योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-55, verse-11

भवन्ति षड्विधाः प्रेतास्तेषां भेदमिमं श्रृणु ।
सामान्यपापिनो मध्यपापिनः स्थूलपापिनः ॥ ११ ॥

bhavanti ṣaḍvidhāḥ pretāsteṣāṃ bhedamimaṃ śrṛṇu ,
sāmānyapāpino madhyapāpinaḥ sthūlapāpinaḥ 11

11. bhavanti ṣaṭ vidhāḥ pretāḥ teṣām bhedam imam
śṛṇu sāmānyapāpinaḥ madhyapāpinaḥ sthūlapāpinaḥ

11. ṣaṭ vidhāḥ pretāḥ bhavanti.
teṣām imam bhedam śṛṇu.
sāmānyapāpinaḥ madhyapāpinaḥ sthūlapāpinaḥ

11. There are six kinds of departed spirits (preta). Listen to this classification among them: ordinary sinners, moderate sinners, and gross sinners.

Words meanings summery:

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - there are (are, exist, become)

• षट् (ṣaṭ) - six

• विधाः (vidhāḥ) - kinds (kinds, sorts, ways)

• प्रेताः (pretāḥ) - departed spirits (preta) (departed spirits, ghosts, dead)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - among them (of them)

• भेदम् (bhedam) - classification (distinction, difference, classification)

• इमम् (imam) - this

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

• सामान्यपापिनः (sāmānyapāpinaḥ) - ordinary sinners

• मध्यपापिनः (madhyapāpinaḥ) - moderate sinners, middling sinners

• स्थूलपापिनः (sthūlapāpinaḥ) - gross sinners, great sinners

Words meanings and morphology

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - there are (are, exist, become)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

षट् (ṣaṭ) - six

(numeral)

Note: Acts as an adjective here.

विधाः (vidhāḥ) - kinds (kinds, sorts, ways)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vidhā

vidhā - manner, kind, sort, way

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: `ṣaṭ vidhāḥ` forms a Bahuvrīhi compound, meaning 'having six kinds'.

प्रेताः (pretāḥ) - departed spirits (preta) (departed spirits, ghosts, dead)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of preta

preta - departed, dead, ghost, spirit of the dead (preta)

Past Passive Participle

From `pra-i` (to go forth)

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Subject of `bhavanti`.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - among them (of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun

भेदम् (bhedam) - classification (distinction, difference, classification)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bheda

bheda - division, distinction, difference, variety

From root `bhid` (to split)

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Object of `śṛṇu`.

इमम् (imam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Demonstrative pronoun

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Parasmaipada

Root: śru (class 5)

सामान्यपापिनः (sāmānyapāpinaḥ) - ordinary sinners

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sāmānyapāpin

sāmānyapāpin - ordinary sinner

Karmadhāraya compound

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (sāmānya+pāpin)

• sāmānya – common, ordinary, general
  adjective (neuter)
  From `samāna` (same)
• pāpin – sinner, evil-doer
  noun (masculine)
  From root `pāp` (to sin)
  Root: pāp

Note: Listing of types of `pretāḥ`.

मध्यपापिनः (madhyapāpinaḥ) - moderate sinners, middling sinners

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of madhyapāpin

madhyapāpin - middling sinner, moderate sinner

Karmadhāraya compound

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (madhya+pāpin)

• madhya – middle, moderate
  adjective/noun (neuter)
• pāpin – sinner, evil-doer
  noun (masculine)
  From root `pāp` (to sin)
  Root: pāp

Note: Listing of types of `pretāḥ`.

स्थूलपापिनः (sthūlapāpinaḥ) - gross sinners, great sinners

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sthūlapāpin

sthūlapāpin - gross sinner, great sinner

Karmadhāraya compound

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (sthūla+pāpin)

• sthūla – large, gross, coarse, great
  adjective (masculine)
• pāpin – sinner, evil-doer
  noun (masculine)
  From root `pāp` (to sin)
  Root: pāp

Note: Listing of types of `pretāḥ`.