योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-29, verse-48

न जायसे न म्रियसे त्वमजः पुरुषो विराट् ।
चिच्छुद्धा जन्ममरणभ्रान्तयो मा भवन्तु ते ॥ ४८ ॥

na jāyase na mriyase tvamajaḥ puruṣo virāṭ ,
cicchuddhā janmamaraṇabhrāntayo mā bhavantu te 48

48. na jāyase na mriyase tvam ajaḥ puruṣaḥ virāṭ
cit śuddhā janmamaraṇabhrāntayaḥ mā bhavantu te

48. tvam ajaḥ virāṭ puruṣaḥ na jāyase na mriyase
śuddhā cit te janmamaraṇabhrāntayaḥ mā bhavantu

48. You are the unborn, universal cosmic person (puruṣa); you are neither born nor do you die. You are pure consciousness (cit). May the illusions of birth and death not befall you.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• जायसे (jāyase) - you are born

• न (na) - not, no

• म्रियसे (mriyase) - you die

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अजः (ajaḥ) - unborn, eternal

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, man, male, spirit, cosmic person

• विराट् (virāṭ) - sovereign, universal, splendid

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, thought, understanding

• शुद्धा (śuddhā) - pure, clean, unblemished

• जन्ममरणभ्रान्तयः (janmamaraṇabhrāntayaḥ) - illusions of birth and death

• मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive)

• भवन्तु (bhavantu) - let them be, may they be

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the following verb.

जायसे (jāyase) - you are born

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

Present

Root √jan, 4th class, Ātmanepada, 2nd person singular.

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to the listener (tvam).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the following verb.

म्रियसे (mriyase) - you die

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of mṛ

Present

Root √mṛ, 4th class, Ātmanepada, 2nd person singular.

Root: mṛ (class 4)

Note: Refers to the listener (tvam).

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of the sentence.

अजः (ajaḥ) - unborn, eternal

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aja

aja - unborn, not born, eternal

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+ja)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• ja – born, produced
  adjective (masculine)
  From √jan
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'tvam'.

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, man, male, spirit, cosmic person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - person, man, male, spirit, cosmic person

Note: Predicate noun for 'tvam'.

विराट् (virāṭ) - sovereign, universal, splendid

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of virāṭ

virāṭ - sovereign, universal, splendid, shining forth

From vi-√rāj (to shine forth, rule)

Prefix: vi

Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'tvam'.

चित् (cit) - consciousness, thought, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, thought, understanding, spirit

From √cit

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implicit statement 'you are pure consciousness'.

शुद्धा (śuddhā) - pure, clean, unblemished

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, clear, unblemished

Past Passive Participle

From √śudh (to purify)

Root: śudh (class 4)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'cit'.

जन्ममरणभ्रान्तयः (janmamaraṇabhrāntayaḥ) - illusions of birth and death

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of janmamaraṇabhrānti

janmamaraṇabhrānti - illusion of birth and death

Compound type : tatpurusha (janman+maraṇa+bhrānti)

• janman – birth, origin
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  Root: mṛ (class 4)
• bhrānti – error, delusion, illusion
  noun (feminine)
  From √bhram
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Subject of the imperative 'bhavantu'.

मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive)

(indeclinable)

भवन्तु (bhavantu) - let them be, may they be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Imperative

Root √bhū, 1st class, Parasmaipada, 3rd person plural.

Root: bhū (class 1)

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Indicates possession or relation to 'you'.