योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-22, verse-19

देहस्त्वयं न म्रियते न च जीवति किंच ते ।
के किल स्वप्नसंकल्पभ्रान्तौ मरणजीविते ॥ १९ ॥

dehastvayaṃ na mriyate na ca jīvati kiṃca te ,
ke kila svapnasaṃkalpabhrāntau maraṇajīvite 19

19. dehaḥ tu ayam na mriyate na ca jīvati kim ca
te ke kila svapnasaṅkalpabhrāntau maraṇajīvite

19. ayam dehaḥ tu na mriyate ca na jīvati.
kim ca te maraṇajīvite ke kila svapnasaṅkalpabhrāntau

19. But this body neither dies nor lives. And what, indeed, are these concepts of death and life (maraṇa-jīvite) to you? They are merely illusions within dream-like conceptualization.

Words meanings summery:

• देहः (dehaḥ) - this body (the body)

• तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (body) (this, he)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• म्रियते (mriyate) - dies

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• जीवति (jīvati) - lives

• किम् (kim) - what (as an interrogative) (what, which, why)

• च (ca) - and, moreover (and, also)

• ते (te) - to you (dative) (to you, your, by you)

• के (ke) - what (interrogative pronoun, referring to maraṇajīvite) (who, what, which (plural))

• किल (kila) - indeed, verily (indeed, verily, it is said)

• स्वप्नसङ्कल्पभ्रान्तौ (svapnasaṅkalpabhrāntau) - in the illusion of dream-like conceptualization

• मरणजीविते (maraṇajīvite) - death and life (death and life (dual))

Words meanings and morphology

देहः (dehaḥ) - this body (the body)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form

Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Subject.

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction indicating contrast.

अयम् (ayam) - this (body) (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he

Note: Agrees with 'dehaḥ'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

म्रियते (mriyate) - dies

(verb)

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

Present Tense

Root mṛ (class 6) in Ātmanepada, 3rd person singular.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Verb for the body.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

जीवति (jīvati) - lives

(verb)

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

Present Tense

Root jīv (class 1) in Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular.

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Verb for the body.

किम् (kim) - what (as an interrogative) (what, which, why)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Note: Interrogative pronoun; 'kim ca' often functions as 'moreover' or 'and what'.

च (ca) - and, moreover (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction; part of the phrase 'kim ca'.

ते (te) - to you (dative) (to you, your, by you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Refers to the listener/reader.

के (ke) - what (interrogative pronoun, referring to maraṇajīvite) (who, what, which (plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

किल (kila) - indeed, verily (indeed, verily, it is said)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of emphasis or confirmation.

स्वप्नसङ्कल्पभ्रान्तौ (svapnasaṅkalpabhrāntau) - in the illusion of dream-like conceptualization

(noun)

Locative, feminine, dual of svapnasaṅkalpabhrānti

svapnasaṅkalpabhrānti - illusion of dream-like thought/conceptualization

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+saṅkalpa+bhrānti)

• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  From root svap (to sleep).
  Root: svap (class 2)
• saṅkalpa – intention, resolve, conceptualization, thought-form
  noun (masculine)
  From root kḷp (to be able) with upasarga sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• bhrānti – error, delusion, illusion
  noun (feminine)
  From root bhram (to wander, to err) with suffix -ti.
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Location for 'maraṇajīvite'.

मरणजीविते (maraṇajīvite) - death and life (death and life (dual))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of maraṇajīvita

maraṇajīvita - death and life

Compound type : dvandva (maraṇa+jīvita)

• maraṇa – dying, death
  noun (neuter)
  From root mṛ (to die) with suffix -ana.
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• jīvita – life, living, alive
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (used as noun)
  From root jīv (to live) with suffix -ita.
  Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject for an implied verb 'are' or 'exist'.