योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-89, verse-3

मनसा भाव्यमानो हि देहतां याति देहकः ।
देहभावनयाऽयुक्तो देहधर्मैर्न बाध्यते ॥ ३ ॥

manasā bhāvyamāno hi dehatāṃ yāti dehakaḥ ,
dehabhāvanayā'yukto dehadharmairna bādhyate 3

3. manasā bhāvyamānaḥ hi dehatām yāti dehakaḥ
deha-bhāvanayā ayuktaḥ deha-dharmaih na bādhyate

3. hi manasā bhāvyamānaḥ dehakaḥ dehatām yāti
deha-bhāvanayā ayuktaḥ deha-dharmaih na bādhyate

3. Indeed, when contemplated by the mind (manas), the body (dehaka) manifests as a body. However, one who is not engrossed in the conception of the body is not bound by the attributes (dharma) of the body.

Words meanings summery:

• मनसा (manasā) - by the mind

• भाव्यमानः (bhāvyamānaḥ) - being contemplated, being imagined, being brought into existence

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• देहताम् (dehatām) - the state of a body, corporality

• याति (yāti) - goes, attains, reaches

• देहकः (dehakaḥ) - body

• देह-भावनया (deha-bhāvanayā) - by the contemplation/conception of the body

• अयुक्तः (ayuktaḥ) - unassociated, disjoined, not engaged

• देह-धर्मैह् (deha-dharmaih) - by the attributes of the body, by bodily properties

• न (na) - not

• बाध्यते (bādhyate) - is bound, is affected, is oppressed

Words meanings and morphology

मनसा (manasā) - by the mind

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought

भाव्यमानः (bhāvyamānaḥ) - being contemplated, being imagined, being brought into existence

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāvyamāna

bhāvyamāna - being thought of, being imagined, being brought into existence, being contemplated

Present Passive Participle

From causative of √bhū (bhāvaya) + śānac

Root: bhū (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

देहताम् (dehatām) - the state of a body, corporality

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dehatā

dehatā - state of being a body, corporality

From deha + tā (abstract suffix)

याति (yāti) - goes, attains, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: yā (class 2)

देहकः (dehakaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehaka

dehaka - body (often diminutive or contemptuous, but here simply 'body')

From deha + ka (suffix)

देह-भावनया (deha-bhāvanayā) - by the contemplation/conception of the body

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of deha-bhāvanā

deha-bhāvanā - contemplation of the body, conception of the body, attachment to the body

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (deha+bhāvanā)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• bhāvanā – contemplation, imagination, feeling
  noun (feminine)
  verbal noun
  From √bhū causative
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अयुक्तः (ayuktaḥ) - unassociated, disjoined, not engaged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ayukta

ayukta - unassociated, disjoined, not engaged, not bound, improper

Negative compound of Past Passive Participle

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of a + yukta (PPP of √yuj)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+yukta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• yukta – joined, connected, associated, engaged
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √yuj
  Root: yuj (class 7)

देह-धर्मैह् (deha-dharmaih) - by the attributes of the body, by bodily properties

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of deha-dharma

deha-dharma - attributes of the body, bodily properties

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (deha+dharma)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• dharma – attribute, quality, characteristic, natural law
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

बाध्यते (bādhyate) - is bound, is affected, is oppressed

(verb)

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

Present tense, 3rd person singular, Passive voice

Root: badh (class 1)

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