योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-78, verse-17

श्रीराम उवाच ।
अनिशं चरतां देहगेहे गगनगामिनाम् ।
प्राणादीनां परिस्पन्दो वायूनां रोध्यते कथम् ॥ १७ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
aniśaṃ caratāṃ dehagehe gaganagāminām ,
prāṇādīnāṃ parispando vāyūnāṃ rodhyate katham 17

17. śrīrāma uvāca aniśam caratām dehagehe gaganagāminām
prāṇādīnām parispandaḥ vāyūnām rodhyate katham

17. śrīrāma uvāca dehagehe gaganagāminām aniśam caratām
prāṇādīnām vāyūnām parispandaḥ katham rodhyate

17. Śrī Rāma said: 'How can the pulsation of the vital breaths (prāṇa) and other vital airs, which constantly move within the body-dwelling and travel through space, be restrained?'

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• अनिशम् (aniśam) - constantly, incessantly, without pause

• चरताम् (caratām) - of those moving, of those wandering

• देहगेहे (dehagehe) - in the body-house, in the dwelling of the body

• गगनगामिनाम् (gaganagāminām) - of those moving in the sky, of those traveling through space

• प्राणादीनाम् (prāṇādīnām) - of the prāṇas and others (e.g., apāna, vyāna, etc.)

• परिस्पन्दः (parispandaḥ) - pulsation, vibration, movement

• वायूनाम् (vāyūnām) - of the winds, of the vital airs

• रोध्यते (rodhyate) - is restrained, is stopped, is checked

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Śrī Rāma (a proper name, an incarnation of Viṣṇu)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अनिशम् (aniśam) - constantly, incessantly, without pause

(indeclinable)

Adverbial accusative of aniśa (not ceasing)

चरताम् (caratām) - of those moving, of those wandering

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of carat

carat - moving, walking, wandering, active

Present Active Participle

Present participle of root 'car' (to move, wander)

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'prāṇādīnām' and 'vāyūnām'.

देहगेहे (dehagehe) - in the body-house, in the dwelling of the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dehageha

dehageha - body-house, body as a dwelling

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+geha)

• deha – body, corporeal frame
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'dih' (to smear, grow)
  Root: dih (class 4)
• geha – house, dwelling, abode
  noun (masculine)

गगनगामिनाम् (gaganagāminām) - of those moving in the sky, of those traveling through space

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of gaganagāmin

gaganagāmin - moving in the sky, going through the air, sky-goer

Agent noun/adjective derived from root 'gam' (to go) with 'gagana' (sky) and suffix '-in'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gagana+gāmin)

• gagana – sky, atmosphere, firmament
  noun (neuter)
• gāmin – going, moving, leading to
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective
  From root 'gam' + suffix '-in'
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'prāṇādīnām' and 'vāyūnām'.

प्राणादीनाम् (prāṇādīnām) - of the prāṇas and others (e.g., apāna, vyāna, etc.)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prāṇādi

prāṇādi - prāṇa and others, beginning with prāṇa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāṇa+ādi)

• prāṇa – life-breath, vital air, respiration, spirit
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'an' (to breathe) with prefix 'pra'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: an (class 2)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  indeclinable (masculine)

Note: Genitive modifier of 'parispandaḥ'.

परिस्पन्दः (parispandaḥ) - pulsation, vibration, movement

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parispanda

parispanda - vibration, trembling, pulsation, movement

Derived from root 'spand' (to tremble, vibrate) with prefix 'pari'

Prefix: pari

Root: spand (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'rodhyate'.

वायूनाम् (vāyūnām) - of the winds, of the vital airs

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, vital air, god of wind

From root 'vā' (to blow)

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Genitive modifier of 'parispandaḥ', in apposition with 'prāṇādīnām'.

रोध्यते (rodhyate) - is restrained, is stopped, is checked

(verb)

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

Root: rudh (class 7)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)