योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-101, verse-25

जीवन्मुक्तास्तदेते हि विहरन्ति कथं वद ।
अविद्यमानमनसो युष्मदाद्यास्तथा नराः ॥ २५ ॥

jīvanmuktāstadete hi viharanti kathaṃ vada ,
avidyamānamanaso yuṣmadādyāstathā narāḥ 25

25. jīvanmuktāḥ tat ete hi viharanti kathaṃ vada
avidyamānamanasaḥ yuṣmad-ādyāḥ tathā narāḥ

25. vada kathaṃ hi ete jīvanmuktāḥ avidyamānamanasaḥ
tathā yuṣmad-ādyāḥ narāḥ viharanti

25. Therefore, tell me how these living liberated ones (jīvanmuktāḥ), whose minds no longer exist, function in the world, just like you and others.

25. אמור לי, כיצד אותם גִ'יוַנְמוּקְתוֹת (משוחררים בעודם בחיים), אנשים כמוך שאין בלשונם מחשבה נפרדת (מַנַס), פועלים ומתהלכים בעולם?

Words meanings summery:

• जीवन्मुक्ताः (jīvanmuktāḥ) - living liberated ones

• तत् (tat) - therefore (that, therefore, then)

• एते (ete) - these

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• विहरन्ति (viharanti) - they function in the world (they move about, live, act, dwell)

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

• वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

• अविद्यमानमनसः (avidyamānamanasaḥ) - whose minds are non-existent, without a mind

• युष्मद्-आद्याः (yuṣmad-ādyāḥ) - beginning with you, like you and others

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people, humans

Words meanings and morphology

जीवन्मुक्ताः (jīvanmuktāḥ) - living liberated ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīvanmukta

jīvanmukta - living liberated; one who is liberated while alive

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jīvat+mukta)

• jīvat – living, alive, existing
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root √jīv with present participle suffix -at
  Root: √jīv (class 1)
• mukta – liberated, released, free
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √muc with past passive participle suffix -ta
  Root: √muc (class 6)

तत् (tat) - therefore (that, therefore, then)

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etas

etas - this, these

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

विहरन्ति (viharanti) - they function in the world (they move about, live, act, dwell)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of vihar

Present tense, 3rd person plural

Prefix: vi

Root: √hṛ (class 1)

कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

वद (vada) - tell, speak, say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of vad

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular

Root: √vad (class 1)

अविद्यमानमनसः (avidyamānamanasaḥ) - whose minds are non-existent, without a mind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avidyamānamanas

avidyamānamanas - one whose mind does not exist, mind-less

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+vidyamāna+manas)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vidyamāna – existing, being present
  adjective
  Present Middle Participle
  Derived from root √vid (to be) with present participle suffix -māna
  Root: √vid (class 4)
• manas – mind, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)

युष्मद्-आद्याः (yuṣmad-ādyāḥ) - beginning with you, like you and others

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yuṣmad-ādya

yuṣmad-ādya - beginning with you, you and others

Compound type : tatpurusha (yuṣmad+ādya)

• yuṣmad – you (plural or singular, as a base)
  pronoun
• ādya – first, beginning, principal
  adjective

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

(indeclinable)

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people, humans

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human

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