योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-13, verse-2

प्राणस्पन्दनिरोधेन वासनाविलयोदये ।
जीवन्मुक्तपदे ब्रह्मन्वद विश्रम्यते कथम् ॥ २ ॥

prāṇaspandanirodhena vāsanāvilayodaye ,
jīvanmuktapade brahmanvada viśramyate katham 2

2. prāṇaspandanarodhena vāsanāvilayodaye
jīvanmuktapade brahman vada viśramyate katham

2. brahman prāṇaspandanarodhena vāsanāvilayodaye
jīvanmuktapade katham viśramyate vada

2. O Brahman, please explain how rest is attained in the state of a liberated living being (jīvanmukta) through the cessation of the vital breath's vibration and upon the emergence of the dissolution of latent impressions (vāsanā).

2. אמור לי, הוֹ בְּרַהְמָן, כיצד מוצאים מנוחה במצב גִ'יוַאן-מוּקְתַה דרך עצירת תנועת ה-פְּרָאנָה (אנרגיית החיים), המובילה להתפוגגות הרשמים הסמויים?

Words meanings summery:

• प्राणस्पन्दनरोधेन (prāṇaspandanarodhena) - by the cessation of the vital breath's vibration

• वासनाविलयोदये (vāsanāvilayodaye) - upon the emergence of the dissolution of latent impressions

• जीवन्मुक्तपदे (jīvanmuktapade) - in the state of a liberated living being

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressing the guru/sage as Brahman (O Brahman)

• वद (vada) - tell, speak

• विश्रम्यते (viśramyate) - is rested, is attained, finds repose

• कथम् (katham) - how

Words meanings and morphology

प्राणस्पन्दनरोधेन (prāṇaspandanarodhena) - by the cessation of the vital breath's vibration

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prāṇaspandanarodha

prāṇaspandanarodha - cessation of the vibration of vital breath

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāṇa+spanda+nirodha)

• prāṇa – vital breath, life-force
  noun (masculine)
• spanda – vibration, throbbing, movement
  noun (masculine)
  Root: spad (class 1)
• nirodha – cessation, suppression, restraint, obstruction
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: rudh (class 7)

वासनाविलयोदये (vāsanāvilayodaye) - upon the emergence of the dissolution of latent impressions

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vāsanāvilayodaya

vāsanāvilayodaya - emergence of the dissolution of latent impressions (vāsanā)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāsanā+vilaya+udaya)

• vāsanā – latent impression, mental tendency (vāsanā)
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vas (class 10)
• vilaya – dissolution, merging, disappearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: lī (class 4)
• udaya – rising, emergence, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)

जीवन्मुक्तपदे (jīvanmuktapade) - in the state of a liberated living being

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jīvanmuktapada

jīvanmuktapada - state of a liberated living being (jīvanmukta)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīvanmukta+pada)

• jīvanmukta – liberated while living (jīvanmukta)
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From jīv (to live) and mukta (liberated)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• pada – state, condition, position, foot
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pad (class 4)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressing the guru/sage as Brahman (O Brahman)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute Reality; a learned Brahmin; a priest

वद (vada) - tell, speak

(verb)

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

Root: vad (class 1)

विश्रम्यते (viśramyate) - is rested, is attained, finds repose

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of viśram

Prefix: vi

Root: śram (class 4)

कथम् (katham) - how

(indeclinable)

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