योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-29, verse-15

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नाहं मृतो न जीवामि न सन्नासन्न सन्मयः ।
नेदं मे नैव चान्यन्मे नमो मह्यमहं बृहत् ॥ १५ ॥

nāhaṃ mṛto na jīvāmi na sannāsanna sanmayaḥ ,
nedaṃ me naiva cānyanme namo mahyamahaṃ bṛhat 15

15. na aham mṛtaḥ na jīvāmi na sat asat na sanmayaḥ na
idam me na eva ca anyat me namaḥ mahyam aham bṛhat

15. aham mṛtaḥ na,
na jīvāmi,
sat na,
asat na,
sanmayaḥ na.
idam me na,
anyat ca eva me na.
mahyam namaḥ.
aham bṛhat.

15. I am not dead, nor do I truly live. I am neither existence (sat) nor non-existence (asat), nor am I composed of the principle of existence (sat). This (world) is not mine, and indeed, nothing else belongs to me. Salutations to myself; I am the vast (brahman).

Words meanings summery:

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न (na) - not, nor, no

अहम् (aham) - I

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead, deceased

न (na) - not, nor, no

जीवामि (jīvāmi) - I live

न (na) - not, nor, no

सत् (sat) - existence, being, real

असत् (asat) - non-existence, unreality

न (na) - not, nor, no

सन्मयः (sanmayaḥ) - composed of existence, made of reality

न (na) - not, nor, no

इदम् (idam) - this

मे (me) - to me, my, for me

न (na) - not, nor, no

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

च (ca) - and, also

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another, anything else

मे (me) - to me, my, for me

नमः (namaḥ) - salutation, homage

मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me, for me

अहम् (aham) - I

बृहत् (bṛhat) - the vast (brahman) (vast, great, large, the Absolute)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, nor, no

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'aham'

न (na) - not, nor, no

(indeclinable)

जीवामि (jīvāmi) - I live

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jīv

present active

First person singular present active indicative

Root: jīv (class 1)

न (na) - not, nor, no

(indeclinable)

सत् (sat) - existence, being, real

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, real, good, virtuous

Present Active Participle

Derived from root as (to be), nominative singular neuter

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Here used as a substantive

असत् (asat) - non-existence, unreality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-being, unreal, false, bad

Present Active Participle (negative)

Derived from root as (to be) with negation na, nominative singular neuter

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+sat)

na – not
indeclinable
sat – being, existing, real
noun (neuter)
Present Active Participle
Derived from root as (to be)
Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, nor, no

(indeclinable)

सन्मयः (sanmayaḥ) - composed of existence, made of reality

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanmaya

sanmaya - made of being, composed of reality

Derived from sat + maya (suffix meaning made of)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sat+maya)

sat – being, existing, real
noun (neuter)
Present Active Participle
Derived from root as (to be)
Root: as (class 2)
maya – made of, consisting of
suffix (masculine)
Suffix forming adjectives

Note: Predicative adjective for 'aham'

न (na) - not, nor, no

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

मे (me) - to me, my, for me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

Note: Possessive or dative sense