योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-54, verse-72

एवं न कश्चिन्म्रियते जायते न च कश्चन ।
वासनावर्तगर्तेषु जीवो लुठति केवलम् ॥ ७२ ॥

evaṃ na kaścinmriyate jāyate na ca kaścana ,
vāsanāvartagarteṣu jīvo luṭhati kevalam 72

72. evam na kaścit mriyate jāyate na ca kaścana
vāsanāvartagarteṣu jīvaḥ luṭhati kevalam

72. evam kaścit na mriyate,
ca kaścana na jāyate.
jīvaḥ kevalam vāsanāvartagarteṣu luṭhati

72. Thus, no one truly dies, nor is anyone born. The individual soul (jīva) merely rolls around in the whirlpools of latent impressions (vāsanā).

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so, indeed)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - no one (someone, anyone (with na: no one, not anyone))

• म्रियते (mriyate) - dies (dies, perishes)

• जायते (jāyate) - is born (is born, originates, comes into being)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - nor (and, also, moreover)

• कश्चन (kaścana) - anyone (no one) (anyone, someone (with na: no one, not anyone))

• वासनावर्तगर्तेषु (vāsanāvartagarteṣu) - in the whirlpools of latent impressions (vāsanā) (in the abysses or whirlpools of latent impressions)

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul (jīva) (living being, individual soul, life principle)

• लुठति (luṭhati) - rolls around (rolls, wallows, tosses about, struggles)

• केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only (merely, only, purely, exclusively)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so, indeed)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - no one (someone, anyone (with na: no one, not anyone))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain (when alone); no one, not anyone (when with na)

Indefinite pronoun formed from kim + cid

म्रियते (mriyate) - dies (dies, perishes)

(verb)

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

Present tense

3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada) Present (laṭ) from root mṛ (class 6)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

जायते (jāyate) - is born (is born, originates, comes into being)

(verb)

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

Present tense

3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada) Present (laṭ) from root jan (class 4)

Root: jan (class 4)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - nor (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

कश्चन (kaścana) - anyone (no one) (anyone, someone (with na: no one, not anyone))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścana

kaścana - anyone, someone (when alone); no one, not anyone (when with na)

Indefinite pronoun formed from kim + cana

वासनावर्तगर्तेषु (vāsanāvartagarteṣu) - in the whirlpools of latent impressions (vāsanā) (in the abysses or whirlpools of latent impressions)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of vāsanāvartagarta

vāsanāvartagarta - whirlpool-like abysses of vāsanās

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāsanāvarta+garta)

• vāsanāvarta – whirlpool of vāsanās
  noun (masculine)
• garta – pit, hole, abyss, cavity
  noun (masculine)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul (jīva) (living being, individual soul, life principle)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, alive, living being, individual soul, principle of life

Derived from root jīv 'to live'.

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'luṭhati'.

लुठति (luṭhati) - rolls around (rolls, wallows, tosses about, struggles)

(verb)

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

Present tense

3rd person singular, active voice (Parasmaipada) Present (laṭ) from root luṭh (class 1)

Root: luṭh (class 1)

केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only (merely, only, purely, exclusively)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use.