योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-32, verse-31

देहे पुर्यष्टकं यावदस्ति तावत्स जीवति ।
शान्ते पुर्यष्टके देहो मृत इत्युच्यते द्विज ॥ ३१ ॥

dehe puryaṣṭakaṃ yāvadasti tāvatsa jīvati ,
śānte puryaṣṭake deho mṛta ityucyate dvija 31

31. dehe puryaṣṭakam yāvat asti tāvat saḥ jīvati
śānte puryaṣṭake dehaḥ mṛtaḥ iti ucyate dvija

31. dehe puryaṣṭakam yāvat asti,
tāvat saḥ jīvati.
puryaṣṭake śānte (sati),
dehaḥ mṛtaḥ iti dvija ucyate.

31. As long as the subtle body (puryaṣṭaka) resides in the physical body, so long does one live. When the subtle body (puryaṣṭaka) has subsided, the physical body is declared dead, O twice-born (dvija).

Words meanings summery:

• देहे (dehe) - in the body

• पुर्यष्टकम् (puryaṣṭakam) - the subtle body (puryaṣṭaka) (the subtle body, the eight-fold city)

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, as much as

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so far, so much, then

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

• जीवति (jīvati) - lives, is alive

• शान्ते (śānte) - when subsided, when ceased, tranquil, peaceful

• पुर्यष्टके (puryaṣṭake) - when the subtle body (puryaṣṭaka) (in the subtle body, when the subtle body)

• देहः (dehaḥ) - the body

• मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead, deceased

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks a quotation or statement)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

• द्विज (dvija) - O twice-born (dvija) (O twice-born one, O Brahmin)

Words meanings and morphology

देहे (dehe) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, physical frame

Root: dih (class 4)

पुर्यष्टकम् (puryaṣṭakam) - the subtle body (puryaṣṭaka) (the subtle body, the eight-fold city)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of puryaṣṭaka

puryaṣṭaka - subtle body, eight-fold city (composed of 5 tanmātras, manas, buddhi, ahaṅkāra)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, as much as

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative with 'tāvat'.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Present active indicative, 3rd person singular.

Root: as (class 2)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so far, so much, then

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative with 'yāvat'.

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the embodied being or individual self.

जीवति (jīvati) - lives, is alive

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of jīv

Present active indicative, 3rd person singular.

Root: jīv (class 1)

शान्ते (śānte) - when subsided, when ceased, tranquil, peaceful

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of śānta

śānta - ceased, subsided, tranquil, peaceful, quiet, calm

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'śam' (to be calm, cease) + past participle suffix '-ta'.

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Functions as a locative absolute with 'puryaṣṭake'.

पुर्यष्टके (puryaṣṭake) - when the subtle body (puryaṣṭaka) (in the subtle body, when the subtle body)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of puryaṣṭaka

puryaṣṭaka - subtle body, eight-fold city (composed of 5 tanmātras, manas, buddhi, ahaṅkāra)

Note: Forms a locative absolute construction with 'śānte'.

देहः (dehaḥ) - the body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, physical frame

Root: dih (class 4)

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, died

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'mṛ' (to die) + past participle suffix '-ta'.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'dehaḥ'.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks a quotation or statement)

(indeclinable)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of vac

Present passive indicative, 3rd person singular. From root 'vac' with 'ya' infix for passive.

Root: vac (class 2)

द्विज (dvija) - O twice-born (dvija) (O twice-born one, O Brahmin)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born, Brahmin, bird, snake, tooth