योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-18, verse-2

विहरन्नपि संसारे जीवन्मुक्तमना मुनिः ।
आदिमध्यान्तविरसा विहसेज्जागतीर्गतीः ॥ २ ॥

viharannapi saṃsāre jīvanmuktamanā muniḥ ,
ādimadhyāntavirasā vihasejjāgatīrgatīḥ 2

2. viharan api saṃsāre jīvanmukta-manāḥ muniḥ
ādi-madhya-anta-virasāḥ vihaset jāgatīḥ gatīḥ

2. saṃsāre viharan api jīvanmukta-manāḥ muniḥ
ādi-madhya-anta-virasāḥ jāgatīḥ gatīḥ vihaset

2. Even while engaging in the cycle of existence (saṃsāra), the sage, whose mind is liberated while living (jīvanmukta), should deride all worldly courses of action which are devoid of essence or charm in their beginning, middle, and end.

Words meanings summery:

• विहरन् (viharan) - engaging in (moving about, wandering, enjoying oneself, playing)

• अपि (api) - even while (also, even, although)

• संसारे (saṁsāre) - in the cycle of existence (saṃsāra) (in the cycle of transmigration, in the world)

• जीवन्मुक्त-मनाः (jīvanmukta-manāḥ) - whose mind is liberated while living (jīvanmukta) (whose mind is liberated while living, having a living-liberated mind)

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage (sage, ascetic, silent one)

• आदि-मध्य-अन्त-विरसाः (ādi-madhya-anta-virasāḥ) - devoid of essence or charm in their beginning, middle, and end (tasteless/devoid of essence in the beginning, middle, and end)

• विहसेत् (vihaset) - should deride (should laugh at, should deride, should scorn)

• जागतीः (jāgatīḥ) - worldly (worldly, earthly, pertaining to the waking state)

• गतीः (gatīḥ) - courses of action (courses, movements, states, conditions, activities)

Words meanings and morphology

विहरन् (viharan) - engaging in (moving about, wandering, enjoying oneself, playing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viharant

viharant - moving about, roaming, enjoying, playing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √hṛ (to take, carry) with upasarga vi (away, apart).

Prefix: vi

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `muniḥ`.

अपि (api) - even while (also, even, although)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

संसारे (saṁsāre) - in the cycle of existence (saṃsāra) (in the cycle of transmigration, in the world)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - 'passing through', 'going through'; the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth; the phenomenal world

From root √sṛ (to flow, run) with upasarga sam (together, with).

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Place where the sage is `viharan`.

जीवन्मुक्त-मनाः (jīvanmukta-manāḥ) - whose mind is liberated while living (jīvanmukta) (whose mind is liberated while living, having a living-liberated mind)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvanmuktamana

jīvanmuktamana - one whose mind is liberated in this life, a jīvanmukta

Compound of 'jīvan' (living, present active participle of √jīv), 'mukta' (liberated, past passive participle of √muc), and 'manas' (mind), forming a bahuvrīhi 'whose mind is liberated while living'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jīvan+mukta+manas)

• jīvan – living, alive
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root √jīv (to live).
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• mukta – liberated, released, free
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √muc (to release, free).
  Root: muc (class 6)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought, heart
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `muniḥ`.

मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage (sage, ascetic, silent one)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, inspired person, silent one

Root: man (class 4)

आदि-मध्य-अन्त-विरसाः (ādi-madhya-anta-virasāḥ) - devoid of essence or charm in their beginning, middle, and end (tasteless/devoid of essence in the beginning, middle, and end)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of ādimadhyāntavirasa

ādimadhyāntavirasa - that which is unpleasant/tasteless/insipid in the beginning, middle, and end

Compound of 'ādi' (beginning), 'madhya' (middle), 'anta' (end), and 'virasa' (tasteless, insipid).

Compound type : dvandva + tatpuruṣa (ādi+madhya+anta+virasa)

• ādi – beginning, origin, first
  noun (masculine)
• madhya – middle, center
  noun (neuter)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)
• virasa – tasteless, insipid, devoid of charm/essence
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound of 'vi' (without, apart) and 'rasa' (taste, essence).
  Prefix: vi

Note: Agrees with `gatīḥ`.

विहसेत् (vihaset) - should deride (should laugh at, should deride, should scorn)

(verb)

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

optative mood

Optative active, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada.

Prefix: vi

Root: has (class 1)

जागतीः (jāgatīḥ) - worldly (worldly, earthly, pertaining to the waking state)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of jāgatī

jāgatī - relating to the world, worldly, pertaining to the waking state

Feminine form of `jāgata` (from `jagat`, world).

गतीः (gatīḥ) - courses of action (courses, movements, states, conditions, activities)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of gati

gati - going, moving, course, path, state, condition, destiny, activity

From root √gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)