योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-71, verse-63

देहनाशे विनष्टोऽस्मीत्येवं यस्याऽमतेर्भ्रमः ।
मातुः स्तनतटात्तस्य मन्ये वेताल उत्थितः ॥ ६३ ॥

dehanāśe vinaṣṭo'smītyevaṃ yasyā'materbhramaḥ ,
mātuḥ stanataṭāttasya manye vetāla utthitaḥ 63

63. dehanāśe vinaṣṭaḥ asmi iti evam yasya amateḥ bhramaḥ
mātuḥ stanataṭāt tasya manye vetālaḥ utthitaḥ

63. dehanāśe asmi vinaṣṭaḥ iti evam yasya amateḥ bhramaḥ
tasya mātuḥ stanataṭāt vetālaḥ utthitaḥ manye

63. Upon the destruction of the body, if someone, due to ignorance (amati), harbors the delusion, 'I am destroyed,' then I believe a ghost (vetāla) has arisen from that person's mother's breast.

Words meanings summery:

• देहनाशे (dehanāśe) - in the destruction of the body

• विनष्टः (vinaṣṭaḥ) - destroyed, perished

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying, indicating direct speech

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

• अमतेः (amateḥ) - of the ignorant one, of one lacking intelligence

• भ्रमः (bhramaḥ) - delusion, error, wandering

• मातुः (mātuḥ) - of the mother

• स्तनतटात् (stanataṭāt) - from the breast, from the nipple area

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (person)

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe

• वेतालः (vetālaḥ) - a ghost, a demon

• उत्थितः (utthitaḥ) - arisen, sprung up, stood up

Words meanings and morphology

देहनाशे (dehanāśe) - in the destruction of the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dehanāśa

dehanāśa - destruction of the body

Compound type : tatpurusha (deha+nāśa)

• deha – body, corporeal frame
  noun (masculine)
• nāśa – destruction, loss, ruin
  noun (masculine)
  Root: naś (class 4)

विनष्टः (vinaṣṭaḥ) - destroyed, perished

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vinaṣṭa

vinaṣṭa - destroyed, perished, lost, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root naś with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so saying, indicating direct speech

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

(indeclinable)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

अमतेः (amateḥ) - of the ignorant one, of one lacking intelligence

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of amati

amati - ignorance, folly, lack of understanding, unintelligence

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+mati)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• mati – mind, thought, intelligence, opinion
  noun (feminine)
  Root: man (class 4)

भ्रमः (bhramaḥ) - delusion, error, wandering

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrama

bhrama - error, illusion, delusion, wandering, revolving

मातुः (mātuḥ) - of the mother

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

स्तनतटात् (stanataṭāt) - from the breast, from the nipple area

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of stanataṭa

stanataṭa - breast, nipple, teat

Compound type : tatpurusha (stana+taṭa)

• stana – breast, udder, nipple
  noun (masculine)
• taṭa – bank, shore, slope, edge, side
  noun (masculine)

तस्य (tasya) - of that (person)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

वेतालः (vetālaḥ) - a ghost, a demon

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vetāla

vetāla - a ghost, vampire, demon, spirit animating a corpse

उत्थितः (utthitaḥ) - arisen, sprung up, stood up

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utthita

utthita - risen, arisen, stood up, produced, appeared

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root sthā with prefix ud

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)