योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-5

चितो न जन्ममरणे सर्वगायाश्चितः किल ।
किं नाम म्रियते जन्तुर्मार्यते केन वापि किम् ॥ ५ ॥

cito na janmamaraṇe sarvagāyāścitaḥ kila ,
kiṃ nāma mriyate janturmāryate kena vāpi kim 5

5. citaḥ na janmamaraṇe sarvagāyāḥ citaḥ kila kim
nāma mriyate jantuḥ māryate kena vā api kim

5. citaḥ na janmamaraṇe (vidyete).
kila sarvagāyāḥ citaḥ (vidyate).
kim nāma jantuḥ mriyate? vā kena api kim māryate?

5. For consciousness (cit), there is neither birth nor death. Indeed, consciousness is characteristic of the all-pervading (Self). What then truly dies is a living being (jantu), and by whom or what is it killed?

Words meanings summery:

• चितः (citaḥ) - for consciousness (cit) (of consciousness, for the conscious principle)

• न (na) - not, no

• जन्ममरणे (janmamaraṇe) - birth and death

• सर्वगायाः (sarvagāyāḥ) - of the all-pervading (Self) (of the all-pervading (one))

• चितः (citaḥ) - of consciousness

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly

• किम् (kim) - what, how

• नाम (nāma) - truly, indeed

• म्रियते (mriyate) - (one) dies

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - a living being, creature

• मार्यते (māryate) - is killed

• केन (kena) - by what, by whom

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - even, also (intensifying a question)

• किम् (kim) - what

Words meanings and morphology

चितः (citaḥ) - for consciousness (cit) (of consciousness, for the conscious principle)

(noun)

Genitive, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, spirit, knowledge, conscious being

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जन्ममरणे (janmamaraṇe) - birth and death

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of janmamaraṇa

janmamaraṇa - birth and death

Compound type : dvandva (janma+maraṇa)

• janma – birth, origin, existence
  noun (neuter)
  noun derived from root jan (to be born)
  Root: √jan
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  noun derived from root mṛ (to die)
  Root: √mṛ

सर्वगायाः (sarvagāyāḥ) - of the all-pervading (Self) (of the all-pervading (one))

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sarvagā

sarvagā - all-pervading, omnipresent

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+ga)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun/adjective
• ga – going, moving, residing in, reaching
  noun/adjective
  derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: √gam

चितः (citaḥ) - of consciousness

(noun)

Genitive, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, spirit, knowledge, conscious being

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what, how

(indeclinable)

नाम (nāma) - truly, indeed

(indeclinable)

म्रियते (mriyate) - (one) dies

(verb)

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

Root: √mṛ (class 4)

Note: Often translated actively as 'dies' when in middle voice.

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - a living being, creature

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, man, animal

noun derived from root jan (to be born)

Root: √jan

मार्यते (māryate) - is killed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of √mṛ (causative)

causative passive

passive form of the causative stem (mārayati - to cause to die, to kill)

Root: √mṛ (class 4)

केन (kena) - by what, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of ka

ka - who, what

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also (intensifying a question)

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what

(indeclinable)