योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-49, verse-52

सर्व एव समा जीवा वासनामन्तरेण च ।
शुष्कपर्णवदुड्डीना जडाः श्वसनवेणवः ॥ ५२ ॥

sarva eva samā jīvā vāsanāmantareṇa ca ,
śuṣkaparṇavaduḍḍīnā jaḍāḥ śvasanaveṇavaḥ 52

52. sarve eva samāḥ jīvāḥ vāsanām antareṇa ca |
śuṣkaparṇavat uḍḍīnāḥ jaḍāḥ śvasanaveṇavaḥ ||

52. jīvāḥ sarve eva vāsanām antareṇa samāḥ ca
śuṣkaparṇavat uḍḍīnāḥ jaḍāḥ śvasanaveṇavaḥ (bhavanti)

52. All living beings (jīva) are indeed equal, without their latent impressions (vāsanā). Like dry leaves tossed up by the wind, they are inert, like bamboo flutes played by the breath.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every, entire

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

• समाः (samāḥ) - equal, same, alike, similar

• जीवाः (jīvāḥ) - living beings, souls, individual souls

• वासनाम् (vāsanām) - latent impression, subconscious tendency, desire, mental predisposition

• अन्तरेण (antareṇa) - without, except for, in the middle of

• च (ca) - and, also

• शुष्कपर्णवत् (śuṣkaparṇavat) - like dry leaves

• उड्डीनाः (uḍḍīnāḥ) - flown up, tossed up, airborne

• जडाः (jaḍāḥ) - inert, insentient, dull, unconscious

• श्वसनवेणवः (śvasanaveṇavaḥ) - bamboo flutes of breath, flutes played by breath

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every, entire

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

(indeclinable)

समाः (samāḥ) - equal, same, alike, similar

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sama

sama - equal, same, alike, similar

जीवाः (jīvāḥ) - living beings, souls, individual souls

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīva

jīva - living being, soul, individual soul

Root: jīv (class 1)

वासनाम् (vāsanām) - latent impression, subconscious tendency, desire, mental predisposition

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāsanā

vāsanā - latent impression, subconscious tendency, desire, mental predisposition

from root √vas (to smell, to dwell)

अन्तरेण (antareṇa) - without, except for, in the middle of

(indeclinable)

instrumental suffix -eṇa used as an indeclinable

Note: Instrumental case of antara used as an indeclinable preposition with accusative 'vāsanām'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शुष्कपर्णवत् (śuṣkaparṇavat) - like dry leaves

(indeclinable)

suffix -vat (like) appended to śuṣkaparṇa (dry leaf)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śuṣka+parṇa)

• śuṣka – dry, withered
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: śuṣ
• parṇa – leaf
  noun (neuter)

उड्डीनाः (uḍḍīnāḥ) - flown up, tossed up, airborne

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of uḍḍīna

uḍḍīna - flown up, tossed up, airborne

Past Passive Participle

from root √ḍī (to fly) with upasarga ut-

Prefix: ut

Root: ḍī (class 4)

जडाः (jaḍāḥ) - inert, insentient, dull, unconscious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jaḍa

jaḍa - inert, insentient, dull, unconscious

श्वसनवेणवः (śvasanaveṇavaḥ) - bamboo flutes of breath, flutes played by breath

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śvasanaveṇu

śvasanaveṇu - bamboo flute of breath

Compound type : tatpurusha (śvasana+veṇu)

• śvasana – breathing, breath
  noun (neuter)
  from root √śvas (to breathe)
  Root: śvas (class 2)
• veṇu – bamboo, flute
  noun (masculine)