योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-68, verse-7

चतुष्प्रकारमाहुस्तं मौनं मौनविदो जनाः ।
वांग्मौनमक्षमौनं च काष्ठं सौषुप्तमेव च ॥ ७ ॥

catuṣprakāramāhustaṃ maunaṃ maunavido janāḥ ,
vāṃgmaunamakṣamaunaṃ ca kāṣṭhaṃ sauṣuptameva ca 7

7. catuṣprakāram āhuḥ tam maunam maunavidaḥ janāḥ
vāk maunam akṣa maunam ca kāṣṭham sauṣuptam eva ca

7. maunavidaḥ janāḥ tam maunam catuṣprakāram āhuḥ - vāk maunam,
akṣa maunam ca,
kāṣṭham,
sauṣuptam eva ca

7. Experts in silence (mauna) declare it to be of four kinds: vocal silence, sensory silence, the silence like wood (kāṣṭha), and the silence of deep sleep (sauṣupta).

Words meanings summery:

• चतुष्प्रकारम् (catuṣprakāram) - of four kinds, fourfold

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare, they call

• तम् (tam) - that

• मौनम् (maunam) - silence, taciturnity

• मौनविदः (maunavidaḥ) - knowers of silence, experts in silence

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

• वाक् (vāk) - speech, voice, word

• मौनम् (maunam) - silence

• अक्ष (akṣa) - sense organ, eye

• मौनम् (maunam) - silence

• च (ca) - and

• काष्ठम् (kāṣṭham) - (silence) like wood, wooden

• सौषुप्तम् (sauṣuptam) - related to deep sleep, of deep sleep

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, also

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

चतुष्प्रकारम् (catuṣprakāram) - of four kinds, fourfold

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of catuṣprakāra

catuṣprakāra - fourfold, of four kinds/types

Compound type : karmadhāraya (catur+prakāra)

• catur – four
  numeral
• prakāra – kind, type, manner
  noun (masculine)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare, they call

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of ah

Perfect Tense

3rd person plural, perfect active. Anomalous root.

Root: ah (class 0)

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - he, she, it, that

Demonstrative pronoun.

मौनम् (maunam) - silence, taciturnity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mauna

mauna - silence, taciturnity, quietude

Derived from muni.

मौनविदः (maunavidaḥ) - knowers of silence, experts in silence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of maunavid

maunavid - knower of silence, expert in silence

Derived from mauna and root vid (to know).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mauna+vid)

• mauna – silence
  noun (neuter)
• vid – knowing, knower
  noun (masculine)
  From root vid
  Root: vid (class 2)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, creature

From root jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

वाक् (vāk) - speech, voice, word

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, voice, word, language

From root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

मौनम् (maunam) - silence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mauna

mauna - silence, taciturnity

Derived from muni.

अक्ष (akṣa) - sense organ, eye

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akṣa

akṣa - sense organ, eye, dice, axle

मौनम् (maunam) - silence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mauna

mauna - silence, taciturnity

Derived from muni.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

काष्ठम् (kāṣṭham) - (silence) like wood, wooden

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāṣṭha

kāṣṭha - wood, timber, piece of wood; wooden (adjective)

सौषुप्तम् (sauṣuptam) - related to deep sleep, of deep sleep

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sauṣupta

sauṣupta - pertaining to deep sleep, deep sleep (noun)

Derived from suṣupti (deep sleep).

Root: svap (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, also

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.