योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-71, verse-62

शरीरसंक्षये देही न क्षयं याति कस्यचित् ।
निर्वासनश्चेत्तद्व्योम्नि तिष्ठत्यात्मपदे तथा ॥ ६२ ॥

śarīrasaṃkṣaye dehī na kṣayaṃ yāti kasyacit ,
nirvāsanaścettadvyomni tiṣṭhatyātmapade tathā 62

62. śarīrasaṃkṣaye dehī na kṣayam yāti kasyacit
nirvāsanaḥ cet tat vyomni tiṣṭhati ātmapade tathā

62. śarīrasaṃkṣaye dehī kasyacit kṣayam na yāti cet
nirvāsanaḥ tat tathā vyomni ātmapade tiṣṭhati

62. Upon the complete destruction of the body, the embodied being (dehī) does not perish in any way. If one is free from latent impressions (vāsana), then one abides in the state of the self (ātman), just like space (vyoman) remains.

Words meanings summery:

• शरीरसंक्षये (śarīrasaṁkṣaye) - in the complete destruction of the body

• देही (dehī) - the embodied one, soul

• न (na) - not

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - to destruction, to decay, to loss

• याति (yāti) - goes, proceeds

• कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of anyone, by any means, ever

• निर्वासनः (nirvāsanaḥ) - free from latent impressions/desires, without vāsana

• चेत् (cet) - if

• तत् (tat) - then, that

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands, remains, abides

• आत्मपदे (ātmapade) - in the state/position of the self (ātman)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus

Words meanings and morphology

शरीरसंक्षये (śarīrasaṁkṣaye) - in the complete destruction of the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śarīrasaṃkṣaya

śarīrasaṁkṣaya - complete destruction of the body

Compound type : tatpurusha (śarīra+saṃkṣaya)

• śarīra – body, corporeal frame
  noun (neuter)
• saṃkṣaya – complete destruction, decay, waste
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṣi (class 5)

देही (dehī) - the embodied one, soul

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehin

dehin - embodied, soul, living being, a person

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - to destruction, to decay, to loss

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, decay, loss, decline

याति (yāti) - goes, proceeds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of anyone, by any means, ever

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kasyacid

kasyacid - of someone, of something, any, a certain

Derived from pronominal stem ka + suffix cit

निर्वासनः (nirvāsanaḥ) - free from latent impressions/desires, without vāsana

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirvāsana

nirvāsana - devoid of latent impressions or desires (vāsana), free from habit or craving

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+vāsana)

• nis – out, forth, without, free from
  indeclinable
• vāsana – latent impression, habit, desire, mental predisposition
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vas (class 1)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - then, that

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an adverbial or conjunction, equivalent to 'then'.

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space, air

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands, remains, abides

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

आत्मपदे (ātmapade) - in the state/position of the self (ātman)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ātmapada

ātmapada - state of the self (ātman), supreme state, spiritual position

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+pada)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• pada – step, foot, place, state, position
  noun (neuter)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus

(indeclinable)

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