योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-143, verse-41

मृतं निर्माति चेदन्यः कथं वास्य स्मृतिर्भवेत् ।
कथं वा स्यात्स एवासौ चेतनत्वं तमेव खम् ॥ ४१ ॥

mṛtaṃ nirmāti cedanyaḥ kathaṃ vāsya smṛtirbhavet ,
kathaṃ vā syātsa evāsau cetanatvaṃ tameva kham 41

41. mṛtam nirmāti cet anyaḥ katham vā asya smṛtiḥ bhavet
katham vā syāt saḥ eva asau cetanatvam tam eva kham

41. cet anyaḥ mṛtam nirmāti,
vā asya smṛtiḥ katham bhavet? vā saḥ eva asau cetanatvam tam eva kham katham syāt?

41. If another (being or power) were to create the deceased (i.e., their post-mortem existence), how then would there be memory (smṛti) for that person? And how could that very same individual exist merely as consciousness (cetanatva) and space (kha)?

Words meanings summery:

• मृतम् (mṛtam) - the dead (person), dead

• निर्माति (nirmāti) - creates, fashions, constructs

• चेत् (cet) - if

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, different

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• वा (vā) - or, alternatively, indeed

• अस्य (asya) - of this, his, her

• स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory, recollection

• भवेत् (bhavet) - might be, would be, should be

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• वा (vā) - or, alternatively, indeed

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

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

• असौ (asau) - that one, he, she

• चेतनत्वम् (cetanatvam) - state of being conscious, consciousness

• तम् (tam) - that (accusative)

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

• खम् (kham) - space, ether, sky

Words meanings and morphology

मृतम् (mṛtam) - the dead (person), dead

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

निर्माति (nirmāti) - creates, fashions, constructs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of nir-mā

Prefix: nis

Root: mā (class 3)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, different

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, alternatively, indeed

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of this, his, her

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory, recollection

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of smṛti

smṛti - memory, recollection, tradition

भवेत् (bhavet) - might be, would be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, alternatively, indeed

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

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

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - that one, he, she

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that one, yonder, he, she, it

चेतनत्वम् (cetanatvam) - state of being conscious, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetanatva

cetanatva - the state of being conscious, consciousness

Derived from 'cetana' (conscious) with suffix '-tva'

Note: Can also be accusative depending on context with 'syāt'

तम् (tam) - that (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to 'cetanatvam' and 'kham'

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

(indeclinable)

खम् (kham) - space, ether, sky

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - space, ether, sky

Note: Can also be nominative depending on context with 'syāt'