योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-9, verse-4

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
यथास्थितमिदं यस्य व्यवहारवतोऽपि च ।
अस्तं गतं स्थितं व्योम जीवन्मुक्तः स उच्यते ॥ ४ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
yathāsthitamidaṃ yasya vyavahāravato'pi ca ,
astaṃ gataṃ sthitaṃ vyoma jīvanmuktaḥ sa ucyate 4

4. yathā-sthitam idam yasya vyavahāravataḥ api ca
astam gatam sthitam vyoma jīvan-muktaḥ saḥ ucyate

4. yasya vyavahāravataḥ api ca idam yathā-sthitam
vyoma astam gatam sthitam saḥ jīvan-muktaḥ ucyate

4. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: That person whose world, even while engaged in worldly affairs, has completely vanished like the sky, is called a living liberated (jīvanmukta) one.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा-स्थितम् (yathā-sthitam) - the world as it currently exists (to him) (as it is, as it exists, the existing state)

• इदम् (idam) - this world, this phenomenal existence (this, this world)

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

• व्यवहारवतः (vyavahāravataḥ) - of one who is engaged in worldly affairs, of one who has transactions

• अपि (api) - even, also

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्तम् (astam) - to disappearance, vanished (setting, disappearance)

• गतम् (gatam) - has gone (to disappearance), vanished (gone, disappeared, reached)

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - remaining, existing (like the sky) (situated, remaining, standing, existing)

• व्योम (vyoma) - sky, ether, space

• जीवन्-मुक्तः (jīvan-muktaḥ) - a living liberated (jīvanmukta) person (living liberated, one liberated while living)

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said

Words meanings and morphology

यथा-स्थितम् (yathā-sthitam) - the world as it currently exists (to him) (as it is, as it exists, the existing state)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yathā-sthita

yathā-sthita - as it stands, as it is, existing as it is

Compound type : avyayībhāva or tatpuruṣa (yathā+sthita)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• sthita – standing, existing, situated, abiding
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'sthā' (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to the objective world. Used adverbially or as a predicate adjective.

इदम् (idam) - this world, this phenomenal existence (this, this world)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which

व्यवहारवतः (vyavahāravataḥ) - of one who is engaged in worldly affairs, of one who has transactions

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vyavahāravat

vyavahāravat - having dealings, engaged in worldly affairs, active

Derived from 'vyavahāra' + possessive suffix '-vat'

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्तम् (astam) - to disappearance, vanished (setting, disappearance)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asta

asta - setting (of sun), disappearance, home

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Functions adverbially here with 'gatam'.

गतम् (gatam) - has gone (to disappearance), vanished (gone, disappeared, reached)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, moved, disappeared

Past Passive Participle

From root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - remaining, existing (like the sky) (situated, remaining, standing, existing)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, remaining, existing

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sthā' (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Here meaning 'remaining' or 'being as' in comparison to the sky.

व्योम (vyoma) - sky, ether, space

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space, ether

जीवन्-मुक्तः (jīvan-muktaḥ) - a living liberated (jīvanmukta) person (living liberated, one liberated while living)

(adjective)

Nominative, 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)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)