योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-55, verse-39

अर्जुन उवाच ।
वासनाविलये जीवो विलीनो भवति स्वयम् ।
यो हि यत्सत्तयोच्छूनस्तन्नाशात्स विलीयते ॥ ३९ ॥

arjuna uvāca ,
vāsanāvilaye jīvo vilīno bhavati svayam ,
yo hi yatsattayocchūnastannāśātsa vilīyate 39

39. arjuna uvāca vāsanāvilaye jīvaḥ vilīnaḥ bhavati svayam
yaḥ hi yat sattayā ucchūnaḥ tat nāśāt saḥ vilīyate

39. arjuna uvāca vāsanāvilaye jīvaḥ svayam vilīnaḥ bhavati
yaḥ hi yat sattayā ucchūnaḥ saḥ tat nāśāt vilīyate

39. Arjuna asked: When latent impressions (vāsanā) dissolve, does the individual soul (jīva) itself also dissolve? For indeed, whatever is sustained by the existence of something, that (thing) dissolves with its destruction.

Words meanings summery:

• अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna, the name of the Pandava prince

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• वासनाविलये (vāsanāvilaye) - on the dissolution of latent impressions

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul, living being

• विलीनः (vilīnaḥ) - dissolved, merged, disappeared

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, spontaneously

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, he who

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever, that which

• सत्तया (sattayā) - by existence, by being

• उच्छूनः (ucchūnaḥ) - swollen, expanded, sustained

• तत् (tat) - that, by that

• नाशात् (nāśāt) - from the destruction, from the ruin

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (one)

• विलीयते (vilīyate) - is dissolved, merges, disappears

Words meanings and morphology

अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna, the name of the Pandava prince

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna, white, clear

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

वासनाविलये (vāsanāvilaye) - on the dissolution of latent impressions

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vāsanāvilaya

vāsanāvilaya - dissolution of latent impressions/desires

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāsanā+vilaya)

• vāsanā – latent impression, tendency, subtle desire, habit
  noun (feminine)
• vilaya – dissolution, merging, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: lī (class 4)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul, living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - individual soul, living being, life, existence

विलीनः (vilīnaḥ) - dissolved, merged, disappeared

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vilīna

vilīna - dissolved, merged, absorbed, disappeared

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: vi

Root: lī (class 4)

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, that (relative pronoun)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, whatever, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, who, that (relative pronoun)

सत्तया (sattayā) - by existence, by being

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sattā

sattā - existence, being, reality

उच्छूनः (ucchūnaḥ) - swollen, expanded, sustained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ucchūna

ucchūna - swollen, increased, grown, sustained, bloated

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: ut

Root: śvi (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that, by that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नाशात् (nāśāt) - from the destruction, from the ruin

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, ruin, loss, disappearance

Root: naś (class 4)

सः (saḥ) - he, that (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विलीयते (vilīyate) - is dissolved, merges, disappears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle/passive, present (laṭ) of vilī

Prefix: vi

Root: lī (class 4)