योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-40, verse-37

अन्ये त्वमिव ये जीवास्तेषां मरणजन्मसु ।
स्मृतिः कारणतामेति मोक्षाभाववशादिह ॥ ३७ ॥

anye tvamiva ye jīvāsteṣāṃ maraṇajanmasu ,
smṛtiḥ kāraṇatāmeti mokṣābhāvavaśādiha 37

37. anye tvam iva ye jīvāḥ teṣām maraṇajanmasu
smṛtiḥ kāraṇatām eti mokṣābhāvavaśāt iha

37. ye jīvāḥ tvam iva anye,
teṣām iha mokṣābhāvavaśāt maraṇajanmasu smṛtiḥ kāraṇatām eti.

37. For other embodied beings (jīva) like you, memory (smṛti) is the cause of their cycles of death and rebirth (saṃsāra) in this world, due to the absence of final liberation (mokṣa).

Words meanings summery:

• अन्ये (anye) - others, other ones

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• ये (ye) - who, which (plural)

• जीवाः (jīvāḥ) - living beings, embodied souls

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, for them

• मरणजन्मसु (maraṇajanmasu) - in death and birth, in the cycles of death and birth

• स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory, recollection

• कारणताम् (kāraṇatām) - the state of being a cause, causality

• एति (eti) - comes, goes, attains, becomes

• मोक्षाभाववशात् (mokṣābhāvavaśāt) - due to the absence of liberation, on account of the lack of final emancipation

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

Words meanings and morphology

अन्ये (anye) - others, other ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different

Note: Refers to 'jīvāḥ'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - who, which (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ya

ya - who, which

Note: Refers to 'jīvāḥ'.

जीवाः (jīvāḥ) - living beings, embodied souls

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīva

jīva - living, alive; living being, soul, individual soul

Root: jīv (class 1)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, for them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Also used in the sense of 'for them' (dative equivalent).

मरणजन्मसु (maraṇajanmasu) - in death and birth, in the cycles of death and birth

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of maraṇajanman

maraṇajanman - death and birth, cycle of death and birth (saṃsāra)

Compound type : dvandva (maraṇa+janman)

• maraṇa – dying, death
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  derived from root mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• janman – birth, production, existence
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  derived from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Locative plural, referring to the context of repeated births and deaths (saṃsāra).

स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory, recollection

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of smṛti

smṛti - memory, recollection; sacred tradition

action noun

derived from root smṛ (to remember)

Root: smṛ (class 1)

कारणताम् (kāraṇatām) - the state of being a cause, causality

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kāraṇatā

kāraṇatā - causality, the state of being a cause

derived from 'kāraṇa' with suffix '-tā'

एति (eti) - comes, goes, attains, becomes

(verb)

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

present active indicative 3rd person singular

Root: i (class 2)

मोक्षाभाववशात् (mokṣābhāvavaśāt) - due to the absence of liberation, on account of the lack of final emancipation

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of mokṣābhāvavaśa

mokṣābhāvavaśa - subjection to the absence of liberation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mokṣa+abhāva+vaśa)

• mokṣa – liberation, emancipation, freedom
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  derived from root muc (to free, release)
  Root: muc (class 6)
• abhāva – absence, non-existence, negation
  noun (masculine)
  negation (a-) of bhāva (existence)
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• vaśa – will, power, control, causality
  noun (masculine)

Note: Ablative case indicates 'due to' or 'on account of'.

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)