योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-44, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
क्रमेणानेन येनाप्ता जीवेन स्थितिरात्मनः ।
स कथं भगवन्देहं समाधत्तेऽस्थिपञ्जरम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
krameṇānena yenāptā jīvena sthitirātmanaḥ ,
sa kathaṃ bhagavandehaṃ samādhatte'sthipañjaram 1

1. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca krameṇa anena yena āptā jīvena sthitiḥ
ātmanaḥ saḥ katham bhagavan deham samādhatte asthi-pañjaram

1. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca bhagavan,
yena jīvena anena krameṇa ātmanaḥ sthitiḥ āptā,
saḥ deham asthi-pañjaram katham samādhatte

1. Śrī Rāma said: O Lord (bhagavan), how does the living being (jīva) who, through this very process, has attained the state (sthiti) of the Self (ātman), then sustain a body (deha) that is merely a cage of bones (asthi-pañjara)?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said

• क्रमेण (krameṇa) - by this specific process or progression (by sequence, by method, by process)

• अनेन (anena) - by this (masculine instrumental singular)

• येन (yena) - by which (living being) (by which (masculine instrumental singular relative pronoun))

• आप्ता (āptā) - attained, reached, acquired

• जीवेन (jīvena) - by the living being, by the soul

• स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - (spiritual) state (state, condition, position, stability)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of oneself, of the soul (ātman)

• सः (saḥ) - that (living being) (he, that (masculine nominative singular))

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord, O Blessed one (vocative)

• देहम् (deham) - body

• समाधत्ते (samādhatte) - he maintains (a body) (he holds together, he maintains, he assumes, he applies himself)

• अस्थि-पञ्जरम् (asthi-pañjaram) - a cage of bones, skeletal frame

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, an epithet for Rāma (meaning 'Rāma endowed with glory')

Compound śrī (glory, prosperity) + rāma (Rāma)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – glory, prosperity, wealth, beauty, divine radiance
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (a proper name), pleasing, charming
  proper noun (masculine)
  From root ram (to delight)
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense (liṭ)

Irregular perfect formation.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Verb for śrīrāmaḥ.

क्रमेण (krameṇa) - by this specific process or progression (by sequence, by method, by process)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of krama

krama - step, order, sequence, method, process

From root kram (to step, to proceed)

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Adverbial.

अनेन (anena) - by this (masculine instrumental singular)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

येन (yena) - by which (living being) (by which (masculine instrumental singular relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

आप्ता (āptā) - attained, reached, acquired

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āpta

āpta - attained, reached, acquired, reliable

Past Passive Participle

From ā-āp (to obtain, to reach)

Prefix: ā

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Predicative adjective.

जीवेन (jīvena) - by the living being, by the soul

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living being, soul, life principle

From root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - (spiritual) state (state, condition, position, stability)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - state, condition, position, stability, existence, firm standing

From root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Grammatical subject of the relative clause.

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of oneself, of the soul (ātman)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, breath

Note: Qualifies sthitiḥ.

सः (saḥ) - that (living being) (he, that (masculine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of the main clause.

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord, O Blessed one (vocative)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, fortunate, divine, venerable, Lord

From bhaga (fortune, power) + matup suffix

Note: Addressed to the guru.

देहम् (deham) - body

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

From root dih (to smear, to grow thick)

Root: dih (class 1)

समाधत्ते (samādhatte) - he maintains (a body) (he holds together, he maintains, he assumes, he applies himself)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of samādhā

From sam + ā + dhā (to place, to hold)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Verb for saḥ.

अस्थि-पञ्जरम् (asthi-pañjaram) - a cage of bones, skeletal frame

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asthi-pañjara

asthi-pañjara - cage of bones, skeleton

Compound asthi (bone) + pañjara (cage)

Compound type : tatpurusha (asthi+pañjara)

• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)
• pañjara – cage, skeleton, frame
  noun (neuter)