योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-56, verse-10

अपश्यत्पुरुषान्याम्यान्नीयमानं च तैर्वपुः ।
बन्धुपिण्डप्रदानेन शरीरं जातमात्मनः ॥ १० ॥

apaśyatpuruṣānyāmyānnīyamānaṃ ca tairvapuḥ ,
bandhupiṇḍapradānena śarīraṃ jātamātmanaḥ 10

10. apaśyat puruṣān yāmyān nīyamānam ca taiḥ vapuḥ
bandhupiṇḍapradānena śarīram jātam ātmanaḥ

10. apaśyat yāmyān puruṣān,
taiḥ vapuḥ ca nīyamānam,
bandhupiṇḍapradānena ātmanaḥ jātam śarīram

10. She saw Yama's messengers (yāmyān puruṣān) carrying her body (vapuḥ). And she saw her own body (śarīram), which had come into being through the rice-ball (piṇḍa) offerings made by her relatives.

Words meanings summery:

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw, beheld

• पुरुषान् (puruṣān) - Yama's messengers (men, persons)

• याम्यान् (yāmyān) - Yama's messengers (of Yama, relating to Yama)

• नीयमानम् (nīyamānam) - being carried, being led

• च (ca) - and, also

• तैः (taiḥ) - by Yama's messengers (by them)

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - the physical body of the deceased king (body, form, figure)

• बन्धुपिण्डप्रदानेन (bandhupiṇḍapradānena) - by the offering of rice-balls (piṇḍa) by relatives

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - the subtle body formed from offerings, also called preta-śarīra (ghost body) (body)

• जातम् (jātam) - born, arisen, produced

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of herself (the consciousness, saṃvid) (of the self, of one's own self)

Words meanings and morphology

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw, beheld

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

imperfect (laṅ)

root dṛś (paśya-), imperfect active, 3rd person singular

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पुरुषान् (puruṣān) - Yama's messengers (men, persons)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, cosmic person (puruṣa)

याम्यान् (yāmyān) - Yama's messengers (of Yama, relating to Yama)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yāmya

yāmya - relating to Yama, southern

derived from Yama

Note: Agrees with puruṣān.

नीयमानम् (nīyamānam) - being carried, being led

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nīyamāna

nīyamāna - being led, being carried, being conveyed

Present Passive Participle

From root nī (to lead, carry) with passive suffix -yamāna

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vapuḥ.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तैः (taiḥ) - by Yama's messengers (by them)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to yāmyān puruṣān.

वपुः (vapuḥ) - the physical body of the deceased king (body, form, figure)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure

बन्धुपिण्डप्रदानेन (bandhupiṇḍapradānena) - by the offering of rice-balls (piṇḍa) by relatives

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bandhupiṇḍapradāna

bandhupiṇḍapradāna - the offering of rice-balls by relatives

Compound type : tatpurusha (bandhu+piṇḍa+pradāna)

• bandhu – kinsman, relative, friend
  noun (masculine)
• piṇḍa – lump, ball (especially of rice or flour offered to ancestors)
  noun (masculine)
• pradāna – giving, offering, donation
  noun (neuter)
  From pra-dā (to give forth)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: dā (class 1)

शरीरम् (śarīram) - the subtle body formed from offerings, also called preta-śarīra (ghost body) (body)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal frame

जातम् (jātam) - born, arisen, produced

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, become

Past Passive Participle

From root jan (to be born, produce)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with śarīram.

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of herself (the consciousness, saṃvid) (of the self, of one's own self)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul (ātman)

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