योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-101, verse-15

मृताः पितामहाद्याश्चिन्न मृता सा म्रियेत चेत् ।
तज्जन्म नैव नाम स्यादस्माकं मृतसंविदाम् ॥ १५ ॥

mṛtāḥ pitāmahādyāścinna mṛtā sā mriyeta cet ,
tajjanma naiva nāma syādasmākaṃ mṛtasaṃvidām 15

15. mṛtāḥ pitāmaha-ādyāḥ cit na mṛtā sā mriyeta cet
tat janma na eva nāma syāt asmākam mṛta-saṃvidām

15. pitāmaha-ādyāḥ mṛtāḥ,
cit na mṛtā cet sā mriyeta,
tat asmākam mṛta-saṃvidām janma na eva nāma syāt

15. Our grandfathers and other ancestors are dead, yet consciousness itself is not dead. If that (consciousness) were to die, then for us, whose very awareness would then be 'dead', there would certainly be no birth.

Words meanings summery:

• मृताः (mṛtāḥ) - dead, deceased

• पितामह-आद्याः (pitāmaha-ādyāḥ) - grandfathers and others, ancestors etc.

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure intelligence

• न (na) - not, no

• मृता (mṛtā) - dead, deceased

• सा (sā) - she, that

• म्रियेत (mriyeta) - would die, should die

• चेत् (cet) - if

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• जन्म (janma) - birth, origin, existence

• न (na) - not, no

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, forsooth

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, should be

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our, for us

• मृत-संविदाम् (mṛta-saṁvidām) - of those whose consciousness is dead, of those with dead awareness

Words meanings and morphology

मृताः (mṛtāḥ) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, past (participle of mṛ)

Past Passive Participle

Root: mṛ (class 6)

पितामह-आद्याः (pitāmaha-ādyāḥ) - grandfathers and others, ancestors etc.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitāmahādi

pitāmahādi - grandfathers and others

Compound type : tatpurusha (pitāmaha+ādi)

• pitāmaha – paternal grandfather
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  indeclinable/noun (masculine)

चित् (cit) - consciousness, pure intelligence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, pure intelligence, mind

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मृता (mṛtā) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, past (participle of mṛ)

Past Passive Participle

Root: mṛ (class 6)

सा (sā) - she, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she (demonstrative pronoun)

म्रियेत (mriyeta) - would die, should die

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of mṛ

Root: mṛ (class 6)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

जन्म (janma) - birth, origin, existence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of janman

janman - birth, origin, production, existence

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, forsooth

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our, for us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, me

मृत-संविदाम् (mṛta-saṁvidām) - of those whose consciousness is dead, of those with dead awareness

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mṛtasaṃvid

mṛtasaṁvid - having dead consciousness, whose awareness is dead

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mṛta+saṃvid)

• mṛta – dead, deceased
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• saṃvid – consciousness, knowledge, understanding, awareness
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)