योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-69, verse-28

श्रीराम उवाच ।
यदि हि प्राणविलयो मुने मोक्षस्य कारणम् ।
मृता एव विमुच्यन्ते तन्मन्ये सर्वजन्तवः ॥ २८ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
yadi hi prāṇavilayo mune mokṣasya kāraṇam ,
mṛtā eva vimucyante tanmanye sarvajantavaḥ 28

28. śrīrāma uvāca | yadi hi prāṇa-vilayaḥ mune mokṣasya
kāraṇam | mṛtāḥ eva vimucyante tat manye sarva-jantavaḥ ||

28. śrīrāma uvāca mune,
yadi hi prāṇa-vilayaḥ mokṣasya kāraṇam,
tat sarva-jantavaḥ mṛtāḥ eva vimucyante manye.

28. Śrī Rāma said: O sage, if indeed the dissolution of the vital breaths (prāṇas) is the cause of final liberation (mokṣa), then I believe all creatures are liberated simply by dying.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama, Rama (an honorific)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• प्राण-विलयः (prāṇa-vilayaḥ) - the dissolution of the vital breaths (prāṇas) (dissolution of the vital breaths)

• मुने (mune) - O sage, O ascetic

• मोक्षस्य (mokṣasya) - of final liberation (mokṣa) (of liberation, of emancipation)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

• मृताः (mṛtāḥ) - dead (ones)

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

• विमुच्यन्ते (vimucyante) - are liberated, are released, become free

• तत् (tat) - that, therefore, then

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

• सर्व-जन्तवः (sarva-jantavaḥ) - all creatures, all beings

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama, Rama (an honorific)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama (an epithet of Rama, combining Śrī and Rama)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

प्राण-विलयः (prāṇa-vilayaḥ) - the dissolution of the vital breaths (prāṇas) (dissolution of the vital breaths)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāṇavilaya

prāṇavilaya - dissolution of vital breaths

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (prāṇa+vilaya)

• prāṇa – vital breath, life force, air, respiration
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)
• vilaya – dissolution, merging, absorption, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  Derived from root 'lī' (to melt, to cling) with prefix 'vi'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: lī (class 4)

मुने (mune) - O sage, O ascetic

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer, saint

मोक्षस्य (mokṣasya) - of final liberation (mokṣa) (of liberation, of emancipation)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, emancipation, release, freedom from saṃsāra

action noun

Derived from root 'muc' (to release, to free).

Root: muc (class 6)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, motive, instrument, means

action noun

Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, to make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मृताः (mṛtāḥ) - dead (ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, expired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'mṛ' (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Used as a substantive, 'the dead'.

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

(indeclinable)

विमुच्यन्ते (vimucyante) - are liberated, are released, become free

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of muc

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

तत् (tat) - that, therefore, then

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the preceding statement, often used adverbially as 'then' or 'therefore'.

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

सर्व-जन्तवः (sarva-jantavaḥ) - all creatures, all beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarvajantu

sarvajantu - all creatures, all living beings

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+jantu)

• sarva – all, every, whole, complete
  adjective
• jantu – creature, living being, animal, person
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)