योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-156, verse-2

मुनिरुवाच ।
शूणुष्वावहितस्तस्मिन्देहे तव परिक्षते ।
किं भविष्यति भव्यात्मस्तस्मिन्परमकाम्बरे ॥ २ ॥

muniruvāca ,
śūṇuṣvāvahitastasmindehe tava parikṣate ,
kiṃ bhaviṣyati bhavyātmastasminparamakāmbare 2

2. muniḥ uvāca śūṇuṣva avahitaḥ tasmin dehe tava parikṣate
kim bhaviṣyati bhavyātman tasmin paramakāmbare

2. muniḥ uvāca bhavyātman avahitaḥ śūṇuṣva tava tasmin
parikṣate dehe tasmin paramakāmbare kim bhaviṣyati

2. The sage said: 'Listen attentively. O noble soul, what will become of you in that supreme space when your body is completely destroyed?'

Words meanings summery:

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage (speaking) (a sage, a hermit, a silent one)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शूणुष्व (śūṇuṣva) - listen attentively (listen, hear)

• अवहितः (avahitaḥ) - attentively (attentive, absorbed, concentrated)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, on that

• देहे (dehe) - in your body (in the body, on the body)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• परिक्षते (parikṣate) - completely destroyed (destroyed, wasted, diminished)

• किम् (kim) - what (what? why?)

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will happen / will become (will be, will happen)

• भव्यात्मन् (bhavyātman) - O noble soul (O noble soul, O auspicious self)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, on that

• परमकाम्बरे (paramakāmbare) - in that ultimate space (in the highest space, in the supreme atmosphere)

Words meanings and morphology

मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage (speaking) (a sage, a hermit, a silent one)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, silent one

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

3rd person singular Perfect Active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

शूणुष्व (śūṇuṣva) - listen attentively (listen, hear)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative Middle

2nd person singular Imperative Middle of √śru (class 5)

Root: śru (class 5)

अवहितः (avahitaḥ) - attentively (attentive, absorbed, concentrated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avahita

avahita - attentive, concentrated, fixed

Past Passive Participle

from ava-√dhā (to place down, fix)

Prefix: ava

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'bhavyātman' implicitly.

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, on that

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'dehe'.

देहे (dehe) - in your body (in the body, on the body)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body

Root: dih

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

परिक्षते (parikṣate) - completely destroyed (destroyed, wasted, diminished)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of parikṣata

parikṣata - destroyed, wasted, injured

Past Passive Participle

from pari-√kṣi (to destroy, waste away)

Prefix: pari

Root: kṣi (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what (what? why?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, which?

Interrogative pronoun/adverb.

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will happen / will become (will be, will happen)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Future Active

3rd person singular Future Active of √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

भव्यात्मन् (bhavyātman) - O noble soul (O noble soul, O auspicious self)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhavyātman

bhavyātman - noble-minded, auspicious-souled

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhavya+ātman)

• bhavya – noble, auspicious, future
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  from √bhū + ya
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Vocative of bhavyātman.

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, on that

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'paramakāmbare'.

परमकाम्बरे (paramakāmbare) - in that ultimate space (in the highest space, in the supreme atmosphere)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of paramakāmbara

paramakāmbara - highest space, supreme atmosphere

Compound: parama (supreme) + ambara (space, sky). The 'ka' here is an augment often added to adjectives in composition or for emphasis.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+ambara)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate
  adjective (neuter)
• ambara – sky, space, atmosphere
  noun (neuter)