योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-57, verse-27

को देहः कस्य वा सत्ता कस्य नाशः कथं कुतः ।
स्थितं तदेव यदभूदबोधः केवलं गतः ॥ २७ ॥

ko dehaḥ kasya vā sattā kasya nāśaḥ kathaṃ kutaḥ ,
sthitaṃ tadeva yadabhūdabodhaḥ kevalaṃ gataḥ 27

27. kaḥ dehaḥ kasya vā sattā kasya nāśaḥ katham kutaḥ
sthitam tat eva yat abhūt abodhaḥ kevalam gataḥ

27. kaḥ dehaḥ kasya sattā vā kasya nāśaḥ katham kutaḥ
yat abhūt tat eva sthitam kevalam abodhaḥ gataḥ

27. What is this body? To whom does its existence or destruction belong? How and from where does it arise? That alone remains which truly existed. Only ignorance (abodha) has departed.

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - What (is this body)? (who, what)

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom, of what

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• सत्ता (sattā) - existence, being, reality

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom, of what

• नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, perishing, loss

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, why

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - that which truly existed (referring to the immutable reality) (stood, remained, existed)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the underlying reality) (that)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, exactly

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• अभूत् (abhūt) - was, existed, became

• अबोधः (abodhaḥ) - ignorance, lack of knowledge, non-understanding

• केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only

• गतः (gataḥ) - gone, departed, arrived at

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - What (is this body)? (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

देहः (dehaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, mass

Root: dih (class 4)

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom, of what

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

सत्ता (sattā) - existence, being, reality

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sattā

sattā - existence, being, reality, essence

Root: as (class 2)

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom, of what

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, perishing, loss

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, ruin, loss, disappearance

Root: naś (class 4)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, why

(indeclinable)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - that which truly existed (referring to the immutable reality) (stood, remained, existed)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, abiding, existing, being, firm

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand) + kta suffix

Root: sthā (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the underlying reality) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

एव (eva) - only, indeed, exactly

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

अभूत् (abhūt) - was, existed, became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

अबोधः (abodhaḥ) - ignorance, lack of knowledge, non-understanding

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abodha

abodha - ignorance, lack of understanding, unawareness

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+bodha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• bodha – knowledge, understanding, awakening
  noun (masculine)
  Root: budh (class 1)

केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kevala

kevala - alone, mere, pure, exclusive

Note: Functions as an adverb

गतः (gataḥ) - gone, departed, arrived at

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, moved, arrived at

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) + kta suffix

Root: gam (class 1)