योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-42, verse-16

अपि वर्षसहस्रान्ते तयेवान्तरवस्थया ।
सति देहे प्रबुध्यन्ते जीवन्मुक्ता रघूद्वह ॥ १६ ॥

api varṣasahasrānte tayevāntaravasthayā ,
sati dehe prabudhyante jīvanmuktā raghūdvaha 16

16. api varṣasahastrānte tayā iva antaravasthayā
sati dehe prabudhyante jīvanmuktāḥ raghūdvaha

16. raghūdvaha,
jīvanmuktāḥ api varṣasahastrānte dehe sati tayā iva antaravasthayā prabudhyante

16. O Rāma, O descendant of Raghu (Raghūdvaha), even after a thousand years, while still possessing a body, those who are liberated while living (jīvanmukta) awaken through that very internal state (of pure vāsanā).

16. אף בחלוף אלף שנים באותו מצב פנימי, בעוד הגוף עודנו קיים, המשוחררים בחיים יכולים להקיץ, הוי פאר בית רַגְהוּ.

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - even, also, although

• वर्षसहस्त्रान्ते (varṣasahastrānte) - at the end of a thousand years

• तया (tayā) - by that (internal state of pure vāsanā) (by that, with that)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अन्तरवस्थया (antaravasthayā) - by the internal state, by the inner condition

• सति (sati) - while existing (the body) (existing, being, while being)

• देहे (dehe) - while the body is present (in the body, on the body)

• प्रबुध्यन्ते (prabudhyante) - they awaken, they become enlightened

• जीवन्मुक्ताः (jīvanmuktāḥ) - the living liberated, those liberated while living

• रघूद्वह (raghūdvaha) - O Rāma (as an epithet) (O descendant of Raghu)

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - even, also, although

(indeclinable)

वर्षसहस्त्रान्ते (varṣasahastrānte) - at the end of a thousand years

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of varṣasahastrānta

varṣasahastrānta - end of a thousand years

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varṣa+sahasra+anta)

• varṣa – year, rain, rainy season
  noun (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

तया (tayā) - by that (internal state of pure vāsanā) (by that, with that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अन्तरवस्थया (antaravasthayā) - by the internal state, by the inner condition

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of antaravasthā

antaravasthā - internal state, inner condition

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (antara+avasthā)

• antara – internal, inner, intermediate
  adjective (neuter)
• avasthā – state, condition, situation
  noun (feminine)
  From ava-sthā + a
  Prefix: ava
  Root: sthā (class 1)

सति (sati) - while existing (the body) (existing, being, while being)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, true

Present Active Participle

From root as (to be) + śatṛ

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with 'dehe'

देहे (dehe) - while the body is present (in the body, on the body)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, corporeal frame

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with 'sati'

प्रबुध्यन्ते (prabudhyante) - they awaken, they become enlightened

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of prabudh

Prefix: pra

Root: budh (class 4)

जीवन्मुक्ताः (jīvanmuktāḥ) - the living liberated, those liberated while living

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīvanmukta

jīvanmukta - liberated while living, a living liberated person

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīvat+mukta)

• jīvat – living, alive, existing
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root jīv (to live) + śatṛ
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• mukta – liberated, released, free
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root muc (to release) + kta
  Root: muc (class 6)

रघूद्वह (raghūdvaha) - O Rāma (as an epithet) (O descendant of Raghu)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of raghūdvaha

raghūdvaha - descendant of Raghu, leader of Raghu's line (an epithet for Rāma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raghu+udvaha)

• raghu – Raghu (a legendary king, ancestor of Rāma)
  proper noun (masculine)
• udvaha – bearer, carrier, leading, descendant
  noun (masculine)
  From ud-vah + a
  Prefix: ud
  Root: vah (class 1)

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