योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-48, verse-6

प्राणो न स्पन्दते येषां चित्रस्थवपुषामिव ।
मनो न स्पन्दते येषां चित्रस्थवपुषामिव ॥ ६ ॥

prāṇo na spandate yeṣāṃ citrasthavapuṣāmiva ,
mano na spandate yeṣāṃ citrasthavapuṣāmiva 6

6. prāṇaḥ na spandate yeṣām citrasthavapuṣām iva
manaḥ na spandate yeṣām citrasthavapuṣām iva

6. yeṣām prāṇaḥ na spandate citrasthavapuṣām iva
yeṣām manaḥ na spandate citrasthavapuṣām iva

6. Their vital breath does not stir, just like the bodies in a painting. Their mind also does not stir, just like bodies depicted in a painting.

Words meanings summery:

• प्राणः (prāṇaḥ) - vital breath (breath, vital air, life-force)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• स्पन्दते (spandate) - stirs (stirs, trembles, vibrates)

• येषाम् (yeṣām) - whose (of whom, whose)

• चित्रस्थवपुषाम् (citrasthavapuṣām) - of bodies fixed in a painting (of bodies standing in a painting, of painted figures)

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

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, intellect, heart)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• स्पन्दते (spandate) - stirs (stirs, trembles, vibrates)

• येषाम् (yeṣām) - whose (of whom, whose)

• चित्रस्थवपुषाम् (citrasthavapuṣām) - of bodies fixed in a painting (of bodies standing in a painting, of painted figures)

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

Words meanings and morphology

प्राणः (prāṇaḥ) - vital breath (breath, vital air, life-force)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life-force

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

स्पन्दते (spandate) - stirs (stirs, trembles, vibrates)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of spand

present indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, middle voice

Root: spand (class 1)

येषाम् (yeṣām) - whose (of whom, whose)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to some people (implied from context or previous verses if any)

चित्रस्थवपुषाम् (citrasthavapuṣām) - of bodies fixed in a painting (of bodies standing in a painting, of painted figures)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of citrasthavapus

citrasthavapus - a body standing in a painting, a painted figure

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (citra+stha+vapus)

• citra – painting, picture, image
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, located, existing
  adjective
  from root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• vapus – body, form, figure
  noun (neuter)

Note: Compound of 'citra' (picture) + 'stha' (standing) + 'vapus' (body), forming 'citrasthavapus' (a body standing in a picture).

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

(indeclinable)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, intellect, heart)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, heart

Root: man (class 4)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

स्पन्दते (spandate) - stirs (stirs, trembles, vibrates)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of spand

present indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, middle voice

Root: spand (class 1)

येषाम् (yeṣām) - whose (of whom, whose)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to some people (implied from context or previous verses if any)

चित्रस्थवपुषाम् (citrasthavapuṣām) - of bodies fixed in a painting (of bodies standing in a painting, of painted figures)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of citrasthavapus

citrasthavapus - a body standing in a painting, a painted figure

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (citra+stha+vapus)

• citra – painting, picture, image
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, located, existing
  adjective
  from root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• vapus – body, form, figure
  noun (neuter)

Note: Compound of 'citra' (picture) + 'stha' (standing) + 'vapus' (body), forming 'citrasthavapus' (a body standing in a picture).

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

(indeclinable)