योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-14, verse-11

तरवोऽपि हि जीवन्ति जीवन्ति मृगपक्षिणः ।
स जीवति मनो यस्य मननेन न जीवति ॥ ११ ॥

taravo'pi hi jīvanti jīvanti mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ ,
sa jīvati mano yasya mananena na jīvati 11

11. taravaḥ api hi jīvanti jīvanti mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ
saḥ jīvati manaḥ yasya mananena na jīvati

11. Indeed, even trees live, and animals and birds live. But he truly lives whose mind does not merely subsist through its own mental activity (manana).

Words meanings summery:

• तरवः (taravaḥ) - trees

• अपि (api) - even, also

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they live, exist

• जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they live, exist

• मृगपक्षिणः (mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ) - animals and birds

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

• जीवति (jīvati) - lives in a true, meaningful sense (lives, exists)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

• मननेन (mananena) - by thinking, by contemplation, by mental activity

• न (na) - not, no

• जीवति (jīvati) - lives, exists

Words meanings and morphology

तरवः (taravaḥ) - trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of taru

taru - tree, plant

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they live, exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they live, exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

मृगपक्षिणः (mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ) - animals and birds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛgapakṣin

mṛgapakṣin - animals and birds

Compound type : dvandva (mṛga+pakṣin)

• mṛga – animal, beast, deer
  noun (masculine)
• pakṣin – bird, winged creature
  noun (masculine)

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, that person

जीवति (jīvati) - lives in a true, meaningful sense (lives, exists)

(verb)

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

Root: jīv (class 1)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, thought

Root: man (class 4)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

मननेन (mananena) - by thinking, by contemplation, by mental activity

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manana

manana - thinking, meditating, reflection, mental activity

Verbal Noun

Derived from the root man (to think).

Root: man (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जीवति (jīvati) - lives, exists

(verb)

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

Root: jīv (class 1)