योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-94, verse-31

पिशाचाः केचिदाकाशसदृशाः सूक्ष्मदेहकाः ।
हस्तपादादिसंयुक्ताः पश्यन्ति त्वमिवाकृतिम् ॥ ३१ ॥

piśācāḥ kecidākāśasadṛśāḥ sūkṣmadehakāḥ ,
hastapādādisaṃyuktāḥ paśyanti tvamivākṛtim 31

31. piśācāḥ kecit ākāśasadṛśāḥ sūkṣmadehakāḥ
hastapādādisaṃyuktāḥ paśyanti tvam iva ākṛtim

31. kecit piśācāḥ ākāśasadṛśāḥ sūkṣmadehakāḥ
hastapādādisaṃyuktāḥ tvam iva ākṛtim paśyanti

31. Some ghosts are like the sky and possess subtle bodies. They are endowed with hands, feet, and other limbs, and they perceive form just as you do.

Words meanings summery:

• पिशाचाः (piśācāḥ) - ghosts, demons, spirits

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

• आकाशसदृशाः (ākāśasadṛśāḥ) - similar to the sky/space, sky-like

• सूक्ष्मदेहकाः (sūkṣmadehakāḥ) - having subtle bodies

• हस्तपादादिसंयुक्ताः (hastapādādisaṁyuktāḥ) - endowed with hands, feet, etc.

• पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they perceive

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (nominative/accusative singular)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आकृतिम् (ākṛtim) - form, shape, appearance

Words meanings and morphology

पिशाचाः (piśācāḥ) - ghosts, demons, spirits

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of piśāca

piśāca - ghost, demon, goblin

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, some, a certain

Formed from 'kim' and 'cid'

आकाशसदृशाः (ākāśasadṛśāḥ) - similar to the sky/space, sky-like

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ākāśasadṛśa

ākāśasadṛśa - similar to the sky, sky-like

Compound type : upamāna-pūrva-pada bahuvrīhi (ākāśa+sadṛśa)

• ākāśa – sky, space, ether
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)
• sadṛśa – similar, like, resembling
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'sa' + 'dṛś' (to see)
  Prefix: sa
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

सूक्ष्मदेहकाः (sūkṣmadehakāḥ) - having subtle bodies

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sūkṣmadehaka

sūkṣmadehaka - having a subtle body

From 'sūkṣma' (subtle) and 'dehaka' (body, diminutive or emphasizing)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sūkṣma+dehaka)

• sūkṣma – subtle, fine, minute
  adjective
• dehaka – body (diminutive/emphasizing)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'deha' with suffix '-ka'
  Root: dih (class 2)

हस्तपादादिसंयुक्ताः (hastapādādisaṁyuktāḥ) - endowed with hands, feet, etc.

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hastapādādisaṃyukta

hastapādādisaṁyukta - joined with hands, feet, etc., endowed with hands, feet, etc.

Compound of 'hasta', 'pāda', 'ādi' and 'saṃyukta' (P.P.P. of root 'yuj' with 'sam')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hasta+pāda+ādi+saṃyukta)

• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)
• pāda – foot, leg
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pad (class 4)
• ādi – and so on, beginning
  indeclinable
• saṃyukta – joined, united, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'yuj' with prefix 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: yuj (class 7)

पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they perceive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of dṛś

Present Active

From root 'dṛś' (to see), 3rd person plural, present tense (conjugates as 'paśyati')

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Verb for 'kecit piśācāḥ'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (nominative/accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आकृतिम् (ākṛtim) - form, shape, appearance

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ākṛti

ākṛti - form, shape, appearance

Derived from root 'kṛ' with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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