योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-10, verse-21

निर्वाणं नाम परमं सुखं येन पुनर्जनः ।
न जायते न म्रियते तज्ज्ञानादेव लभ्यते ॥ २१ ॥

nirvāṇaṃ nāma paramaṃ sukhaṃ yena punarjanaḥ ,
na jāyate na mriyate tajjñānādeva labhyate 21

21. nirvāṇam nāma paramam sukham yena punar janaḥ
na jāyate na mriyate tat jñānāt eva labhyate

21. yena janaḥ punar na jāyate na mriyate,
tat nāma paramam sukham nirvāṇam jñānāt eva labhyate

21. The supreme happiness (nirvāṇa) is that by which a person is neither born again nor dies. That (nirvāṇa) is attained only through knowledge (jñāna).

Words meanings summery:

• निर्वाणम् (nirvāṇam) - liberation, complete cessation (of suffering), extinction (of the flame of desire), supreme bliss

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, truly, by name, an emphatic particle

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, ease, pleasure, bliss

• येन (yena) - by which, with which

• पुनर् (punar) - again, once more, back

• जनः (janaḥ) - a person, creature, being, birth

• न (na) - not, no

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, comes into being

• न (na) - not, no

• म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, passes away

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• ज्ञानात् (jñānāt) - by spiritual knowledge (jñāna) (from knowledge, by knowledge)

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

• लभ्यते (labhyate) - is attained, is obtained, is acquired

Words meanings and morphology

निर्वाणम् (nirvāṇam) - liberation, complete cessation (of suffering), extinction (of the flame of desire), supreme bliss

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirvāṇa

nirvāṇa - liberation, complete cessation, extinction, supreme bliss

Prefixes: nir+vā

Root: vā (class 2)

नाम (nāma) - indeed, truly, by name, an emphatic particle

(indeclinable)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, ease, pleasure, bliss

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, ease, pleasure, bliss

येन (yena) - by which, with which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

पुनर् (punar) - again, once more, back

(indeclinable)

जनः (janaḥ) - a person, creature, being, birth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - a person, creature, being, birth

Root: jan (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जायते (jāyate) - is born, comes into being

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

Root: jan (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, passes away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of mṛ

Root: mṛ (class 6)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

ज्ञानात् (jñānāt) - by spiritual knowledge (jñāna) (from knowledge, by knowledge)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge, spiritual wisdom

Root: jñā (class 9)

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

(indeclinable)

लभ्यते (labhyate) - is attained, is obtained, is acquired

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of labh

Root: labh (class 1)