योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-93, verse-28

शिखिध्वज उवाच ।
केनायं चाल्यते देहः किं बीजं जन्मकर्मणाम् ।
कस्मिंस्त्यक्ते परित्यक्तं सर्वं भवति सुन्दर ॥ २८ ॥

śikhidhvaja uvāca ,
kenāyaṃ cālyate dehaḥ kiṃ bījaṃ janmakarmaṇām ,
kasmiṃstyakte parityaktaṃ sarvaṃ bhavati sundara 28

28. śikhidhvajaḥ uvāca | kena ayam
cālyate dehaḥ kim bījam
janma-karmaṇām | kasmin tyakte
parityaktam sarvam bhavati sundara ||

28. śikhidhvajaḥ uvāca kena ayam dehaḥ cālyate? kim janma-karmaṇām bījam? sundara,
kasmin tyakte sarvam parityaktam bhavati?

28. Śikhidhvaja said: "By what is this body moved? What is the seed of births and actions (karma)? And when what is abandoned, O beautiful one, is everything truly abandoned?"

Words meanings summery:

• शिखिध्वजः (śikhidhvajaḥ) - Name of a king (Śikhidhvaja)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• केन (kena) - by what, by whom

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• चाल्यते (cālyate) - is moved, is propelled

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body, corporeal frame

• किम् (kim) - what?

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed, origin, cause

• जन्म-कर्मणाम् (janma-karmaṇām) - of births and actions, of existence and (its) deeds

• कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in what, when what

• त्यक्ते (tyakte) - abandoned, renounced

• परित्यक्तम् (parityaktam) - completely abandoned, fully renounced

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, whole

• भवति (bhavati) - it becomes, it is, it exists

• सुन्दर (sundara) - O beautiful one, O handsome one

Words meanings and morphology

शिखिध्वजः (śikhidhvajaḥ) - Name of a king (Śikhidhvaja)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhidhvaja

śikhidhvaja - Śikhidhvaja (name of a king)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Root verb, Perfect tense (lit)

Root: vac (class 2)

केन (kena) - by what, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

चाल्यते (cālyate) - is moved, is propelled

(verb)

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

Causative form (cāli) of root 'cal', 10th conjugation or derived causative, Passive voice

Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Causative stem + passive ending

देहः (dehaḥ) - body, corporeal frame

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, person

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, which?

बीजम् (bījam) - seed, origin, cause

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, origin, cause, germ

जन्म-कर्मणाम् (janma-karmaṇām) - of births and actions, of existence and (its) deeds

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of janma-karma

janma-karma - birth and action, existence and its deeds

Compound type : dvandva (janma+karma)

• janma – birth, existence, origin
  noun (neuter)
• karma – action, deed, work, consequence of action (karma)
  noun (neuter)

कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in what, when what

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

त्यक्ते (tyakte) - abandoned, renounced

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of tyakta

tyakta - abandoned, renounced, left

Past Passive Participle

From root 'tyaj' (to abandon)

Root: tyaj (class 1)

परित्यक्तम् (parityaktam) - completely abandoned, fully renounced

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parityakta

parityakta - completely abandoned, fully renounced, cast off

Past Passive Participle

From root 'tyaj' (to abandon) with prefix 'pari'

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, whole

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

भवति (bhavati) - it becomes, it is, it exists

(verb)

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

Root verb, 1st conjugation, Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

सुन्दर (sundara) - O beautiful one, O handsome one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sundara

sundara - beautiful, handsome, excellent