योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-94, verse-19

स्तम्भः कायोऽयमेतस्य स्नाय्वस्थिरसरञ्जितः ।
देशान्तरेऽङ्कुरोद्देशे कालस्पन्दोऽस्य वासना ॥ १९ ॥

stambhaḥ kāyo'yametasya snāyvasthirasarañjitaḥ ,
deśāntare'ṅkuroddeśe kālaspando'sya vāsanā 19

19. stambhaḥ kāyaḥ ayam etasya snāyvasthisarasañjitaḥ
deśāntare aṅkuroddeśe kālaspandaḥ asya vāsanā

19. ayam etasya kāyaḥ stambhaḥ snāyvasthisarasañjitaḥ.
asya vāsanā kālaspandaḥ aṅkuroddeśe deśāntare.

19. This body of the individual soul (jīva) is a pillar, held together by sinews, bones, and vital fluids. Its *vāsanā* (latent tendency) is the vibration of time, leading to new sprouts (embodiments) in other realms.

Words meanings summery:

• स्तम्भः (stambhaḥ) - the body as a fixed, yet perishable, structure (pillar, column, trunk)

• कायः (kāyaḥ) - body

• अयम् (ayam) - this (body) (this)

• एतस्य (etasya) - of this (jīva/citta) (of this)

• स्नाय्वस्थिसरसञ्जितः (snāyvasthisarasañjitaḥ) - the body structured and sustained by sinews, bones, and vital fluids (bound by sinews, bones, and fluids; formed by sinews, bones, and fluids)

• देशान्तरे (deśāntare) - in other births or realms of existence (in another place, in other regions)

• अङ्कुरोद्देशे (aṅkuroddeśe) - with the intention of generating new embodiments (in the aim of a sprout, for the purpose of sprouting)

• कालस्पन्दः (kālaspandaḥ) - the dynamism of time that propels further existence (vibration of time, movement of time)

• अस्य (asya) - of this (jīva/citta) (of this)

• वासना (vāsanā) - the subconscious karmic imprints driving future births (latent impression, subtle trace, inherent tendency, desire)

Words meanings and morphology

स्तम्भः (stambhaḥ) - the body as a fixed, yet perishable, structure (pillar, column, trunk)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of stambha

stambha - pillar, post, trunk of a tree

from stambh, to support

Root: stambh (class 5)

कायः (kāyaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāya

kāya - body

अयम् (ayam) - this (body) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

एतस्य (etasya) - of this (jīva/citta) (of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

स्नाय्वस्थिसरसञ्जितः (snāyvasthisarasañjitaḥ) - the body structured and sustained by sinews, bones, and vital fluids (bound by sinews, bones, and fluids; formed by sinews, bones, and fluids)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of snāyvasthisarasañjita

snāyvasthisarasañjita - bound/made firm by sinews, bones, and fluids

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (snāyu+asthi+rasa+rañjita)

• snāyu – sinew, tendon, nerve
  noun (masculine)
• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)
• rasa – juice, fluid, essence, sap
  noun (masculine)
  from ras, to taste, flow
  Root: ras (class 1)
• rañjita – colored, tinged, pleased, affected, made firm
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from rañj, to color, please, make firm
  Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Describes the body (kāya)

देशान्तरे (deśāntare) - in other births or realms of existence (in another place, in other regions)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of deśāntara

deśāntara - another place, foreign land

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deśa+antara)

• deśa – place, region, country
  noun (masculine)
  Root: diś (class 6)
• antara – other, different, internal, interval
  adjective (neuter)

अङ्कुरोद्देशे (aṅkuroddeśe) - with the intention of generating new embodiments (in the aim of a sprout, for the purpose of sprouting)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of aṅkuroddeśa

aṅkuroddeśa - purpose of sprouting

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aṅkura+uddeśa)

• aṅkura – sprout, shoot, germ
  noun (masculine)
  from aṅk, to move crookedly
  Root: aṅk (class 1)
• uddeśa – aim, purpose, object, mentioning
  noun (masculine)
  from ud-diś, to point out
  Prefix: ud
  Root: diś (class 6)

कालस्पन्दः (kālaspandaḥ) - the dynamism of time that propels further existence (vibration of time, movement of time)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kālaspanda

kālaspanda - vibration of time, temporal pulsation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+spanda)

• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kal (class 10)
• spanda – vibration, throb, movement, quiver
  noun (masculine)
  from spand, to tremble, vibrate
  Root: spand (class 1)

अस्य (asya) - of this (jīva/citta) (of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

वासना (vāsanā) - the subconscious karmic imprints driving future births (latent impression, subtle trace, inherent tendency, desire)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, mental tendency, habit, desire

from vas, to dwell, reside

Root: vas (class 1)