योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-57, verse-53

उड्डीनोऽयं मृतो वेति पश्यन्ति निकटस्थिताः ।
ज्ञमातिवाहिकीभूतं स्वस्वभावहता यतः ॥ ५३ ॥

uḍḍīno'yaṃ mṛto veti paśyanti nikaṭasthitāḥ ,
jñamātivāhikībhūtaṃ svasvabhāvahatā yataḥ 53

53. uḍḍīnaḥ ayam mṛtaḥ vā iti paśyanti nikaṭasthitāḥ
jñam ātivāhikī-bhūtam sva-svabhāva-hatāḥ yataḥ

53. nikaṭasthitāḥ "ayam uḍḍīnaḥ vā mṛtaḥ" iti paśyanti
yataḥ sva-svabhāva-hatāḥ jñam ātivāhikī-bhūtam

53. Those nearby, deluded by their own intrinsic nature (svabhāva), wonder, "Has he flown away or is he dead?" because they perceive the knowing consciousness (jña) as having become a subtle, transmigrating body.

Words meanings summery:

• उड्डीनः (uḍḍīnaḥ) - flown away, soared up

• अयम् (ayam) - he (the liberated one) (this, he)

• मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead, deceased

• वा (vā) - or, optionally

• इति (iti) - thus, so (marks direct speech or thought)

• पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they perceive

• निकटस्थिताः (nikaṭasthitāḥ) - those nearby, those standing near

• ज्ञम् (jñam) - the knowing one, the knower, consciousness

• आतिवाहिकी-भूतम् (ātivāhikī-bhūtam) - having become a subtle transmigrating body

• स्व-स्वभाव-हताः (sva-svabhāva-hatāḥ) - deluded by their own nature, struck by their own intrinsic nature

• यतः (yataḥ) - because, from which, since

Words meanings and morphology

उड्डीनः (uḍḍīnaḥ) - flown away, soared up

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uḍḍīna

uḍḍīna - flown up, soared, departed

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'ḍī' with upasarga 'ud'

Prefix: ud

Root: ḍī (class 4)

अयम् (ayam) - he (the liberated one) (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, he, she, it

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'mṛ'

Root: mṛ (class 6)

वा (vā) - or, optionally

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so (marks direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they perceive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of dṛś

Present active indicative, 3rd person plural of root 'dṛś' (uses 'paśya' stem)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

निकटस्थिताः (nikaṭasthitāḥ) - those nearby, those standing near

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nikaṭasthita

nikaṭasthita - standing near, nearby, adjacent

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nikaṭa+sthita)

• nikaṭa – near, proximity, vicinity
  noun (neuter)
• sthita – stood, standing, located, situated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root 'sthā'
  Root: sthā (class 1)

ज्ञम् (jñam) - the knowing one, the knower, consciousness

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jña

jña - knowing, knower, intelligent, conscious

Derived from root 'jñā'

Root: jñā (class 9)

आतिवाहिकी-भूतम् (ātivāhikī-bhūtam) - having become a subtle transmigrating body

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ātivāhikī-bhūta

ātivāhikī-bhūta - having become a subtle body (for transmigration), pertaining to the subtle body

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ātivāhikī+bhūta)

• ātivāhikī – subtle, transmigrating (referring to the subtle body)
  adjective (feminine)
  Feminine form of ātivāhika
• bhūta – become, being, existed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root 'bhū'
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Here modifies 'jñam' (masc), so it takes neuter form agreeing with 'body' implied, or 'jñam' is used collectively.

स्व-स्वभाव-हताः (sva-svabhāva-hatāḥ) - deluded by their own nature, struck by their own intrinsic nature

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sva-svabhāva-hata

sva-svabhāva-hata - struck by one's own nature, deluded by one's own nature

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+svabhāva+hata)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (masculine)
• svabhāva – one's own nature, intrinsic nature, essential quality
  noun (masculine)
  From 'sva' (own) and 'bhāva' (nature, being)
• hata – struck, killed, destroyed, deluded
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root 'han'
  Root: han (class 2)

यतः (yataḥ) - because, from which, since

(indeclinable)

Ablative form of 'yad'