योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-40, verse-36

अस्मदादिः प्रबुद्धात्मा किलावश्यं विमुच्यते ।
कथं भवन्तु नो मुक्ता विदेहाः पद्मजातयः ॥ ३६ ॥

asmadādiḥ prabuddhātmā kilāvaśyaṃ vimucyate ,
kathaṃ bhavantu no muktā videhāḥ padmajātayaḥ 36

36. asmat-ādiḥ prabuddha-ātmā kila avaśyam vimucyate
katham bhavantu no muktāḥ videhāḥ padma-jātayaḥ

36. asmat-ādiḥ prabuddha-ātmā kila avaśyam vimucyate.
katham videhāḥ padma-jātayaḥ muktāḥ no bhavantu?

36. Indeed, an enlightened individual (ātman) like us is necessarily liberated. How then could the lotus-born ones (Brahmā and other great deities), who are bodiless, not be liberated (mokṣa)?

Words meanings summery:

• अस्मत्-आदिः (asmat-ādiḥ) - Referring to enlightened individuals like Vasiṣṭha himself. (beginning with us, our type)

• प्रबुद्ध-आत्मा (prabuddha-ātmā) - Referring to an individual who has attained spiritual awakening. (enlightened self (ātman), awakened soul)

• किल (kila) - Emphasizes the truth of the statement. (indeed, certainly, assuredly)

• अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - necessarily, certainly, surely

• विमुच्यते (vimucyate) - Achieves final liberation (mokṣa). (is liberated, is released)

• कथम् (katham) - Interrogative, expressing impossibility or doubt. (how, in what manner)

• भवन्तु (bhavantu) - Expresses an expectation or imperative, here in a rhetorical question. (may they be, let them be, they should be)

• नो (no) - Poetic variant of 'na'. (not)

• मुक्ताः (muktāḥ) - Refers to attaining spiritual liberation (mokṣa). (liberated, released)

• विदेहाः (videhāḥ) - Describing beings who are not in a physical body, such as divine beings or those in a state of bodiless liberation (mokṣa). (bodiless, disembodied)

• पद्म-जातयः (padma-jātayaḥ) - A common epithet for Brahmā, the creator god, who is traditionally born from a lotus springing from Viṣṇu's navel. Here plural, could imply Brahmā and other similar great beings. (those born from a lotus)

Words meanings and morphology

अस्मत्-आदिः (asmat-ādiḥ) - Referring to enlightened individuals like Vasiṣṭha himself. (beginning with us, our type)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asmat-ādi

asmat-ādi - beginning with us, our kind

Compound. 'asmat' is ablative of 'aham' (I/we). 'ādi' (beginning).

Compound type : tatpurusha (asmat+ādi)

• asmat – us, me (abl. of aham)
  pronoun
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and others
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject.

प्रबुद्ध-आत्मा (prabuddha-ātmā) - Referring to an individual who has attained spiritual awakening. (enlightened self (ātman), awakened soul)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabuddha-ātman

prabuddha-ātman - enlightened self (ātman), awakened soul

Compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (prabuddha+ātman)

• prabuddha – awakened, enlightened, fully conscious
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from pra + √budh.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: budh (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, ultimate reality
  noun (masculine)

Note: Appositive to 'asmat-ādiḥ'.

किल (kila) - Emphasizes the truth of the statement. (indeed, certainly, assuredly)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - necessarily, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of 'avaśya' (unavoidable).

विमुच्यते (vimucyate) - Achieves final liberation (mokṣa). (is liberated, is released)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vimuc

Passive voice, present indicative, 3rd person singular.

From vi + √muc.

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Verb for 'prabuddhātmā'.

कथम् (katham) - Interrogative, expressing impossibility or doubt. (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

भवन्तु (bhavantu) - Expresses an expectation or imperative, here in a rhetorical question. (may they be, let them be, they should be)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Imperative mood, 3rd person plural, active voice.

Root verb.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Verb for 'padma-jātayaḥ'.

नो (no) - Poetic variant of 'na'. (not)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

Note: Negates 'muktāḥ'.

मुक्ताः (muktāḥ) - Refers to attaining spiritual liberation (mokṣa). (liberated, released)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mukta

mukta - liberated, released, set free

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √muc (to free, release).

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'padma-jātayaḥ'.

विदेहाः (videhāḥ) - Describing beings who are not in a physical body, such as divine beings or those in a state of bodiless liberation (mokṣa). (bodiless, disembodied)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of videha

videha - bodiless, disembodied, without a body

Compound of 'vi' (without) + 'deha' (body).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+deha)

• vi – without, dis-
  indeclinable
• deha – body, corporeal frame
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'padma-jātayaḥ'.

पद्म-जातयः (padma-jātayaḥ) - A common epithet for Brahmā, the creator god, who is traditionally born from a lotus springing from Viṣṇu's navel. Here plural, could imply Brahmā and other similar great beings. (those born from a lotus)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of padma-jāti

padma-jāti - lotus-born (epithet for Brahmā)

Compound. 'jāti' (birth, origin).

Compound type : tatpurusha (padma+jāti)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• jāti – birth, origin, species, class
  noun (feminine)
  From √jan (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject for 'bhavantu'.