योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-54, verse-67

न जायते न म्रियते चेतनः पुरुषः क्वचित् ।
स्वप्नसंभ्रमवद्भ्रान्तमेतत्पश्यति केवलम् ॥ ६७ ॥

na jāyate na mriyate cetanaḥ puruṣaḥ kvacit ,
svapnasaṃbhramavadbhrāntametatpaśyati kevalam 67

67. na jāyate na mriyate cetanaḥ puruṣaḥ kvacit
svapna-saṃbhrama-vat bhrāntam etat paśyati kevalam

67. cetanaḥ puruṣaḥ kvacit na jāyate na mriyate etat
svapna-saṃbhrama-vat bhrāntam kevalam paśyati

67. The conscious (cetana) cosmic person (puruṣa) is never born and never dies anywhere. It merely perceives this as a delusion (bhrānta), like a bewildering dream (svapna-saṃbhrama).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, originates

• न (na) - not, no

• म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, is dying

• चेतनः (cetanaḥ) - the conscious one, sentient

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, cosmic person

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - ever, anywhere, sometimes

• स्वप्न-संभ्रम-वत् (svapna-saṁbhrama-vat) - like a dream-delusion, like a bewildering dream

• भ्रान्तम् (bhrāntam) - as a delusion (deluded, mistaken, wandered)

• एतत् (etat) - this (existence or perception) (this, this one)

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, observes

• केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only, exclusively

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जायते (jāyate) - is born, originates

(verb)

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

Root: jan (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, is dying

(verb)

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

Root: mṛ (class 1)

चेतनः (cetanaḥ) - the conscious one, sentient

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cetana

cetana - conscious, sentient, intelligence

From root 'cit'

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'puruṣaḥ'

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, cosmic person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - a man, male, person, spirit, soul, the supreme being

क्वचित् (kvacit) - ever, anywhere, sometimes

(indeclinable)

स्वप्न-संभ्रम-वत् (svapna-saṁbhrama-vat) - like a dream-delusion, like a bewildering dream

(indeclinable)

Compound ending with '-vat' suffix meaning 'like' or 'having'

Compound type : avyayībhāva (svapna+saṃbhrama+vat)

• svapna – sleep, dream
  noun (masculine)
• saṃbhrama – agitation, confusion, delusion, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhram' with prefix 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• vat – like, as, having
  indeclinable
  Suffix

भ्रान्तम् (bhrāntam) - as a delusion (deluded, mistaken, wandered)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhrānta

bhrānta - deluded, mistaken, confused, wandered

Past Passive Participle

From root 'bhram'

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Functions as a noun here, 'a delusion'

एतत् (etat) - this (existence or perception) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, perceives, observes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of dṛś

Root 'dṛś', present stem 'paśya'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only, exclusively

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an adverbial modifier.