योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-157, verse-12

मन्त्री वदिष्यति ।
जन्तोः सावयवस्येह हस्ताद्यवयवा यथा ।
तथा नवयवस्यैवमातिवाहिकतात्मनः ॥ १२ ॥

mantrī vadiṣyati ,
jantoḥ sāvayavasyeha hastādyavayavā yathā ,
tathā navayavasyaivamātivāhikatātmanaḥ 12

12. mantrī vadiṣyati jantoḥ sāvayavasya iha hastādi-avayavāḥ
yathā tathā na-avayavasya evam ātivāhikatā ātmanaḥ

12. mantrī vadiṣyati yathā iha sāvayavasya jantoḥ
hastādi-avayavāḥ tathā evam na-avayavasya ātmanaḥ ātivāhikatā

12. The minister will speak: 'Just as a living being (jantu) here possesses parts like hands and other limbs, similarly, for the self (ātman), which is inherently without such gross parts, there is a subtle vehicular state (ātivāhikatā).'

Words meanings summery:

• मन्त्री (mantrī) - The speaker, the minister. (minister)

• वदिष्यति (vadiṣyati) - The minister will speak. (will speak, will tell)

• जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - Of any living being. (of a creature, of a being)

• सावयवस्य (sāvayavasya) - Of a being possessing physical parts. (of that which has parts/limbs)

• इह (iha) - In this context or world. (here, in this world, in this case)

• हस्तादि-अवयवाः (hastādi-avayavāḥ) - Examples of gross physical parts. (limbs like hands etc.)

• यथा (yathā) - Introduces a comparison. (just as, as, in the manner that)

• तथा (tathā) - Concludes the comparison. (so, thus, in the same way)

• न-अवयवस्य (na-avayavasya) - Of the self, which is considered without gross parts. (of the partless, of the one without limbs)

• एवम् (evam) - Reaffirms the comparison or manner. (thus, in this manner, so)

• आतिवाहिकता (ātivāhikatā) - The subtle, ethereal nature or property of the self (ātman). (subtle vehicular state, subtle body nature)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - The self (ātman), the individual consciousness. (of the self, of the soul)

Words meanings and morphology

मन्त्री (mantrī) - The speaker, the minister. (minister)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mantrin

mantrin - minister, counselor, advisor

From mantra (counsel, sacred text).

Root: man (class 4)

वदिष्यति (vadiṣyati) - The minister will speak. (will speak, will tell)

(verb)

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

Future tense

From root vad, future stem vadiṣya.

Root: vad (class 1)

जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - Of any living being. (of a creature, of a being)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, man, animal

From root jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

सावयवस्य (sāvayavasya) - Of a being possessing physical parts. (of that which has parts/limbs)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sāvayava

sāvayava - having members, consisting of parts, compounded

From sa (with) + avayava (part, limb).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+avayava)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• avayava – part, limb, member, ingredient
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: yu (class 1)

इह (iha) - In this context or world. (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place.

हस्तादि-अवयवाः (hastādi-avayavāḥ) - Examples of gross physical parts. (limbs like hands etc.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hastādi-avayava

hastādi-avayava - limbs such as hands, parts beginning with hands

Compound. hastādi (hands etc.) + avayava (limbs).

Compound type : tatpurusha (hasta+ādi+avayava)

• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)
  Root: han (class 2)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  indeclinable
  Root: ad (class 2)
• avayava – part, limb, member, ingredient
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: yu (class 1)

Note: The ādi suffix implies hastādayaḥ ca ye avayavāḥ te.

यथा (yathā) - Introduces a comparison. (just as, as, in the manner that)

(indeclinable)

Relative adverb.

तथा (tathā) - Concludes the comparison. (so, thus, in the same way)

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb to yathā.

न-अवयवस्य (na-avayavasya) - Of the self, which is considered without gross parts. (of the partless, of the one without limbs)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of na-avayava

na-avayava - partless, without limbs or members

Negative compound (nañ-tatpuruṣa).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+avayava)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
  Negative particle.
• avayava – part, limb, member
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: yu (class 1)

एवम् (evam) - Reaffirms the comparison or manner. (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Demonstrative adverb.

आतिवाहिकता (ātivāhikatā) - The subtle, ethereal nature or property of the self (ātman). (subtle vehicular state, subtle body nature)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ātivāhikatā

ātivāhikatā - the state of being a subtle vehicle, subtlety (as a nature or property)

Abstract noun from ātivāhika (subtle, vehicular) + suffix -tā.

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: This is the implicit subject of an 'exists' verb, or the property being ascribed.

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - The self (ātman), the individual consciousness. (of the self, of the soul)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, supreme soul, essence

Root: an (class 2)