योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-25, verse-58

निगीर्णौ बहिरन्तश्च देशकालौ च पश्य तौ ।
क्षणमस्तंगतप्राणमपानोदयवर्जितम् ॥ ५८ ॥

nigīrṇau bahirantaśca deśakālau ca paśya tau ,
kṣaṇamastaṃgataprāṇamapānodayavarjitam 58

58. nigīrṇau bahiḥ antar ca deśa-kālau ca paśya tau
kṣaṇam astaṃ-gata-prāṇam apāna-udaya-varjitam

58. bahiḥ ca antar nigīrṇau tau deśa-kālau ca paśya (tathā)
kṣaṇam astaṃ-gata-prāṇam apāna-udaya-varjitam (paśya)

58. And behold those two (place and time), absorbed both externally and internally, [and behold] that moment when the *prāṇa* has ceased and is devoid of the rising of *apāna*.

Words meanings summery:

• निगीर्णौ (nigīrṇau) - swallowed, consumed, absorbed (dual)

• बहिः (bahiḥ) - outside, externally

• अन्तर् (antar) - inside, internally, within

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• देश-कालौ (deśa-kālau) - place and time (dual)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• पश्य (paśya) - see! behold! observe!

• तौ (tau) - those two, them (dual)

• क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - a moment, an instant

• अस्तं-गत-प्राणम् (astaṁ-gata-prāṇam) - whose vital breath (prāṇa) has set/departed, in whom *prāṇa* has ceased

• अपान-उदय-वर्जितम् (apāna-udaya-varjitam) - devoid of the rising/emergence of *apāna*

Words meanings and morphology

निगीर्णौ (nigīrṇau) - swallowed, consumed, absorbed (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nigīrṇa

nigīrṇa - swallowed, consumed, absorbed, devoured

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the root √gṛ (to swallow) with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: √gṛ (class 6)

बहिः (bahiḥ) - outside, externally

(indeclinable)

अन्तर् (antar) - inside, internally, within

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

देश-कालौ (deśa-kālau) - place and time (dual)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of deśa-kāla

deśa-kāla - place and time, space and time

A dvandva compound.

Compound type : dvandva (deśa+kāla)

• deśa – place, region, space, point
  noun (masculine)
• kāla – time, season, period, opportunity
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

पश्य (paśya) - see! behold! observe!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √dṛś

imperative active

Root √dṛś (to see). Second person singular, imperative mood, active voice.

Root: √dṛś (class 1)

तौ (tau) - those two, them (dual)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - a moment, an instant

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - a moment, an instant, leisure, opportunity

अस्तं-गत-प्राणम् (astaṁ-gata-prāṇam) - whose vital breath (prāṇa) has set/departed, in whom *prāṇa* has ceased

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of astaṃ-gata-prāṇa

astaṁ-gata-prāṇa - whose vital breath (prāṇa) has set/departed

A bahuvrīhi compound, meaning 'having the *prāṇa* gone to rest'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (astam+gata+prāṇa)

• astam – setting, home, disappearance
  indeclinable
• gata – gone, departed, reached, understood
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root √gam (to go).
  Root: √gam (class 1)
• prāṇa – vital breath, life-force, upward breath (prāṇa)
  noun (masculine)

अपान-उदय-वर्जितम् (apāna-udaya-varjitam) - devoid of the rising/emergence of *apāna*

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of apāna-udaya-varjita

apāna-udaya-varjita - devoid of the rising/emergence of *apāna*, without the return of *apāna*

A tatpuruṣa compound ('apāna-udaya' as a sub-compound) followed by 'varjita'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (apāna-udaya+varjita)

• apāna-udaya – the rising/emergence of *apāna*
  noun (masculine)
  A tatpuruṣa compound.
• varjita – abandoned, excluded, devoid of
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root √vṛj (to abandon).
  Root: √vṛj (class 1)