योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-89, verse-9

जीवन्मुक्तशरीराणां कथमात्मविदां वर ।
शक्तयो नेह दृश्यन्ते आकाशगमनादिकाः ॥ ९ ॥

jīvanmuktaśarīrāṇāṃ kathamātmavidāṃ vara ,
śaktayo neha dṛśyante ākāśagamanādikāḥ 9

9. jīvanmuktaśarīrāṇām katham ātma-vidām vara |
śaktayaḥ na iha dṛśyante ākāśagamanādikāḥ ||

9. ātma-vidām vara jīvanmuktaśarīrāṇām śaktayaḥ
ākāśagamanādikāḥ katham iha na dṛśyante

9. O best among those who know the Self (ātman), why are powers (śakti) like flying through the sky and other such abilities not observed in the bodies of those who have attained liberation (mokṣa) while still alive (jīvanmukta)?

Words meanings summery:

• जीवन्मुक्तशरीराणाम् (jīvanmuktaśarīrāṇām) - of those whose bodies are liberated while living

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• आत्म-विदाम् (ātma-vidām) - of those who know the Self (ātman)

• वर (vara) - O best (among the knowers of the Self) (O best, O excellent one)

• शक्तयः (śaktayaḥ) - powers (śakti), abilities

• न (na) - not, no

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen, are observed

• आकाशगमनादिकाः (ākāśagamanādikāḥ) - beginning with moving through the sky, etc.

Words meanings and morphology

जीवन्मुक्तशरीराणाम् (jīvanmuktaśarīrāṇām) - of those whose bodies are liberated while living

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jīvanmuktaśarīra

jīvanmuktaśarīra - one whose body is liberated while living, a living liberated person

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jīvat+mukta+śarīra)

• jīvat – living, alive
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  From root √jīv (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• mukta – liberated, released, free
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √muc (to release)
  Root: muc (class 6)
• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to persons (jīvanmuktas) through their bodies.

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

आत्म-विदाम् (ātma-vidām) - of those who know the Self (ātman)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ātman-vid

ātman-vid - knower of the Self (ātman)

Genitive plural of `ātman-vid`.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+vid)

• ātman – Self, soul, essence, breath
  noun (masculine)
• vid – knowing, knower
  adjective
  From root √vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Part of the vocative phrase "ātma-vidām vara".

वर (vara) - O best (among the knowers of the Self) (O best, O excellent one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, superior; boon, wish

Root: vṛ (class 1)

शक्तयः (śaktayaḥ) - powers (śakti), abilities

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śakti

śakti - power (śakti), ability, energy, faculty, divine feminine principle

From root √śak (to be able).

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Subject of the verb `dṛśyante`.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb.

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen, are observed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of dṛś

Present Passive

Third person plural present passive form of √dṛś.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

आकाशगमनादिकाः (ākāśagamanādikāḥ) - beginning with moving through the sky, etc.

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ākāśagamanādika

ākāśagamanādika - that which has moving through the sky as its beginning; and so forth

Compound of `ākāśagamana` (sky-going) and `ādika` (beginning, and so on).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ākāśagamana+ādika)

• ākāśa – sky, space, ether
  noun (masculine)
• gamana – going, movement, traversing
  noun (neuter)
  Nominalized action from root √gam
  Derived from root √gam (to go) with suffix -ana.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• ādika – beginning, primary; and so forth, etc.
  adjective
  Derived from ādi (beginning).

Note: Agrees with `śaktayaḥ`.