योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-75, verse-17

किमयं धार्यते देहः किं वानेनोज्झितेन नः ।
यथाक्रमं यथाचारं तिष्ठत्वेष यथास्थितम् ॥ १७ ॥

kimayaṃ dhāryate dehaḥ kiṃ vānenojjhitena naḥ ,
yathākramaṃ yathācāraṃ tiṣṭhatveṣa yathāsthitam 17

17. kim ayam dhāryate dehaḥ kim vā anena ujjhitena naḥ
yathākramam yathācāram tiṣṭhatu eṣaḥ yathāsthitam

17. kim ayam dehaḥ dhāryate? vā anena ujjhitena naḥ kim?
eṣaḥ yathāsthitam yathākramam yathācāram tiṣṭhatu

17. Why should this body be maintained? And what advantage would we gain by abandoning it? Let it simply remain as it is, following its natural order and usual custom.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - why (why, what, whether)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (body) (this, he)

• धार्यते (dhāryate) - is maintained (is maintained, is sustained, is held)

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body (body, form)

• किम् (kim) - what (benefit/purpose) (why, what, whether)

• वा (vā) - or (or, and)

• अनेन (anena) - by this (body) (by this, with this)

• उज्झितेन (ujjhitena) - by its abandonment, by its being cast off (by what is abandoned, by what is cast off)

• नः (naḥ) - by us (in passive construction) (by us, to us, for us, of us)

• यथाक्रमम् (yathākramam) - according to its natural course/order (according to order, in due course, properly)

• यथाचारम् (yathācāram) - according to its usual way/custom (according to custom, as usual)

• तिष्ठतु (tiṣṭhatu) - let it simply remain (let it stand, let it remain, let it exist)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (body) (this, this one)

• यथास्थितम् (yathāsthitam) - as it is, in its present state (as it is, as it stands, in its present state)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - why (why, what, whether)

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (body) (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

धार्यते (dhāryate) - is maintained (is maintained, is sustained, is held)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of dhṛ

Present Tense, Passive Voice

From root dhṛ, present passive form

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

देहः (dehaḥ) - body (body, form)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

From dih (to smear, grow)

Root: dih (class 6)

किम् (kim) - what (benefit/purpose) (why, what, whether)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which; why, for what reason

वा (vā) - or (or, and)

(indeclinable)

अनेन (anena) - by this (body) (by this, with this)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

उज्झितेन (ujjhitena) - by its abandonment, by its being cast off (by what is abandoned, by what is cast off)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ujjhita

ujjhita - abandoned, cast off, rejected

Past Passive Participle

From ut-hā (to abandon, leave) with jha augment

Prefix: ud

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: It refers to the body (deha).

नः (naḥ) - by us (in passive construction) (by us, to us, for us, of us)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

यथाक्रमम् (yathākramam) - according to its natural course/order (according to order, in due course, properly)

(indeclinable)

Compound yathā (as) + krama (order), used adverbially

यथाचारम् (yathācāram) - according to its usual way/custom (according to custom, as usual)

(indeclinable)

Compound yathā (as) + ācāra (custom), used adverbially

तिष्ठतु (tiṣṭhatu) - let it simply remain (let it stand, let it remain, let it exist)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of sthā

Imperative Mood

From root sthā (to stand), present imperative

Root: sthā (class 1)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (body) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this

Note: Subject of tiṣṭhatu.

यथास्थितम् (yathāsthitam) - as it is, in its present state (as it is, as it stands, in its present state)

(indeclinable)

Compound yathā (as) + sthita (situated)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+sthita)

• yathā – as, according to, just as
  indeclinable
• sthita – standing, situated, established
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From sthā (to stand, stay)
  Root: sthā (class 1)