योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-23, verse-32

विद्यमानं घटं वायुः किंचित्स्पृशति नास्थितम् ।
यथा तथैव देही स्वां शरीरनगरीमिमाम् ॥ ३२ ॥

vidyamānaṃ ghaṭaṃ vāyuḥ kiṃcitspṛśati nāsthitam ,
yathā tathaiva dehī svāṃ śarīranagarīmimām 32

32. vidyamānaṃ ghaṭaṃ vāyuḥ kiṃcit spṛśati na āsthitaṃ
yathā tathā eva dehī svāṃ śarīranagarīm imām

32. yathā vāyuḥ vidyamānaṃ ghaṭaṃ kiṃcit spṛśati,
na āsthitaṃ (ghaṭaṃ) (spṛśati); tathā eva dehī imām svāṃ śarīranagarīm (spṛśati).

32. Just as the wind touches an existing jar but does not touch a non-existent one, so too the embodied being [relates to] its own body-city.

Words meanings summery:

• विद्यमानं (vidyamānaṁ) - existing, present, being

• घटं (ghaṭaṁ) - jar, pot, pitcher

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air, vital breath

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - slightly (a little, slightly, somewhat, anything)

• स्पृशति (spṛśati) - touches, contacts, reaches, experiences

• न (na) - not, no, neither

• आस्थितं (āsthitaṁ) - non-existent (jar) (established, existing, positioned)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• देही (dehī) - embodied one, soul, living being

• स्वां (svāṁ) - one's own, proper, inherent

• शरीरनगरीम् (śarīranagarīm) - the body-city, the city of the body

• इमाम् (imām) - this, this one

Words meanings and morphology

विद्यमानं (vidyamānaṁ) - existing, present, being

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vidyamāna

vidyamāna - existing, present, being, living

Present Active Participle

Derived from root vid (to be, exist).

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'ghaṭaṃ'.

घटं (ghaṭaṁ) - jar, pot, pitcher

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ghaṭa

ghaṭa - jar, pot, pitcher, pitcher-shaped vessel

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air, vital breath

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, vital breath, god of wind

Root: vā (class 2)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - slightly (a little, slightly, somewhat, anything)

(indeclinable)

स्पृशति (spṛśati) - touches, contacts, reaches, experiences

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of spṛś

Root: spṛś (class 6)

न (na) - not, no, neither

(indeclinable)

आस्थितं (āsthitaṁ) - non-existent (jar) (established, existing, positioned)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - established, existing, placed, positioned, resorted to

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand) with prefix ā- and suffix -ta. Here used in negation 'na āsthitaṃ' meaning not existing.

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

देही (dehī) - embodied one, soul, living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehin

dehin - embodied, having a body; an embodied being, soul, living being

Derived from 'deha' (body) with suffix -in.

स्वां (svāṁ) - one's own, proper, inherent

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, proper, inherent, self

Note: Agrees with 'śarīranagarīm'.

शरीरनगरीम् (śarīranagarīm) - the body-city, the city of the body

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śarīranagarī

śarīranagarī - body-city, the city of the body

Compound of śarīra (body) + nagarī (city).

Compound type : tatpurusha (śarīra+nagarī)

• śarīra – body, corporeal frame
  noun (neuter)
• nagarī – city, town
  noun (feminine)

इमाम् (imām) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with 'śarīranagarīm'.