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

नात्मा शरीरसंबन्धी शरीरमपि नात्मनि ।
मिथो विलक्षणावेतौ प्रकाशतमसी यथा ॥ ६ ॥

nātmā śarīrasaṃbandhī śarīramapi nātmani ,
mitho vilakṣaṇāvetau prakāśatamasī yathā 6

6. na ātmā śarīra-sambandhī śarīram api na ātmani
| mithaḥ vilakṣaṇau etau prakāśa-tamasī yathā

6. ātmā śarīra-sambandhī na (asti),
śarīram api ātmani na (asti).
etau mithaḥ vilakṣaṇau,
yathā prakāśa-tamasī.

6. The self (ātman) is not associated with the body (śarīra), nor is the body within the self (ātman). These two (body and self) are mutually distinct, just as light (prakāśa) and darkness (tamasī) are.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman), soul

• शरीर-सम्बन्धी (śarīra-sambandhī) - connected with the body, related to the body

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

• अपि (api) - also, even

• न (na) - not

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self (ātman)

• मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, reciprocally

• विलक्षणौ (vilakṣaṇau) - distinct, different

• एतौ (etau) - these two

• प्रकाश-तमसी (prakāśa-tamasī) - light and darkness

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman), soul

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, breath

शरीर-सम्बन्धी (śarīra-sambandhī) - connected with the body, related to the body

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śarīra-sambandhin

śarīra-sambandhin - related to the body, bodily related

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarīra+sambandhin)

• śarīra – body, corporeal form
  noun (neuter)
• sambandhin – related, connected, kinsman
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root √bandh (to bind) with prefixes sam- and a-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Qualifies 'ātmā'.

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal frame

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self (ātman)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, breath

मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, reciprocally

(indeclinable)

विलक्षणौ (vilakṣaṇau) - distinct, different

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vilakṣaṇa

vilakṣaṇa - different, distinct, unlike

Note: Qualifies 'etau'.

एतौ (etau) - these two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

प्रकाश-तमसी (prakāśa-tamasī) - light and darkness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of prakāśa-tamas

prakāśa-tamas - light and darkness

Compound type : dvandva (prakāśa+tamas)

• prakāśa – light, brightness, manifestation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kāś (class 1)
• tamas – darkness, gloom, ignorance
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison.