absence)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - absence, non-existence, annihilation

a (negation) + bhāva (existence)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Forms a compound kāraṇābhāvāt.

एकः (ekaḥ) - only one (one, single)

(numeral)

Note: Refers to the subtle body.

एव (eva) - only (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'only one'.

आतिवाहिकः (ātivāhikaḥ) - the subtle body (subtle, spiritual, transcendental (body))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātivāhika

ātivāhika - subtle, passing through, belonging to the subtle body

Derived from ati + vah + ika

Prefix: ati

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'deha' (implied).