योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-33, verse-48

श्रीराम उवाच ।
किमाकृतिरहंकारः कथं संत्यज्यते प्रभो ।
सशरीरोऽशरीरश्च त्यक्ते तस्मिंश्च किं भवेत् ॥ ४८ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
kimākṛtirahaṃkāraḥ kathaṃ saṃtyajyate prabho ,
saśarīro'śarīraśca tyakte tasmiṃśca kiṃ bhavet 48

48. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca | kim-ākṛtiḥ ahaṃkāraḥ katham saṃtyajyate prabho
| sa-śarīraḥ a-śarīraḥ ca tyakte tasmin ca kim bhavet ||

48. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca prabho ahaṃkāraḥ kim-ākṛtiḥ? katham saṃtyajyate?
tasmin tyakte ca sa-śarīraḥ ca a-śarīraḥ kim bhavet?

48. Śrī Rāma said: O Lord (prabho), what is the nature (kim-ākṛtiḥ) of the ego (ahaṃkāra)? How is it to be relinquished? And what happens when it is abandoned, both to one who is embodied and one who is disembodied?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• किम्-आकृतिः (kim-ākṛtiḥ) - what is the nature (of what form, having what shape, what kind)

• अहंकारः (ahaṁkāraḥ) - the ego (ahaṃkāra) (ego, egoism, self-conceit)

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• संत्यज्यते (saṁtyajyate) - is to be relinquished (is relinquished, is abandoned completely)

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord (prabho) (O Lord, O Master)

• स-शरीरः (sa-śarīraḥ) - one who is embodied (embodied, with a body)

• अ-शरीरः (a-śarīraḥ) - one who is disembodied (disembodied, bodiless)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• त्यक्ते (tyakte) - when it is abandoned (when abandoned, when relinquished)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - when that (ego) (in that, to that)

• च (ca) - and, also

• किम् (kim) - what (what, why)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - happens (may be, should be, would be, happens)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, an incarnation of Vishnu

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – wealth, prosperity, glory, beauty, divine splendor
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (name); pleasing, charming
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

किम्-आकृतिः (kim-ākṛtiḥ) - what is the nature (of what form, having what shape, what kind)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim-ākṛti

kim-ākṛti - what form, of what appearance, what kind of

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kim+ākṛti)

• kim – what, which, who
  pronoun
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance, nature, figure
  noun (feminine)
  From prefix 'ā-' + root 'kṛ' (to make) + suffix '-ti'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'ahaṃkāraḥ'.

अहंकारः (ahaṁkāraḥ) - the ego (ahaṃkāra) (ego, egoism, self-conceit)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṃkāra

ahaṁkāra - egoism, self-consciousness, the sense of 'I'

From 'aham' (I) + 'kāra' (maker, doing)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aham+kāra)

• aham – I, myself
  pronoun
• kāra – maker, doing, act, sound
  noun (masculine)
  Root 'kṛ' (to make, to do) + suffix '-a'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

संत्यज्यते (saṁtyajyate) - is to be relinquished (is relinquished, is abandoned completely)

(verb)

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

Root 'tyaj' (to abandon) with prefix 'sam-'

Prefix: sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Atmanepada form, passive voice.

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord (prabho) (O Lord, O Master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - master, lord, powerful, mighty

स-शरीरः (sa-śarīraḥ) - one who is embodied (embodied, with a body)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sa-śarīra

sa-śarīra - embodied, having a body, corporeal

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+śarīra)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• śarīra – body, frame
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to an embodied being.

अ-शरीरः (a-śarīraḥ) - one who is disembodied (disembodied, bodiless)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of a-śarīra

a-śarīra - bodiless, disembodied, incorporeal

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+śarīra)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• śarīra – body, frame
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to a disembodied being.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

त्यक्ते (tyakte) - when it is abandoned (when abandoned, when relinquished)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of tyakta

tyakta - abandoned, relinquished, given up

Past Passive Participle

Root 'tyaj' (to abandon) + suffix '-kta'

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tasmin', forming a locative absolute construction.

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - when that (ego) (in that, to that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'ahaṃkāra' (masculine).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what (what, why)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Note: Used as an interrogative asking 'what'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - happens (may be, should be, would be, happens)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)