योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-25, verse-54

स्वसंस्थं पूरकं दृष्ट्वा न भूयो जायते नरः ।
प्राणापानावुभावन्तर्यत्रैतौ विलयं गतौ ॥ ५४ ॥

svasaṃsthaṃ pūrakaṃ dṛṣṭvā na bhūyo jāyate naraḥ ,
prāṇāpānāvubhāvantaryatraitau vilayaṃ gatau 54

54. svasaṃstham pūrakam dṛṣṭvā na bhūyaḥ jāyate naraḥ
prāṇāpānau ubhau antar yatra etau vilayam gatau

54. svasaṃstham pūrakam dṛṣṭvā naraḥ bhūyaḥ na jāyate.
yatra etau prāṇāpānau ubhau antar vilayam gatau.

54. Having realized the inhalation (pūraka) as self-abiding, a person is not born again. This state is achieved internally, where both the vital breath (prāṇa) and the downward breath (apāna) have gone into dissolution.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वसंस्थम् (svasaṁstham) - self-situated, abiding in its own place

• पूरकम् (pūrakam) - inhalation

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having perceived, having realized

• न (na) - not, no

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, furthermore, more

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, originates, appears

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

• प्राणापानौ (prāṇāpānau) - prāṇa and apāna (both)

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• अन्तर् (antar) - within, inside, internally

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which

• एतौ (etau) - these two

• विलयम् (vilayam) - dissolution, merging, absorption

• गतौ (gatau) - gone, attained, arrived

Words meanings and morphology

स्वसंस्थम् (svasaṁstham) - self-situated, abiding in its own place

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svasaṃstha

svasaṁstha - self-situated, abiding in its own state, natural

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sva+saṃstha)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• saṃstha – situated, abiding, standing, settled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √sthā (to stand) with prefix saṃ- and suffix -kta.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: √sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'pūrakam'.

पूरकम् (pūrakam) - inhalation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pūraka

pūraka - inhalation, filling, fulfilling

Derived from root √pṛ (to fill) with suffix -aka.

Root: √pṛ (class 9)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having perceived, having realized

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Derived from root √dṛś (to see) with suffix -ktvā.

Root: √dṛś (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, furthermore, more

(indeclinable)

जायते (jāyate) - is born, originates, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of jan

Root: √jan (class 4)

नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

प्राणापानौ (prāṇāpānau) - prāṇa and apāna (both)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of prāṇāpāna

prāṇāpāna - the vital breath (prāṇa) and the downward breath (apāna)

Compound type : dvandva (prāṇa+apāna)

• prāṇa – vital breath, life-force
  noun (masculine)
• apāna – downward breath, one of the five vital airs
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: apa
  Root: √an (class 2)

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubh

ubh - both

Note: Agrees with 'prāṇāpānau'.

अन्तर् (antar) - within, inside, internally

(indeclinable)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which

(indeclinable)

एतौ (etau) - these two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of etas

etas - this

Note: Agrees with 'prāṇāpānau'.

विलयम् (vilayam) - dissolution, merging, absorption

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vilaya

vilaya - dissolution, melting away, merging, absorption

Prefix: vi

Root: √lī (class 4)

Note: Used here as the object of 'gatau' in a compound verbal construction, 'gone to dissolution'.

गतौ (gatau) - gone, attained, arrived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of gata

gata - gone, arrived, attained, reached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √gam (to go) with suffix -kta.

Root: √gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'prāṇāpānau' and 'ubhau'.