योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-103, verse-15

अथवैनं महात्मानं किमर्थं बोधयाम्यहम् ।
विदेहं बोधमासाद्य तिष्ठत्वेष यथासुखम् ॥ १५ ॥

athavainaṃ mahātmānaṃ kimarthaṃ bodhayāmyaham ,
videhaṃ bodhamāsādya tiṣṭhatveṣa yathāsukham 15

15. athavā enam mahātmānam kimartham bodhayāmi aham
videham bodham āsādya tiṣṭhatu eṣaḥ yathāsukham

15. athavā aham enam mahātmānam kimartham bodhayāmi
eṣaḥ videham bodham āsādya yathāsukham tiṣṭhatu

15. Alternatively, why should I awaken this great-souled (mahātmā) one? Having attained a state of disembodied (videha) awakening, let him remain as he pleases.

Words meanings summery:

• अथवा (athavā) - or, alternatively

• एनम् (enam) - him, this (masculine)

• महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - great-souled, noble, sublime; a great person

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose? why?

• बोधयामि (bodhayāmi) - I awaken, I enlighten, I instruct

• अहम् (aham) - I

• विदेहम् (videham) - bodiless, disembodied, free from body-consciousness

• बोधम् (bodham) - awakening, knowledge, enlightenment, perception

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having attained, having reached, having approached

• तिष्ठतु (tiṣṭhatu) - let him remain, let him stand, let him be

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one)

• यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - as comfortably as possible, as he pleases, at ease

Words meanings and morphology

अथवा (athavā) - or, alternatively

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him, this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enad

enad - this (emphatic), him

Note: Refers to the Bhagavān.

महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - great-souled, noble, sublime; a great person

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, sublime, magnanimous; a great person

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes the Bhagavān.

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose? why?

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which
  pronoun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

बोधयामि (bodhayāmi) - I awaken, I enlighten, I instruct

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bodh

Causal

From root 'budh' (to know, perceive) with causal suffix -aya.

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: The subject is `aham`.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Subject of `bodhayāmi`.

विदेहम् (videham) - bodiless, disembodied, free from body-consciousness

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of videha

videha - bodiless, disembodied, without a physical body

From 'vi' (without) and 'deha' (body).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+deha)

• vi – without, apart, dis-
  indeclinable
• deha – body
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies `bodham`.

बोधम् (bodham) - awakening, knowledge, enlightenment, perception

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bodha

bodha - awakening, knowledge, understanding, enlightenment

From root 'budh' (to know, perceive).

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Object of `āsādya`. The phrase `videham bodham` refers to liberation (mokṣa) or a state of consciousness free from the body.

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having attained, having reached, having approached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root 'sad' (to sit, settle) with upasarga 'ā' and 'sam', forming 'āsad' and then the suffix -ya.

Prefixes: ā+sam

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Describes an action completed before the main verb `tiṣṭhatu`.

तिष्ठतु (tiṣṭhatu) - let him remain, let him stand, let him be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of sthā

Root 'sthā', 1st class verb (bhvādi) for present/imperative stem 'tiṣṭh'.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: The subject is `eṣaḥ`.

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Subject of `tiṣṭhatu`.

यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - as comfortably as possible, as he pleases, at ease

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayibhāva (yathā+sukham)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• sukha – happiness, comfort, ease
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies `tiṣṭhatu`.