योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-55, verse-6

जीव इत्युच्यते तस्य नामाणोर्वासनावतः ।
तत्रैवास्ते स च शवागारे गगनके तथा ॥ ६ ॥

jīva ityucyate tasya nāmāṇorvāsanāvataḥ ,
tatraivāste sa ca śavāgāre gaganake tathā 6

6. jīvaḥ iti ucyate tasya nāma aṇoḥ vāsanā-vataḥ
tatra eva āste saḥ ca śava-āgāre gaganake tathā

6. aṇoḥ vāsanā-vataḥ tasya (cetanam) jīvaḥ iti nāma ucyate.
sa ca tatra eva āste,
śava-āgāre gaganake tathā.

6. That (conscious principle), being subtle and possessing latent impressions (vāsanā), is called a `jīva`. And it (the `jīva`) remains right there, just as space (gaganake) exists within a corpse-house (śavāgāra).

Words meanings summery:

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - living being, individual soul (jīva)

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (conscious principle) (of that, his)

• नाम (nāma) - name, by name

• अणोः (aṇoḥ) - of the subtle, of the atomic one

• वासना-वतः (vāsanā-vataḥ) - of the one possessing latent impressions (vāsanā)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (in the body or its previous state) (there, in that place)

• एव (eva) - itself, only, indeed

• आस्ते (āste) - remains, stays, sits

• सः (saḥ) - he (the jīva) (he, that)

• च (ca) - and

• शव-आगारे (śava-āgāre) - in a corpse-house (in the house of a corpse, in a dead body)

• गगनके (gaganake) - in the sky-like (space), in the open space

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, likewise, thus

Words meanings and morphology

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - living being, individual soul (jīva)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living being, soul, life

Root: jīv (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

तस्य (tasya) - of that (conscious principle) (of that, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

नाम (nāma) - name, by name

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name

अणोः (aṇoḥ) - of the subtle, of the atomic one

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aṇu

aṇu - subtle, atomic, minute

वासना-वतः (vāsanā-vataḥ) - of the one possessing latent impressions (vāsanā)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vāsanā-vat

vāsanā-vat - possessing vāsanā (latent impressions)

Derived from vāsanā + matup/vatup suffix.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vāsanā+vat)

• vāsanā – latent impression, subtle inclination, desire
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vas (class 4)
• vat – possessing, like (suffix)
  indeclinable

तत्र (tatra) - there (in the body or its previous state) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - itself, only, indeed

(indeclinable)

आस्ते (āste) - remains, stays, sits

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ās

Root: ās (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - he (the jīva) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to 'jīva'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

शव-आगारे (śava-āgāre) - in a corpse-house (in the house of a corpse, in a dead body)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śava-āgāra

śava-āgāra - house of a corpse, charnel house

Compound type : tatpurusha (śava+āgāra)

• śava – corpse
  noun (masculine)
• āgāra – house, dwelling
  noun (masculine)

गगनके (gaganake) - in the sky-like (space), in the open space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gaganaka

gaganaka - space, sky-like

Root: gag

तथा (tathā) - similarly, likewise, thus

(indeclinable)

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