योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-35

केन संबध्यते व्योम केन संबाध्यते मनः ।
शरीरे शतधा याते खण्डना का शरीरिणः ॥ ३५ ॥

kena saṃbadhyate vyoma kena saṃbādhyate manaḥ ,
śarīre śatadhā yāte khaṇḍanā kā śarīriṇaḥ 35

35. kena saṃbadhyate vyoma kena saṃbādhyate manaḥ
śarīre śatadhā yāte khaṇḍanā kā śarīriṇaḥ

35. vyoma kena saṃbadhyate? manaḥ kena saṃbādhyate?
śarīre śatadhā yāte śarīriṇaḥ kā khaṇḍanā?

35. By what is space (vyoma) bound? By what is the mind (manas) afflicted? When the body (śarīra) is torn into a hundred pieces, what damage is done to the embodied self (śarīrin)?

Words meanings summery:

• केन (kena) - by what, by whom, with what

• संबध्यते (saṁbadhyate) - is bound, is connected, is attached

• व्योम (vyoma) - sky, space, atmosphere, ether

• केन (kena) - by what, by whom, with what

• संबाध्यते (saṁbādhyate) - is afflicted, is tormented, is harassed

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

• शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body, on the body

• शतधा (śatadhā) - in a hundred ways, into a hundred pieces, a hundredfold

• याते (yāte) - having gone, having passed, having become

• खण्डना (khaṇḍanā) - cutting, breaking, damage, destruction

• का (kā) - what, which

• शरीरिणः (śarīriṇaḥ) - of the embodied one, of the soul

Words meanings and morphology

केन (kena) - by what, by whom, with what

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

संबध्यते (saṁbadhyate) - is bound, is connected, is attached

(verb)

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

Passive voice of root bandh with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: bandh (class 9)

व्योम (vyoma) - sky, space, atmosphere, ether

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, heaven, atmosphere, space, ether

केन (kena) - by what, by whom, with what

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

संबाध्यते (saṁbādhyate) - is afflicted, is tormented, is harassed

(verb)

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

Passive voice of root bādh with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: bādh (class 1)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, thought, conscience

Root: man (class 4)

शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body, on the body

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, frame, physical form

शतधा (śatadhā) - in a hundred ways, into a hundred pieces, a hundredfold

(indeclinable)

Suffix -dhā meaning 'in ways' or 'parts'

याते (yāte) - having gone, having passed, having become

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, departed, passed, become

Past Passive Participle

From root yā (to go), suffix -ta

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction 'śarīre ... yāte' (when the body has become...)

खण्डना (khaṇḍanā) - cutting, breaking, damage, destruction

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of khaṇḍanā

khaṇḍanā - cutting, breaking, destruction, injury, damage

From root khaṇḍ (to break, cut)

Root: khaṇḍ (class 1)

का (kā) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

शरीरिणः (śarīriṇaḥ) - of the embodied one, of the soul

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śarīrin

śarīrin - embodied, having a body, the soul or self (ātman) as embodied

Possessive suffix -in added to śarīra

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