योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-16, verse-22

ज्ञानवृद्धांस्तपोवृद्धान्विद्यावृद्धानहं द्विजान् ।
पृच्छामि तावन्मरणं कथं न स्यान्नृणामिति ॥ २२ ॥

jñānavṛddhāṃstapovṛddhānvidyāvṛddhānahaṃ dvijān ,
pṛcchāmi tāvanmaraṇaṃ kathaṃ na syānnṛṇāmiti 22

22. jñānavṛddhān tapovṛddhān vidyāvṛddhān aham dvijān
pṛcchāmi tāvat maraṇam katham na syāt nṛṇām iti

22. aham tāvat jñānavṛddhān tapovṛddhān vidyāvṛddhān
dvijān pṛcchāmi nṛṇām maraṇam katham na syāt iti

22. Therefore, I will first ask the Brahmins (dvija)—who are mature in knowledge, in ascetic practices (tapas), and in learning—how death may not occur for human beings.

Words meanings summery:

• ज्ञानवृद्धान् (jñānavṛddhān) - mature in knowledge, aged in knowledge

• तपोवृद्धान् (tapovṛddhān) - mature in ascetic practices (tapas), aged in asceticism

• विद्यावृद्धान् (vidyāvṛddhān) - mature in learning, aged in knowledge

• अहम् (aham) - I

• द्विजान् (dvijān) - Brahmins, twice-born

• पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask, I inquire

• तावत् (tāvat) - first (indicating priority in action) (meanwhile, first, to that extent, for a while)

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

• न (na) - not

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, may occur

• नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of human beings, of men, for human beings

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative marker)

Words meanings and morphology

ज्ञानवृद्धान् (jñānavṛddhān) - mature in knowledge, aged in knowledge

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jñānavṛddha

jñānavṛddha - mature/grown in knowledge

Compound type : tatpurusha (jñāna+vṛddha)

• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, understanding
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• vṛddha – old, aged, grown, mature
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root vṛdh (to grow, increase).
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

तपोवृद्धान् (tapovṛddhān) - mature in ascetic practices (tapas), aged in asceticism

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tapovṛddha

tapovṛddha - mature/grown in ascetic practices (tapas)

Compound type : tatpurusha (tapas+vṛddha)

• tapas – asceticism, austerity, penance (tapas)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• vṛddha – old, aged, grown, mature
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root vṛdh (to grow, increase).
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

विद्यावृद्धान् (vidyāvṛddhān) - mature in learning, aged in knowledge

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vidyāvṛddha

vidyāvṛddha - mature/grown in learning

Compound type : tatpurusha (vidyā+vṛddha)

• vidyā – learning, knowledge, science
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vṛddha – old, aged, grown, mature
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root vṛdh (to grow, increase).
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

द्विजान् (dvijān) - Brahmins, twice-born

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a Brahmin, a bird, a tooth)

पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask, I inquire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prach

Root: prach (class 6)

तावत् (tāvat) - first (indicating priority in action) (meanwhile, first, to that extent, for a while)

(indeclinable)

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying

Root: mṛ (class 6)

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, may occur

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of human beings, of men, for human beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, human being, person

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative marker)

(indeclinable)