योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-32, verse-45

पुर्यष्टकं वातमयं देहमुत्थापयत्यलम् ।
हृत्स्पन्दिवेताल इव जीवतीत्युच्यते तदा ॥ ४५ ॥

puryaṣṭakaṃ vātamayaṃ dehamutthāpayatyalam ,
hṛtspandivetāla iva jīvatītyucyate tadā 45

45. pury-aṣṭakam vātamayam deham utthāpayati alam
hṛt-spandi vetālaḥ iva jīvati iti ucyate tadā

45. vātamayam pury-aṣṭakam deham alam utthāpayati.
tadā hṛt-spandi vetālaḥ iva jīvati iti ucyate.

45. The eight-fold subtle body (pury-aṣṭaka), which is constituted by vital air (prāṇa), sufficiently sustains the physical body. At that time, it is said to live, just like a Vetala (spirit) causes a corpse to pulsate with a heartbeat.

Words meanings summery:

• पुर्य्-अष्टकम् (pury-aṣṭakam) - the subtle body, which consists of the five subtle elements, intellect, ego, and mind (the eight-fold city; the subtle body)

• वातमयम् (vātamayam) - constituted by vital breath (prāṇa) (consisting of air, made of vital breath)

• देहम् (deham) - the physical body (body)

• उत्थापयति (utthāpayati) - supports, sustains (causes to stand up, raises, supports, establishes)

• अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, firmly (sufficiently, adequately, indeed, capable, enough)

• हृत्-स्पन्दि (hṛt-spandi) - pulsating with a heartbeat (heart-beating, pulsating in the heart)

• वेतालः (vetālaḥ) - a Vetala (a specific type of spirit animating a corpse) (a spirit, a ghost, a demon)

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

• जीवति (jīvati) - lives (lives, is alive)

• इति (iti) - thus, indicating reported speech or thought (thus, so, in this way)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

• तदा (tadā) - at that time, then (then, at that time)

Words meanings and morphology

पुर्य्-अष्टकम् (pury-aṣṭakam) - the subtle body, which consists of the five subtle elements, intellect, ego, and mind (the eight-fold city; the subtle body)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pury-aṣṭaka

pury-aṣṭaka - eight-fold city, the subtle body (consisting of five subtle elements, intellect, ego, and mind)

Compound type : dvigu (pur+aṣṭaka)

• pur – city, body
  noun (feminine)
• aṣṭaka – group of eight
  noun (neuter)

वातमयम् (vātamayam) - constituted by vital breath (prāṇa) (consisting of air, made of vital breath)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vātamaya

vātamaya - consisting of air, windy, pneumatic

Derived from vāta + mayat (suffix meaning 'full of', 'consisting of')

Note: Qualifies "pury-aṣṭakam"

देहम् (deham) - the physical body (body)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, corporeal frame

Note: Object of utthāpayati

उत्थापयति (utthāpayati) - supports, sustains (causes to stand up, raises, supports, establishes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of utthāpayati

causative of ut-sthā

root sthā (to stand) with prefix ut, in causative form

Prefix: ut

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject is pury-aṣṭakam

अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, firmly (sufficiently, adequately, indeed, capable, enough)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying utthāpayati

हृत्-स्पन्दि (hṛt-spandi) - pulsating with a heartbeat (heart-beating, pulsating in the heart)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hṛt-spandin

hṛt-spandin - heart-beating, pulsating in the heart

Compound type : tatpurusha (hṛd+spandin)

• hṛd – heart, chest
  noun (neuter)
• spandin – pulsating, throbbing
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun from spand (to throb)
  Root: spand (class 1)

Note: Qualifies vetālaḥ

वेतालः (vetālaḥ) - a Vetala (a specific type of spirit animating a corpse) (a spirit, a ghost, a demon)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vetāla

vetāla - a vampire-like spirit, ghost, demon

Note: Refers to the spirit animating the body

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison

जीवति (jīvati) - lives (lives, is alive)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jīvati

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Verb within the iti clause

इति (iti) - thus, indicating reported speech or thought (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces or concludes reported statement

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

(verb)

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

Passive form of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: The subject of ucyate is the implied state of the body, or the entire preceding clause.

तदा (tadā) - at that time, then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

Pronominal adverb from 'tad'

Note: Temporal adverb