योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-210, verse-19

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
त्वयार्थो देहशब्दस्य यो बुद्धः स महामते ।
तत्त्वज्ञं प्रति नास्त्येव शिलानृत्तमिवाम्बरे ॥ १९ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
tvayārtho dehaśabdasya yo buddhaḥ sa mahāmate ,
tattvajñaṃ prati nāstyeva śilānṛttamivāmbare 19

19. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca tvayā arthaḥ dehaśabdasya yaḥ buddhaḥ sa
mahāmate tattvajñam prati na asti eva śilānṛttam iva ambare

19. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca.
mahāmate,
tvayā dehaśabdasya yaḥ arthaḥ buddhaḥ,
sa tattvajñam prati ambare śilānṛttam iva na asti eva.

19. Shri Vasiṣṭha said: 'O greatly wise one (mahāmate), the meaning you have conceived for the word "body" (deha) simply does not exist for one who knows the ultimate reality (tattvajña), just as the dancing of a stone does not exist in the sky.'

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Shri Vasishtha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - meaning, purpose, object

• देहशब्दस्य (dehaśabdasya) - of the word "body"

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• बुद्धः (buddhaḥ) - understood, perceived, awakened

• स (sa) - that (meaning)

• महामते (mahāmate) - O great-minded one, O wise one

• तत्त्वज्ञम् (tattvajñam) - the knower of truth/reality

• प्रति (prati) - towards, concerning, for

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• शिलानृत्तम् (śilānṛttam) - the dancing of a stone

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in space

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Shri Vasishtha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - the venerable Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – sacred, revered, prosperity, glory (often used as honorific prefix)
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – best, excellent; (name of a prominent sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (personal pronoun)

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - meaning, purpose, object

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - meaning, sense, purpose, object, wealth

Root: ṛ

देहशब्दस्य (dehaśabdasya) - of the word "body"

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dehaśabda

dehaśabda - the word 'body'

Compound type : karmadhāraya (deha+śabda)

• deha – body, corporeal frame
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih
• śabda – word, sound, speech
  noun (masculine)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

बुद्धः (buddhaḥ) - understood, perceived, awakened

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of buddha

buddha - understood, known, awakened, enlightened

Past Passive Participle

Root: budh (class 1)

स (sa) - that (meaning)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

महामते (mahāmate) - O great-minded one, O wise one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāmat

mahāmat - great-minded, intelligent, wise

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+mati)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• mati – mind, intelligence, thought, understanding
  noun (feminine)

तत्त्वज्ञम् (tattvajñam) - the knower of truth/reality

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tattvajña

tattvajña - knower of truth, one who knows ultimate reality

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (tattva+jña)

• tattva – truth, reality, essence, principle
  noun (neuter)
• jña – knowing, perceiving, knower
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: jñā

प्रति (prati) - towards, concerning, for

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

शिलानृत्तम् (śilānṛttam) - the dancing of a stone

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śilānṛtta

śilānṛtta - dancing of a stone (an impossibility, an absurd concept)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śilā+nṛtta)

• śilā – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• nṛtta – dance, dancing
  noun (neuter)
  Root: nṛt

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, clothing