योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-54, verse-61

न विशत्येव वातो न निर्याति पवनो यदा ।
शरीरनाडीवैधुर्यान्मृत इत्युच्यते तदा ॥ ६१ ॥

na viśatyeva vāto na niryāti pavano yadā ,
śarīranāḍīvaidhuryānmṛta ityucyate tadā 61

61. na viśati eva vātaḥ na niryāti pavanaḥ yadā
śarīra-nāḍī-vaidhuryāt mṛtaḥ iti ucyate tadā

61. yadā vātaḥ eva na viśati [ca] pavanaḥ na niryāti [ca],
[tataḥ] śarīra-nāḍī-vaidhuryāt,
tadā [saḥ] mṛtaḥ iti ucyate.

61. When the vital air (vāta) does not enter at all and the breath (pavana) does not exit, due to a complete dysfunction of the body's subtle channels (nāḍīs), then one is declared dead.

61. כאשר אוויר אינו נכנס עוד ורוח החיים אינה יוצאת בשל קריסת ערוצי הגוף, אז נאמר על האדם שהוא מת.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• विशति (viśati) - enters, goes into

• एव (eva) - at all (for emphasis with negation) (only, just, indeed, at all)

• वातः (vātaḥ) - the vital air (vāta) (vital air, wind, humor)

• न (na) - not, no

• निर्याति (niryāti) - exits, goes out, departs

• पवनः (pavanaḥ) - the breath (pavana) (breath, wind, air)

• यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

• शरीर-नाडी-वैधुर्यात् (śarīra-nāḍī-vaidhuryāt) - due to a complete dysfunction of the body's subtle channels (nāḍīs) (due to the dysfunction/disorder/privation of the body's channels)

• मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead, deceased

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - it is said, he is called, one says

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विशति (viśati) - enters, goes into

(verb)

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

Root: viś (class 6)

एव (eva) - at all (for emphasis with negation) (only, just, indeed, at all)

(indeclinable)

वातः (vātaḥ) - the vital air (vāta) (vital air, wind, humor)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāta

vāta - wind, air, vital air, one of the three humors (doṣas) in Ayurveda

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

निर्याति (niryāti) - exits, goes out, departs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of nir-yā

Prefix: nir

Root: yā (class 2)

पवनः (pavanaḥ) - the breath (pavana) (breath, wind, air)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pavana

pavana - wind, air, breath, purifier

From root √pū (to purify, to blow)

Root: pū (class 1)

यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

(indeclinable)

शरीर-नाडी-वैधुर्यात् (śarīra-nāḍī-vaidhuryāt) - due to a complete dysfunction of the body's subtle channels (nāḍīs) (due to the dysfunction/disorder/privation of the body's channels)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śarīra-nāḍī-vaidhurya

śarīra-nāḍī-vaidhurya - dysfunction or privation of the body's channels

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarīra+nāḍī+vaidhurya)

• śarīra – body, corporeal frame
  noun (neuter)
• nāḍī – a tube, pipe, vein, artery, nerve, subtle energy channel
  noun (feminine)
• vaidhurya – distress, separation, lack, defect, privation, dysfunction
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'vidhura' (distressed, separated)

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, expired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Used as a substantive, 'the dead one'.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

उच्यते (ucyate) - it is said, he is called, one says

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Meaning 'is said' or 'is called'.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

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