योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-56, verse-14

प्राक्तनोऽस्य शवीभूतो देहोऽस्ति कुसुमाम्बरे ।
प्रविशत्वेष तं गत्वा त्यज्यतामिति चेतसा ॥ १४ ॥

prāktano'sya śavībhūto deho'sti kusumāmbare ,
praviśatveṣa taṃ gatvā tyajyatāmiti cetasā 14

14. prāktanaḥ asya śavībhūtaḥ dehaḥ asti kusumāmbare
praviśatu eṣaḥ tam gatvā tyajyatām iti cetasā

14. asya prāktanaḥ śavībhūtaḥ dehaḥ kusumāmbare asti eṣaḥ
tam gatvā praviśatu (ayam dehaḥ) iti cetasā tyajyatām

14. His former body, which had become a corpse, is in Kusumāmbara. 'Let him go there and enter that body, and let this (current) one be abandoned,' Yama declared mentally.

Words meanings summery:

• प्राक्तनः (prāktanaḥ) - former (former, ancient, previous)

• अस्य (asya) - his (his, of this, of this one)

• शवीभूतः (śavībhūtaḥ) - which had become a corpse (become a corpse, turned into a corpse)

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body (body, form)

• अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

• कुसुमाम्बरे (kusumāmbare) - in Kusumāmbara (a place) (in a flower-garment; in Kusumāmbara (a specific place))

• प्रविशतु (praviśatu) - let him enter (let him enter, he should enter)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - he (this, this one, he)

• तम् (tam) - that (body) (that, him, it)

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone (having gone, having proceeded)

• त्यज्यताम् (tyajyatām) - let (this body) be abandoned (let it be abandoned, let it be left)

• इति (iti) - thus (marks the end of a command/thought) (thus, so)

• चेतसा (cetasā) - mentally, by the mind (by the mind, mentally, by thought)

Words meanings and morphology

प्राक्तनः (prāktanaḥ) - former (former, ancient, previous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāktana

prāktana - former, ancient, previous, old, belonging to the past

Derived from prāk (before, formerly)

अस्य (asya) - his (his, of this, of this one)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

शवीभूतः (śavībhūtaḥ) - which had become a corpse (become a corpse, turned into a corpse)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śavībhūta

śavībhūta - become a corpse

Past Passive Participle (secondary formation from noun + bhū)

Derived from śava (corpse) + bhūta (become, past participle of bhū)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śava+bhūta)

• śava – corpse, dead body
  noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, happened, been; creature, being
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

देहः (dehaḥ) - body (body, form)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, mass

Root: dih (class 4)

अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present Active

Root: as (class 2)

कुसुमाम्बरे (kusumāmbare) - in Kusumāmbara (a place) (in a flower-garment; in Kusumāmbara (a specific place))

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kusumāmbara

kusumāmbara - flower-garment; name of a place

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kusuma+ambara)

• kusuma – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• ambara – garment, cloth; sky, atmosphere
  noun (neuter)

प्रविशतु (praviśatu) - let him enter (let him enter, he should enter)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of praviśatu

Imperative Active

Root viś with upasarga pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - he (this, this one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this, this one, he

तम् (tam) - that (body) (that, him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to prāktanaḥ dehaḥ

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone (having gone, having proceeded)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root gam with suffix -tvā

Root: gam (class 1)

त्यज्यताम् (tyajyatām) - let (this body) be abandoned (let it be abandoned, let it be left)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of tyajyatām

Imperative Passive

Root tyaj with suffix -ya (passive) and imperative ending -tām

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Refers to the current body.

इति (iti) - thus (marks the end of a command/thought) (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

चेतसा (cetasā) - mentally, by the mind (by the mind, mentally, by thought)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, intelligence, thought, consciousness

Root: cit (class 1)

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