योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-68, verse-12

अस्मत्संस्मरणं वापि दृश्यं वाङ्मयमस्पृशन् ।
अपश्यन्नेव पश्यन् हि काष्ठमौनी तु तिष्ठति ॥ १२ ॥

asmatsaṃsmaraṇaṃ vāpi dṛśyaṃ vāṅmayamaspṛśan ,
apaśyanneva paśyan hi kāṣṭhamaunī tu tiṣṭhati 12

12. asmat-saṃsmaraṇam vā api dṛśyam vāṅmayam aspṛśan
apaśyan eva paśyan hi kāṣṭhamaunī tu tiṣṭhati

12. kāṣṭhamaunī tu asmat-saṃsmaraṇam vā api dṛśyam
vāṅmayam aspṛśan apaśyan eva paśyan hi tiṣṭhati

12. Indeed, a person observing log-like silence (kāṣṭhamaunī) remains, not engaging with any visible or verbal remembrance of us; truly seeing even while not perceiving externally.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्मत्-संस्मरणम् (asmat-saṁsmaraṇam) - remembrance of us

• वा (vā) - or, alternatively

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible form/object (visible, perceptible, what is to be seen)

• वाङ्मयम् (vāṅmayam) - verbal expression, speech (consisting of words, verbal, eloquent)

• अस्पृशन् (aspṛśan) - not engaging with, not clinging to (not touching, not grasping, not experiencing)

• अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - not perceiving externally (not seeing, unseeing)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (indeed, only, just)

• पश्यन् (paśyan) - seeing (internally or truly) (seeing, perceiving)

• हि (hi) - truly, indeed (emphatic) (indeed, for, because)

• काष्ठमौनी (kāṣṭhamaunī) - a practitioner of profound silence, silent like a log (one who observes log-like silence)

• तु (tu) - indeed (emphatic) (but, yet, indeed, on the other hand)

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains (in a particular state) (stands, stays, remains, exists)

Words meanings and morphology

अस्मत्-संस्मरणम् (asmat-saṁsmaraṇam) - remembrance of us

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asmat-saṃsmaraṇa

asmat-saṁsmaraṇa - remembrance of us

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asmad+saṃsmaraṇa)

• asmad – we, us
  pronoun
  pronominal stem
• saṃsmaraṇa – remembrance, recollection
  noun (neuter)
  nominal derivative
  derived from root smṛ with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of the implied action of not touching/engaging

वा (vā) - or, alternatively

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding item.

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - visible form/object (visible, perceptible, what is to be seen)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, perceptible, what is to be seen

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

from root dṛś with suffix -ya

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Modifies an implied "thing" or functions as a noun "the visible".

वाङ्मयम् (vāṅmayam) - verbal expression, speech (consisting of words, verbal, eloquent)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vāṅmaya

vāṅmaya - consisting of words, verbal, eloquent

derived from vāc (speech) + -maya (consisting of)

Note: Functions as a noun here, "the verbal (form)".

अस्पृशन् (aspṛśan) - not engaging with, not clinging to (not touching, not grasping, not experiencing)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aspṛśant

aspṛśant - not touching, unattached, ungrasping

Present Active Participle

from root spṛś (to touch) with prefix a- (negation)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+spṛśant)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• spṛśant – touching, grasping, perceiving
  participle (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  from root spṛś
  Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Refers to the subject (kāṣṭhamaunī).

अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - not perceiving externally (not seeing, unseeing)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apaśyant

apaśyant - not seeing, unseeing

Present Active Participle

from root dṛś (paśya) with prefix a- (negation)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+paśyant)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• paśyant – seeing, perceiving
  participle (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  from root dṛś
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Refers to the subject (kāṣṭhamaunī).

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding `apaśyan`.

पश्यन् (paśyan) - seeing (internally or truly) (seeing, perceiving)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paśyant

paśyant - seeing, perceiving

Present Active Participle

from root dṛś (paśya)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Refers to the subject (kāṣṭhamaunī).

हि (hi) - truly, indeed (emphatic) (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

काष्ठमौनी (kāṣṭhamaunī) - a practitioner of profound silence, silent like a log (one who observes log-like silence)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāṣṭhamaunin

kāṣṭhamaunin - one who observes log-like silence, silent like a log

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāṣṭha+maunin)

• kāṣṭha – wood, log, stick
  noun (neuter)
• maunin – silent, observing a vow of silence
  noun (masculine)
  derived from mauna (silence)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

तु (tu) - indeed (emphatic) (but, yet, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle, sometimes marks a change in topic or emphasis.

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains (in a particular state) (stands, stays, remains, exists)

(verb)

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

class 1 verb

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.