योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-126, verse-44

एकामथ द्वितीयां वा तृतीयां चेतरा च वा ।
आरूढस्य मृतस्याथ कीदृशी भगवन्गतिः ॥ ४४ ॥

ekāmatha dvitīyāṃ vā tṛtīyāṃ cetarā ca vā ,
ārūḍhasya mṛtasyātha kīdṛśī bhagavangatiḥ 44

44. ekām atha dvitīyām vā tṛtīyām ca itarā ca vā
ārūḍhasya mṛtasya atha kīdṛśī bhagavan gatiḥ

44. bhagavan ekām vā dvitīyām vā tṛtīyām ca itarā
ca vā ārūḍhasya atha mṛtasya gatiḥ kīdṛśī

44. O Venerable One, what kind of destiny (gati) awaits one who has ascended to the first, or the second, or the third, or even a subsequent stage, and then dies?

Words meanings summery:

• एकाम् (ekām) - the first (stage) (one, first (feminine accusative singular))

• अथ (atha) - or (used as a conjunction for alternatives) (then, now, moreover, and, but)

• द्वितीयाम् (dvitīyām) - the second (stage) (second (feminine accusative singular))

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• तृतीयाम् (tṛtīyām) - the third (stage) (third (feminine accusative singular))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• इतरा (itarā) - the other (stage, i.e., fourth or higher) (other, another, different (feminine nominative singular))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• आरूढस्य (ārūḍhasya) - of one who has ascended (to a stage) (of one who has ascended, mounted, reached, attained)

• मृतस्य (mṛtasya) - of one who has died (of the dead one, of one who has died)

• अथ (atha) - and then, subsequently (then, now, moreover, and, but)

• कीदृशी (kīdṛśī) - of what kind (of what kind, what sort, what nature)

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Venerable One (O Lord, O Venerable One, O Illustrious One (vocative))

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - destiny, fate (gati) (going, movement, path, course, condition, state, destiny, liberation)

Words meanings and morphology

एकाम् (ekām) - the first (stage) (one, first (feminine accusative singular))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, first, alone

Note: Implied object of ārūḍhasya (having ascended to).

अथ (atha) - or (used as a conjunction for alternatives) (then, now, moreover, and, but)

(indeclinable)

द्वितीयाम् (dvitīyām) - the second (stage) (second (feminine accusative singular))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dvitīya

dvitīya - second, a second one, another

From dvi (two) + tīya suffix

Note: Implied object of ārūḍhasya.

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

तृतीयाम् (tṛtīyām) - the third (stage) (third (feminine accusative singular))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tṛtīya

tṛtīya - third

From tri (three) + tīya suffix

Note: Implied object of ārūḍhasya.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

इतरा (itarā) - the other (stage, i.e., fourth or higher) (other, another, different (feminine nominative singular))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of itara

itara - other, another, different, remaining

Note: Referring to a stage (bhūmikā).

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

आरूढस्य (ārūḍhasya) - of one who has ascended (to a stage) (of one who has ascended, mounted, reached, attained)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ārūḍha

ārūḍha - ascended, mounted, embarked on, attained, reached

Past Passive Participle

From ā-√ruh (to ascend, mount, reach)

Prefix: ā

Root: √ruh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies an implied puruṣasya (of a person).

मृतस्य (mṛtasya) - of one who has died (of the dead one, of one who has died)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, died

Past Passive Participle

From √mṛ (to die)

Root: √mṛ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies an implied puruṣasya (of a person).

अथ (atha) - and then, subsequently (then, now, moreover, and, but)

(indeclinable)

कीदृशी (kīdṛśī) - of what kind (of what kind, what sort, what nature)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what sort, of what kind, what like

From kiṃ (what) + dṛśa (like)

Note: Qualifies gatiḥ.

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Venerable One (O Lord, O Venerable One, O Illustrious One (vocative))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - possessing fortune, glorious, divine, venerable, Lord, God

From bhaga (fortune) + vat (possessing)

Note: Direct address to Vasiṣṭha.

गतिः (gatiḥ) - destiny, fate (gati) (going, movement, path, course, condition, state, destiny, liberation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, path, course, condition, state, destiny, final emancipation (mokṣa)

Action noun

From √gam (to go) + ti suffix

Root: √gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.