योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-111, verse-26

न कश्चनेह म्रियते जायते न च कश्चन ।
स्वयं वेत्ति मृतं स्वस्य लोकमन्यं स्वकं मनः ॥ २६ ॥

na kaścaneha mriyate jāyate na ca kaścana ,
svayaṃ vetti mṛtaṃ svasya lokamanyaṃ svakaṃ manaḥ 26

26. na kaścana iha mriyate jāyate na ca kaścana svayam
vetti mṛtam svasya lokam anyam svakam manaḥ

26. iha kaścana na mriyate ca kaścana na jāyate svakam
manaḥ svayam svasya mṛtam ca anyam lokam vetti

26. No one here truly dies, nor is anyone born. Rather, one's own mind (citta) itself knows its own [experience of] death and another world.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• कश्चन (kaścana) - anyone, someone (with `na` becomes no one)

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• म्रियते (mriyate) - dies

• जायते (jāyate) - is born

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• कश्चन (kaścana) - anyone (with `na` becomes no one)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, itself, personally

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, understands

• मृतम् (mṛtam) - its own dead body or the state of death. (dead, death (as a state/thing))

• स्वस्य (svasya) - of oneself, one's own

• लोकम् (lokam) - world, realm

• अन्यम् (anyam) - other, another

• स्वकम् (svakam) - one's own

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect (citta)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कश्चन (kaścana) - anyone, someone (with `na` becomes no one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścana

kaścana - anyone, someone, whoever

Formed from `kim` and `cana`.

Compound type : indeclinable compound (kim+cana)

• kim – what, who
  interrogative pronoun
• cana – any, even, indeed
  indeclinable

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

म्रियते (mriyate) - dies

(verb)

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

Present Tense

Third person singular present middle of root `mṛ`.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

जायते (jāyate) - is born

(verb)

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

Present Tense

Third person singular present middle of root `jan`.

Root: jan (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कश्चन (kaścana) - anyone (with `na` becomes no one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścana

kaścana - anyone, someone, whoever

Formed from `kim` and `cana`.

Compound type : indeclinable compound (kim+cana)

• kim – what, who
  interrogative pronoun
• cana – any, even, indeed
  indeclinable

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, itself, personally

(indeclinable)

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, understands

(verb)

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

Present Tense

Third person singular present active of root `vid`.

Root: vid (class 2)

मृतम् (mṛtam) - its own dead body or the state of death. (dead, death (as a state/thing))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased; death (as a neuter noun)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `mṛ`.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

स्वस्य (svasya) - of oneself, one's own

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, self, belonging to oneself

लोकम् (lokam) - world, realm

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

Note: Object of `vetti`.

अन्यम् (anyam) - other, another

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Agrees with `lokam`.

स्वकम् (svakam) - one's own

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svaka

svaka - one's own, peculiar to oneself

Note: Agrees with `manaḥ`.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect (citta)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought (citta)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

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