योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-22, verse-20

न जायते न म्रियते कुम्भे कुम्भनभो यथा ।
भूषिते दूषिते वापि देहे तद्वदिहात्मवान् ॥ २० ॥

na jāyate na mriyate kumbhe kumbhanabho yathā ,
bhūṣite dūṣite vāpi dehe tadvadihātmavān 20

20. na jāyate na mriyate kumbhe kumbhanabhaḥ yathā
bhūṣite dūṣite vā api dehe tadvat iha ātmavān

20. yathā kumbhe kumbhanabhaḥ na jāyate na mriyate tadvat iha
ātmavān bhūṣite vā api dūṣite dehe [na jāyate na mriyate]

20. Just as the space within a pot (kumbhanabhas) neither comes into being nor perishes along with the pot, similarly, the one who possesses the soul (ātman) here neither comes into being nor perishes, whether the body is adorned or defiled.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

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

• न (na) - not, no

• म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, perishes

• कुम्भे (kumbhe) - in the pot, in the jar

• कुम्भनभः (kumbhanabhaḥ) - the space within a pot, pot-space

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• भूषिते (bhūṣite) - when adorned (adorned, decorated, embellished)

• दूषिते (dūṣite) - when defiled (defiled, polluted, contaminated, corrupted)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• देहे (dehe) - in the body

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in that manner

• इह (iha) - in this world, in this context (here, in this world)

• आत्मवान् (ātmavān) - the embodied soul (ātman) (one possessing the soul, embodied one, intelligent one)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जायते (jāyate) - is born, comes into being

(verb)

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

present

root jan (Div. 4 Ātmanepada)

Root: jan (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, perishes

(verb)

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

present

root mṛ (Div. 6 Ātmanepada)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

कुम्भे (kumbhe) - in the pot, in the jar

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kumbha

kumbha - pot, jar, pitcher

कुम्भनभः (kumbhanabhaḥ) - the space within a pot, pot-space

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kumbhanabhas

kumbhanabhas - the ether or space in a jar

Tatpurusha compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kumbha+nabhas)

• kumbha – pot, jar, pitcher
  noun (masculine)
• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, space, ether
  noun (neuter)

Note: s stem changes to ḥ in nominative singular.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with 'tadvat'.

भूषिते (bhūṣite) - when adorned (adorned, decorated, embellished)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhūṣita

bhūṣita - adorned, decorated, embellished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhūṣ (to adorn) + kta suffix.

Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'dehe'.

दूषिते (dūṣite) - when defiled (defiled, polluted, contaminated, corrupted)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of dūṣita

dūṣita - defiled, corrupted, polluted, spoiled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dūṣ (to defile) + kta suffix.

Root: dūṣ (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'dehe'.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Often combined with 'vā' as 'vā api' meaning 'or even'.

देहे (dehe) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, corporeal form

Root: dih (class 1)

Note: Locative absolute construction with 'bhūṣite' and 'dūṣite'.

तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad' (that) + 'vat' (like, as).

इह (iha) - in this world, in this context (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

आत्मवान् (ātmavān) - the embodied soul (ātman) (one possessing the soul, embodied one, intelligent one)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātmavat

ātmavat - possessed of a soul, intelligent, spiritual, embodied

Possessive suffix matup with ātman.

Note: Nominative singular of ātmavat.