योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-68, verse-11

स्वप्नस्थानां शिरश्छिन्नं येषां ते संसृतौ स्थिताः ।
कालेन ज्ञानलाभेन विना कुर्वन्तु किं किल ॥ ११ ॥

svapnasthānāṃ śiraśchinnaṃ yeṣāṃ te saṃsṛtau sthitāḥ ,
kālena jñānalābhena vinā kurvantu kiṃ kila 11

11. svapnasthānām śiraḥ chinnam yeṣām te saṃsṛtau
sthitāḥ | kālena jñānalābhena vinā kurvantu kim kila

11. yeṣām svapnasthānām śiraḥ chinnam te saṃsṛtau
sthitāḥ te kālena jñānalābhena vinā kim kila kurvantu

11. Those whose heads are severed in a dream remain entrenched in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra). What indeed can they accomplish without attaining knowledge in due course of time?

Words meanings summery:

• स्वप्नस्थानाम् (svapnasthānām) - of those who are in a dream, of dream-dwellers

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

• छिन्नम् (chinnam) - cut off, severed, broken

• येषाम् (yeṣām) - of whom, whose

• ते (te) - they

• संसृतौ (saṁsṛtau) - in transmigration, in the cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra)

• स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - situated, standing, established, existing

• कालेन (kālena) - by time, in time, in due course

• ज्ञानलाभेन (jñānalābhena) - by the attainment of knowledge, by gaining knowledge

• विना (vinā) - without

• कुर्वन्तु (kurvantu) - let them do, what can they do

• किम् (kim) - what?

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, reportedly, what indeed?

Words meanings and morphology

स्वप्नस्थानाम् (svapnasthānām) - of those who are in a dream, of dream-dwellers

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of svapnastha

svapnastha - being in a dream, situated in a dream

Compound adjective

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+stha)

• svapna – dream
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• stha – standing, staying, situated in
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'yeṣām'.

शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head

Note: Subject of 'chinnam'.

छिन्नम् (chinnam) - cut off, severed, broken

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of chinna

chinna - cut, severed, divided

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'chid' (to cut, cleave)

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'śiraḥ'.

येषाम् (yeṣām) - of whom, whose

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Refers to "those".

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative/personal pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'sthitāḥ'.

संसृतौ (saṁsṛtau) - in transmigration, in the cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of saṃsṛti

saṁsṛti - transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence (saṃsāra)

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Location where they are situated.

स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - situated, standing, established, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sthita

sthita - standing, staying, situated, established

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'te'.

कालेन (kālena) - by time, in time, in due course

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time

Note: Indicates "in due course" or "by means of time".

ज्ञानलाभेन (jñānalābhena) - by the attainment of knowledge, by gaining knowledge

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of jñānalābha

jñānalābha - acquisition of knowledge, attainment of knowledge

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jñāna+lābha)

• jñāna – knowledge
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• lābha – acquisition, gain, attainment
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'labh' (to obtain)
  Root: labh (class 1)

Note: "by means of knowledge-gain".

विना (vinā) - without

(indeclinable)

Note: Preposition.

कुर्वन्तु (kurvantu) - let them do, what can they do

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Imperative

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used in a rhetorical question.

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, why?, whether

Note: Interrogative pronoun, direct object of 'kurvantu'.

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, reportedly, what indeed?

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle.