वासनातानवं नूनं यदा ते स्थितिमेष्यति । तदाऽऽतिवाहिको भावः पुनरेष्यति देहके ॥ ५६ ॥
vāsanātānavaṁ nūnaṁ yadā tē sthitimēṣyati | tadā’’tivāhikō bhāvaḥ punarēṣyati dēhakē || 56 ||
Translation
So, when the thinning of your latent tendencies surely becomes firm, the subtle state will come back to your body.
Word by word
- vāsanā
- of latent tendencies
- tānavaṁ
- the thinning
- nūnaṁ
- surely
- yadā
- when
- tē
- your
- sthitim
- firm
- ēṣyati
- becomes; will come
- tadā
- then
- ātivāhikō
- (ātivāhikaḥ) subtle
- bhāvaḥ
- state
- punar
- (punaḥ) back
- dēhakē
- to body
Meaning
Another commentary: when that fine tendency becomes steady in you, the subtle state will arise again in your body. The subtle is not acquired; it "comes back", for it is what the body always was before habit made it gross.