योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-9, verse-3

श्रीराम उवाच ।
ब्रह्मन्विदेहमुक्तस्य जीवन्मुक्तस्य लक्षणम् ।
ब्रूहि येन तथैवाहं यते शास्त्रदृशा धिया ॥ ३ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
brahmanvidehamuktasya jīvanmuktasya lakṣaṇam ,
brūhi yena tathaivāhaṃ yate śāstradṛśā dhiyā 3

3. brahman videha-muktasya jīvan-muktasya lakṣaṇam
brūhi yena tathā eva aham yate śāstra-dṛśā dhiyā

3. brahman videha-muktasya jīvan-muktasya ca lakṣaṇam
brūhi yena aham śāstra-dṛśā dhiyā tathā eva yate

3. Śrī Rāma said: O Brahmin, please describe the characteristics of a liberated (mokṣa) soul in the bodiless state (videhamukta) and a living liberated (jīvanmukta) soul, so that I may strive accordingly with a mind (dhiyā) guided by scriptural insight.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O venerable Brahmin (Vasiṣṭha)! (O Brahmin!)

• विदेह-मुक्तस्य (videha-muktasya) - of the soul that has achieved liberation (mokṣa) in the bodiless state (of the bodiless liberated one, of the videhamukta)

• जीवन्-मुक्तस्य (jīvan-muktasya) - of the soul that has achieved living liberation (jīvanmukti) (of the living liberated one, of the jīvanmukta)

• लक्षणम् (lakṣaṇam) - characteristic, distinguishing mark, symptom

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak, describe

• येन (yena) - by which, whereby, so that

• तथा (tathā) - in that way (as described by you) (thus, so, in that manner)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• अहम् (aham) - I

• यते (yate) - I strive, I endeavor, I make effort

• शास्त्र-दृशा (śāstra-dṛśā) - by scriptural insight, with the eye of the scriptures

• धिया (dhiyā) - by the intellect, by the mind

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O venerable Brahmin (Vasiṣṭha)! (O Brahmin!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin (member of priestly class), one who knows brahman

विदेह-मुक्तस्य (videha-muktasya) - of the soul that has achieved liberation (mokṣa) in the bodiless state (of the bodiless liberated one, of the videhamukta)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of videha-mukta

videha-mukta - bodiless liberated, liberated without a body

Compound type : bahuvrīhi or tatpuruṣa (vi+deha+mukta)

• vi – without
  prefix
• deha – body, corporeal frame
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 4)
• mukta – liberated, released, free
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'muc' (to release)
  Root: muc (class 6)

जीवन्-मुक्तस्य (jīvan-muktasya) - of the soul that has achieved living liberation (jīvanmukti) (of the living liberated one, of the jīvanmukta)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīvan-mukta

jīvan-mukta - living liberated, liberated while alive

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīvat+mukta)

• jīvat – living, alive
  participle (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'jīv' (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• mukta – liberated, released, free
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'muc' (to release)
  Root: muc (class 6)

लक्षणम् (lakṣaṇam) - characteristic, distinguishing mark, symptom

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lakṣaṇa

lakṣaṇa - characteristic, mark, sign, definition

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak, describe

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

येन (yena) - by which, whereby, so that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, whereby

तथा (tathā) - in that way (as described by you) (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

asmad - I, we

यते (yate) - I strive, I endeavor, I make effort

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (lat) of yat

Root: yat (class 1)

शास्त्र-दृशा (śāstra-dṛśā) - by scriptural insight, with the eye of the scriptures

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śāstra-dṛś

śāstra-dṛś - scriptural insight, vision according to scriptures

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śāstra+dṛś)

• śāstra – scripture, treatise, rule
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śās (class 2)
• dṛś – sight, vision, eye
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

धिया (dhiyā) - by the intellect, by the mind

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - intellect, mind, understanding

Root: dhyā (class 1)