योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-55, verse-40

जीवे विलयमायाते देशकालान्यथाकृतौ ।
कोऽसौ भाजनतामेति जन्मनो मरणस्य च ॥ ४० ॥

jīve vilayamāyāte deśakālānyathākṛtau ,
ko'sau bhājanatāmeti janmano maraṇasya ca 40

40. jīve vilayam āyāte deśakālanyathākṛtau kaḥ
asau bhājanatām eti janmanaḥ maraṇasya ca

40. jīve vilayam āyāte deśakālanyathākṛtau kaḥ
asau janmanaḥ maraṇasya ca bhājanatām eti

40. Arjuna asked: If the individual soul (jīva) attains dissolution, and (consequently) space and time are altered, then who is it that becomes the recipient of birth and death?

Words meanings summery:

• जीवे (jīve) - in the individual soul, when the individual soul

• विलयम् (vilayam) - dissolution, merging, disappearance

• आयाते (āyāte) - having attained, having come

• देशकालन्यथाकृतौ (deśakālanyathākṛtau) - when space and time are made otherwise/altered

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• असौ (asau) - that (one), he

• भाजनताम् (bhājanatām) - the state of being a vessel/recipient

• एति (eti) - goes, attains

• जन्मनः (janmanaḥ) - of birth

• मरणस्य (maraṇasya) - of death

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

जीवे (jīve) - in the individual soul, when the individual soul

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - individual soul, living being, life, existence

विलयम् (vilayam) - dissolution, merging, disappearance

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vilaya

vilaya - dissolution, melting, merging, disappearance

Prefix: vi

Root: lī (class 4)

आयाते (āyāte) - having attained, having come

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of āyāta

āyāta - arrived, come, attained, approached

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

देशकालन्यथाकृतौ (deśakālanyathākṛtau) - when space and time are made otherwise/altered

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, dual of deśakālanyathākṛta

deśakālanyathākṛta - space and time altered/made otherwise

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deśakāla+anyathākṛta)

• deśakāla – space and time
  noun (masculine)
• anyathākṛta – made otherwise, altered, changed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(interrogative pronoun)

असौ (asau) - that (one), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, yonder, he/she/it

भाजनताम् (bhājanatām) - the state of being a vessel/recipient

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhājanatā

bhājanatā - the state of being a vessel, fitness, appropriateness, recipient

एति (eti) - goes, attains

(verb)

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

Root: i (class 2)

जन्मनः (janmanaḥ) - of birth

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of janman

janman - birth, origin, existence

मरणस्य (maraṇasya) - of death

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying, decease

Root: mṛ (class 6)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)