योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-107, verse-3

काष्ठमौनमृता एव व्यवहारगता अपि ।
खगमा एव वा सर्वे भावाः स्थावरजङ्गमाः ॥ ३ ॥

kāṣṭhamaunamṛtā eva vyavahāragatā api ,
khagamā eva vā sarve bhāvāḥ sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ 3

3. kāṣṭhamaunamṛtāḥ eva vyavahāragatāḥ api
khagamāḥ eva vā sarve bhāvāḥ sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ

3. vyavahāragatāḥ api kāṣṭhamaunamṛtāḥ eva vā
sarve sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ bhāvāḥ khagamāḥ eva

3. Even when engaged in worldly activities, they are truly like dead, silent wood. Or rather, all existents, whether stationary or mobile, are indeed like things merely moving through space.

Words meanings summery:

• काष्ठमौनमृताः (kāṣṭhamaunamṛtāḥ) - dead and silent like wood

• एव (eva) - Emphasizes the comparison to dead wood. (indeed, truly, just, only)

• व्यवहारगताः (vyavahāragatāḥ) - engaged in worldly activities, involved in transactions

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• खगमाः (khagamāḥ) - Entities that move through space, implying insubstantiality or lack of self-agency. (moving in the sky/space, aerial, birds)

• एव (eva) - indeed, truly, just, only

• वा (vā) - Introduces an alternative comparison. (or, either)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone (plural)

• भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - All forms of existence, whether living or non-living, sentient or insentient. (beings, existents, phenomena)

• स्थावरजङ्गमाः (sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ) - Encompassing all types of existents. (stationary and moving, immobile and mobile)

Words meanings and morphology

काष्ठमौनमृताः (kāṣṭhamaunamṛtāḥ) - dead and silent like wood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāṣṭhamaunamṛta

kāṣṭhamaunamṛta - dead and silent as wood, inert like a log

Compound: `kāṣṭha` (wood) + `mauna` (silence) + `mṛta` (dead).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kāṣṭha+mauna+mṛta)

• kāṣṭha – wood, log, timber, stick
  noun (neuter)
• mauna – silence, taciturnity
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from `muni` (sage, silent one).
• mṛta – dead, deceased, inanimate
  adjective (masculine)
  Past passive participle
  From root `mṛ` (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Predicate adjective for an implied subject.

एव (eva) - Emphasizes the comparison to dead wood. (indeed, truly, just, only)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

व्यवहारगताः (vyavahāragatāḥ) - engaged in worldly activities, involved in transactions

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyavahāragata

vyavahāragata - engaged in business, involved in worldly affairs, active

Compound: `vyavahāra` (activity, worldly business) + `gata` (gone, entered into, engaged).

Compound type : tatpurusha (vyavahāra+gata)

• vyavahāra – activity, business, practice, conduct, worldly affair
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root `hṛ` with prefixes `vi` and `ava`.
  Prefixes: vi+ava
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• gata – gone, arrived, obtained, engaged in
  adjective (masculine)
  Past passive participle
  From root `gam` (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied subject.

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

Particle.

खगमाः (khagamāḥ) - Entities that move through space, implying insubstantiality or lack of self-agency. (moving in the sky/space, aerial, birds)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of khagama

khagama - moving in the air/sky, aerial; a bird; a planet, a star

Compound: `kha` (sky, space) + `gama` (going).

Compound type : tatpurusha (kha+gama)

• kha – sky, space, ether, air
  noun (neuter)
• gama – going, moving, relating to motion
  adjective (masculine)
  From root `gam` (to go) + suffix `-a`.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for `bhāvāḥ`.

एव (eva) - indeed, truly, just, only

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

वा (vā) - Introduces an alternative comparison. (or, either)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Universal pronoun, nominative plural masculine.

भावाः (bhāvāḥ) - All forms of existence, whether living or non-living, sentient or insentient. (beings, existents, phenomena)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - being, existence, state, condition, nature, sentiment, feeling, object, thing

From root `bhū` (to be, to become).

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्थावरजङ्गमाः (sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ) - Encompassing all types of existents. (stationary and moving, immobile and mobile)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sthāvarajaṅgama

sthāvarajaṅgama - stationary and moving, fixed and movable, animate and inanimate

Dvandva compound of `sthāvara` (stationary) and `jaṅgama` (moving).

Compound type : dvandva (sthāvara+jaṅgama)

• sthāvara – stationary, immobile, fixed, inanimate
  adjective (masculine)
  From root `sthā` (to stand).
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• jaṅgama – moving, mobile, animate
  adjective (masculine)
  From reduplicated root `gam` (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies `bhāvāḥ`.