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

संविदाकाशमेवाहं भवानपि जना अपि ।
म्रियामहे नो कदाचित्संवित्किल कदा मृता ॥ ७ ॥

saṃvidākāśamevāhaṃ bhavānapi janā api ,
mriyāmahe no kadācitsaṃvitkila kadā mṛtā 7

7. saṃvit ākāśam eva aham bhavān api janāḥ api
mriyāmahe na u kadācit saṃvit kila kadā mṛtā

7. aham saṃvit ākāśam eva (asmi).
bhavān api janāḥ api (santi).
na u kadācit mriyāmahe.
kila saṃvit kadā mṛtā?

7. I am indeed consciousness (saṃvit) itself, like space (ākāśa); so are you, and so are all people. We never die. For when, indeed, has consciousness (saṃvit) ever died?

7. אני הוא מרחב התודעה, וכך גם אתה וכל בני האדם. לעולם איננו מתים, שהרי מתי נכחדה התודעה?

Words meanings summery:

• संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, awareness, knowledge

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether, sky

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

• अहम् (aham) - I, myself

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honored person), sir

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men, beings

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• म्रियामहे (mriyāmahe) - we die

• न (na) - not, no

• उ (u) - indeed, certainly (an emphatic particle)

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - ever, at any time, sometimes

• संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, awareness, knowledge

• किल (kila) - indeed, surely, for (an emphatic or explanatory particle)

• कदा (kadā) - when?

• मृता (mṛtā) - dead

Words meanings and morphology

संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, awareness, knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvid

saṁvid - consciousness, awareness, intelligence, knowledge

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether, sky

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether, sky, the universal medium of sound

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I, myself

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honored person), sir

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (respectful), sir, your honor

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men, beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, people, creature

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

म्रियामहे (mriyāmahe) - we die

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of mṛ

Root: mṛ (class 6)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उ (u) - indeed, certainly (an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

कदाचित् (kadācit) - ever, at any time, sometimes

(indeclinable)

संवित् (saṁvit) - consciousness, awareness, knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvid

saṁvid - consciousness, awareness, intelligence, knowledge

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

किल (kila) - indeed, surely, for (an emphatic or explanatory particle)

(indeclinable)

कदा (kadā) - when?

(indeclinable)

मृता (mṛtā) - dead

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, passed away

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root mṛ with suffix -ta

Root: mṛ (class 6)

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