योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-18, verse-6

मृते पुंसि नभोवातैर्मिलन्ति प्राणवायवः ।
सरिज्जलैरिवाम्भोधिजलान्यात्मद्रुतानि हि ॥ ६ ॥

mṛte puṃsi nabhovātairmilanti prāṇavāyavaḥ ,
sarijjalairivāmbhodhijalānyātmadrutāni hi 6

6. mṛte puṃsi nabho vātaiḥ milanti prāṇa vāyavaḥ
sarit jalaiḥ iva ambhodhi jalāni ātma drutāni hi

6. mṛte puṃsi prāṇa vāyavaḥ nabho vātaiḥ milanti hi
iva sarit jalaiḥ ātma drutāni ambhodhi jalāni

6. When a person dies, the vital breaths (prāṇa-vāyu) merge with the winds of the sky. Indeed, it is just like river waters merge with the ocean waters which are imbued with the self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• मृते (mṛte) - when dead (dead, deceased)

• पुंसि (puṁsi) - in a man, in a person, in a male

• नभोवातैः (nabhovātaiḥ) - by the winds of the sky, by celestial winds

• मिलन्ति (milanti) - they meet, they merge, they unite

• प्राणवायवः (prāṇavāyavaḥ) - the vital breaths, life-winds

• सरित्जलैः (saritjalaiḥ) - by river waters

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अम्भोधिजलानि (ambhodhijalāni) - ocean waters

• आत्मद्रुतानि (ātmadrutāni) - imbued with the self, dissolved in the self, flowing by itself

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

Words meanings and morphology

मृते (mṛte) - when dead (dead, deceased)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, passed away

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √mṛ (to die), suffix -ta.

Root: √mṛ (class 6)

पुंसि (puṁsi) - in a man, in a person, in a male

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of puṃs

puṁs - man, male, person, spirit

नभोवातैः (nabhovātaiḥ) - by the winds of the sky, by celestial winds

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nabhovāta

nabhovāta - wind of the sky, celestial wind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nabhas+vāta)

• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, ether
  noun (neuter)
• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)

मिलन्ति (milanti) - they meet, they merge, they unite

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of √mil

Present Active

Derived from root √mil (to meet), 3rd person plural present active.

Root: √mil (class 6)

प्राणवायवः (prāṇavāyavaḥ) - the vital breaths, life-winds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prāṇavāyu

prāṇavāyu - vital breath (prāṇa-vāyu), life-wind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāṇa+vāyu)

• prāṇa – vital breath (prāṇa), life-force, air
  noun (masculine)
• vāyu – wind, air, vital air
  noun (masculine)

सरित्जलैः (saritjalaiḥ) - by river waters

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of sarijjala

sarijjala - river water

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarit+jala)

• sarit – river, stream
  noun (feminine)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अम्भोधिजलानि (ambhodhijalāni) - ocean waters

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ambhodhijala

ambhodhijala - ocean water

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ambhodhi+jala)

• ambhodhi – ocean (lit. water-holder)
  noun (masculine)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)

आत्मद्रुतानि (ātmadrutāni) - imbued with the self, dissolved in the self, flowing by itself

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ātmadruta

ātmadruta - imbued with the self, dissolved in the self, flowing by itself

Past Passive Participle (compound)

Compound adjective, where 'druta' is derived from root √dru (to flow, dissolve) as a Past Passive Participle.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+druta)

• ātman – self (ātman), soul, essence, individual soul
  noun (masculine)
• druta – melted, dissolved, flowing, quick
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √dru (to flow, melt), suffix -ta.
  Root: √dru (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)