योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-54, verse-1

श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
तस्माद्ये वेद्यवेत्तारो ये वा धर्मं परं श्रिताः ।
आतिवाहिकलोकांस्ते प्राप्नुवन्तीह नेतरे ॥ १ ॥

śrīdevyuvāca ,
tasmādye vedyavettāro ye vā dharmaṃ paraṃ śritāḥ ,
ātivāhikalokāṃste prāpnuvantīha netare 1

1. śrī devī uvāca tasmāt ye vedyavettāraḥ ye vā dharmam
param śritāḥ ātivāhikalokān te prāpnuvanti iha na itare

1. śrī devī uvāca.
tasmāt,
ye vedyavettāraḥ vā ye param dharmam śritāḥ te iha ātivāhikalokān prāpnuvanti,
itare na (prāpnuvanti).

1. Śrī Devī said: "Therefore, those who are knowers of what is to be known, or those who have taken refuge in the supreme natural law (dharma), they alone attain the subtle worlds (ātivāhika-lokāḥ) here, and not others."

Words meanings summery:

• श्री (śrī) - venerable (resplendent, venerable, glorious)

• देवी (devī) - Goddess (goddess, divine lady)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that)

• ये (ye) - those who (who, which, those who)

• वेद्यवेत्तारः (vedyavettāraḥ) - knowers of what is to be known (knowers of what is to be known, knowers of the knowable)

• ये (ye) - those who (who, which, those who)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue)

• परम् (param) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate)

• श्रिताः (śritāḥ) - taken refuge in (resorted to, taken refuge in, dependent on)

• आतिवाहिकलोकान् (ātivāhikalokān) - subtle worlds (ātivāhika-lokāḥ) (subtle worlds, ethereal realms)

• ते (te) - they (alone) (they)

• प्राप्नुवन्ति (prāpnuvanti) - attain (they attain, they reach, they obtain)

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

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• इतरे (itare) - the others

Words meanings and morphology

श्री (śrī) - venerable (resplendent, venerable, glorious)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - radiance, glory, beauty, prosperity, Lakshmi, venerable

Note: Qualifies 'devī'

देवी (devī) - Goddess (goddess, divine lady)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, divine lady, queen

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb ('therefore').

ये (ye) - those who (who, which, those who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

वेद्यवेत्तारः (vedyavettāraḥ) - knowers of what is to be known (knowers of what is to be known, knowers of the knowable)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vedyavettṛ

vedyavettṛ - knower of what is knowable

Compound of vedya and vettṛ

Compound type : tatpurusha (vedya+vettṛ)

• vedya – to be known, knowable
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vettṛ – knower, one who knows
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

ये (ye) - those who (who, which, those who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue (dharma)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

परम् (param) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

Note: Agrees with 'dharmam'

श्रिताः (śritāḥ) - taken refuge in (resorted to, taken refuge in, dependent on)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śrita

śrita - resorted to, taken refuge in, dependent on, joined with

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śri (to lean upon, resort to)

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'ye'

आतिवाहिकलोकान् (ātivāhikalokān) - subtle worlds (ātivāhika-lokāḥ) (subtle worlds, ethereal realms)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ātivāhikaloka

ātivāhikaloka - subtle world, ethereal realm, world of transition

Compound of ātivāhika and loka

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātivāhika+loka)

• ātivāhika – subtle, ethereal, causing to pass over
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from ati-vah (to carry over)
  Prefix: ati
  Root: vah (class 1)
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)

ते (te) - they (alone) (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्राप्नुवन्ति (prāpnuvanti) - attain (they attain, they reach, they obtain)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of prāp

Present tense, 3rd person plural

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

इतरे (itare) - the others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of itara

itara - other, different, the rest