योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-89, verse-62

तदैव वीतहव्योऽसौ श्रृणु किं नोपशान्तवान् ।
देहमुत्सृज्य तत्त्वज्ञो ज्ञातज्ञेयवतां वरः ॥ ६२ ॥

tadaiva vītahavyo'sau śrṛṇu kiṃ nopaśāntavān ,
dehamutsṛjya tattvajño jñātajñeyavatāṃ varaḥ 62

62. tadā eva vītahavyaḥ asau śṛṇu kim na upaśāntavān
deham utsṛjya tattvajñaḥ jñātajñeyavatām varaḥ

62. śṛṇu kim na upaśāntavān tadā eva asau vītahavyaḥ
tattvajñaḥ jñātajñeyavatām varaḥ deham utsṛjya?

62. Listen! Why would Vītahavya (vītahavya), that knower of ultimate reality (tattvajña) who was foremost among those who had discerned what is to be discerned, not have attained supreme tranquility (upaśāntavān) at that very moment, having given up his body?

Words meanings summery:

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, just

• वीतहव्यः (vītahavyaḥ) - A sage or enlightened being named Vītahavya (Vītahavya (a proper name); one whose offerings are exhausted)

• असौ (asau) - that one, he

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! hear!

• किम् (kim) - Expresses a rhetorical question 'why not...?' implying 'certainly' (why, what, whether)

• न (na) - not, no

• उपशान्तवान् (upaśāntavān) - He who attained supreme peace/tranquility. (he who became peaceful, he who attained tranquility)

• देहम् (deham) - body

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having given up

• तत्त्वज्ञः (tattvajñaḥ) - knower of truth, knower of reality, knower of principles

• ज्ञातज्ञेयवताम् (jñātajñeyavatām) - of those who have known what is to be known, of those possessing knowledge of the knowable

• वरः (varaḥ) - best, excellent, supreme, choice

Words meanings and morphology

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, just

(indeclinable)

वीतहव्यः (vītahavyaḥ) - A sage or enlightened being named Vītahavya (Vītahavya (a proper name); one whose offerings are exhausted)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vītahavya

vītahavya - Vītahavya (proper name); one whose offerings are exhausted (implying transcendence of rituals)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vīta+havya)

• vīta – gone, vanished, disappeared
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'vī' (to go, vanish) or 'vi' (to move, throw)
  Root: vī (class 1)
• havya – offering, oblation, that which is to be offered
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root 'hu' (to offer, sacrifice)
  Root: hu (class 3)

असौ (asau) - that one, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (demonstrative pronoun, usually refers to something remote or remarkable)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! hear!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative, 2nd person singular

Root: śru (class 5)

किम् (kim) - Expresses a rhetorical question 'why not...?' implying 'certainly' (why, what, whether)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उपशान्तवान् (upaśāntavān) - He who attained supreme peace/tranquility. (he who became peaceful, he who attained tranquility)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upaśānta

upaśānta - calmed, tranquilized, appeased, ceased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from `upa-śam` (to become calm, cease); here used with a kṛt affix (-vat) forming a past active participle.

Prefix: upa

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Used as a past active participle to mean 'he who became peaceful'.

देहम् (deham) - body

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, corporeal frame

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from 'ut-sṛj' (to throw up, abandon) + '-ya' suffix

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

तत्त्वज्ञः (tattvajñaḥ) - knower of truth, knower of reality, knower of principles

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tattvajña

tattvajña - knower of truth, reality, or essential principle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tattva+jña)

• tattva – truth, reality, essential nature, principle
  noun (neuter)
• jña – knower, understanding
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root 'jñā' (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

ज्ञातज्ञेयवताम् (jñātajñeyavatām) - of those who have known what is to be known, of those possessing knowledge of the knowable

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jñātajñeyavat

jñātajñeyavat - possessing (having) what is known of the knowable

Formed with possessive suffix '-vat' on the compound 'jñātajñeya'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jñāta+jñeya)

• jñāta – known, understood
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'jñā' (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• jñeya – to be known, knowable, discernible
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root 'jñā' (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Used here as a substantive: 'of those who are possessors of the known-knowable'.

वरः (varaḥ) - best, excellent, supreme, choice

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, chief, a boon, a blessing

Note: Agrees with 'vītahavyaḥ' and 'tattvajñaḥ'.