योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-35, verse-27

इमं देहभ्रमं त्यक्त्वा देशकालान्तरे पुनः ।
शरीरत्वमथादत्ते पल्लवत्वमिवाङ्कुरः ॥ २७ ॥

imaṃ dehabhramaṃ tyaktvā deśakālāntare punaḥ ,
śarīratvamathādatte pallavatvamivāṅkuraḥ 27

27. imam dehabhramam tyaktvā deśakālāntare punaḥ
śarīratvam atha ādatte pallavatvam iva aṅkuraḥ

27. aṅkuraḥ pallavatvam iva imam dehabhramam tyaktvā
punaḥ deśakālāntare atha śarīratvam ādatte

27. Abandoning this illusion of a body, one again takes on a physical form in a different place and time, just as a sprout assumes the state of a tender leaf.

Words meanings summery:

• इमम् (imam) - this

• देहभ्रमम् (dehabhramam) - illusion of the body, bodily illusion

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

• देशकालान्तरे (deśakālāntare) - in another place and time

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover

• शरीरत्वम् (śarīratvam) - body-state, the state of having a body

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• आदत्ते (ādatte) - assumes, takes, receives

• पल्लवत्वम् (pallavatvam) - state of a tender leaf, leaf-state

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अङ्कुरः (aṅkuraḥ) - sprout, shoot

Words meanings and morphology

इमम् (imam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

देहभ्रमम् (dehabhramam) - illusion of the body, bodily illusion

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dehabhrama

dehabhrama - illusion of the body, bodily illusion

Compound type : tatpurusha (deha+bhrama)

• deha – body, physical form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 1)
• bhrama – wandering, error, illusion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhram (class 1)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed with suffix -ktvā

Root: tyaj (class 1)

देशकालान्तरे (deśakālāntare) - in another place and time

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of deśakālāntara

deśakālāntara - another place and time

Compound type : dvandva (deśa+kāla+antara)

• deśa – place, region
  noun (masculine)
• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
• antara – other, different, interval
  adjective (neuter)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover

(indeclinable)

शरीरत्वम् (śarīratvam) - body-state, the state of having a body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śarīratva

śarīratva - body-state, corporeality, the state of having a body

derived from śarīra with suffix -tva (abstract noun)

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

आदत्ते (ādatte) - assumes, takes, receives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of dā

present middle

3rd person singular, present tense, middle voice

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

पल्लवत्वम् (pallavatvam) - state of a tender leaf, leaf-state

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pallavatva

pallavatva - state of a sprout/tender leaf, leaf-state

derived from pallava with suffix -tva (abstract noun)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अङ्कुरः (aṅkuraḥ) - sprout, shoot

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅkura

aṅkura - sprout, shoot, germ

Root: aṅk (class 1)

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