योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-145, verse-50

इति तैः काष्ठपाषाणमृद्युग्वातभटैर्वृतः ।
परिपीडित एवास्ते यदा जीवो जडीकृतः ॥ ५० ॥

iti taiḥ kāṣṭhapāṣāṇamṛdyugvātabhaṭairvṛtaḥ ,
paripīḍita evāste yadā jīvo jaḍīkṛtaḥ 50

50. iti taiḥ kāṣṭhapāṣāṇamṛdyugvātabhaṭaiḥ vṛtaḥ
paripīḍitaḥ eva āste yadā jīvaḥ jaḍīkṛtaḥ

50. yadā jīvaḥ jaḍīkṛtaḥ iti taiḥ
kāṣṭhapāṣāṇamṛdyugvātabhaṭaiḥ vṛtaḥ paripīḍitaḥ eva āste

50. Thus, when the individual soul (jīva) is rendered inert and stupefied, it remains verily tormented, surrounded by those warriors composed of wood, stone, earth, and unified wind.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner

• तैः (taiḥ) - by them, with those

• काष्ठपाषाणमृद्युग्वातभटैः (kāṣṭhapāṣāṇamṛdyugvātabhaṭaiḥ) - by the elemental forces acting as warriors, composed of wood, stone, earth, and unified wind. (by the warriors of wood, stone, earth, and joined wind)

• वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded, encompassed, covered

• परिपीडितः (paripīḍitaḥ) - tormented, afflicted, oppressed

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

• आस्ते (āste) - remains, stays, exists, sits

• यदा (yadā) - when

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul, living being

• जडीकृतः (jaḍīkṛtaḥ) - rendered inert, made senseless, stupefied

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects to the previous verse's description.

तैः (taiḥ) - by them, with those

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

काष्ठपाषाणमृद्युग्वातभटैः (kāṣṭhapāṣāṇamṛdyugvātabhaṭaiḥ) - by the elemental forces acting as warriors, composed of wood, stone, earth, and unified wind. (by the warriors of wood, stone, earth, and joined wind)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kāṣṭhapāṣāṇamṛdyugvātabhaṭa

kāṣṭhapāṣāṇamṛdyugvātabhaṭa - warriors composed of wood, stone, earth, and unified wind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāṣṭha+pāṣāṇa+mṛd+yugvāta+bhaṭa)

• kāṣṭha – wood, timber
  noun (neuter)
• pāṣāṇa – stone, rock
  noun (masculine)
• mṛd – earth, clay, soil
  noun (feminine)
• yugvāta – unified/joined wind, wind acting in concert
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of yug (from yuj 'to join') and vāta (wind).
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• bhaṭa – warrior, soldier, servant
  noun (masculine)

वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded, encompassed, covered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛta

vṛta - surrounded, covered, chosen

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛ (to cover, choose).

Root: vṛ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with `jīvaḥ`.

परिपीडितः (paripīḍitaḥ) - tormented, afflicted, oppressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paripīḍita

paripīḍita - greatly tormented, severely afflicted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pīḍ (to oppress) with prefix pari.

Prefix: pari

Root: pīḍ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with `jīvaḥ`.

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, verily

(indeclinable)

आस्ते (āste) - remains, stays, exists, sits

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ās

present middle

Third person singular, present indicative, middle voice (ātmanepada).

Root: ās (class 2)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul, living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - individual soul (jīva), living being, life, existence

From root jīv (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of `āste`.

जडीकृतः (jaḍīkṛtaḥ) - rendered inert, made senseless, stupefied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaḍīkṛta

jaḍīkṛta - made inert, rendered senseless, stupefied, deadened

Past Passive Participle

From `jaḍīkṛ` (to make inert/senseless), an artificial verb formation from `jaḍa` (inert) + `kṛ`.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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