योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-159, verse-50

पुनर्दृश्योपलम्भश्चेन्ननु जीवितमेव तत् ।
तस्मान्नेहास्ति मरणं तन्नैवेहास्ति जीवितम् ॥ ५० ॥

punardṛśyopalambhaścennanu jīvitameva tat ,
tasmānnehāsti maraṇaṃ tannaivehāsti jīvitam 50

50. punaḥ dṛśya upalambhaḥ cet nanu jīvitam eva tat |
tasmāt na iha asti maraṇam tat na eva iha asti jīvitam

50. nanu cet punaḥ dṛśya upalambhaḥ eva tat jīvitam tasmāt
iha maraṇam na asti tat eva iha jīvitam na asti

50. If there is repeated perception of what is seen, then indeed, that itself is life. Therefore, there is no death here; and similarly, there is no life here either (in a conventional sense, in the ultimate reality).

Words meanings summery:

• पुनः (punaḥ) - repeatedly (again, repeatedly, moreover)

• दृश्य (dṛśya) - what is seen, a visible object (visible, to be seen, an object of sight, phenomenon)

• उपलम्भः (upalambhaḥ) - perception, experience (perception, acquisition, finding, experience)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• ननु (nanu) - indeed, surely (indeed, surely, is it not?)

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (life, living, existence)

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

• तत् (tat) - that, it (referring to the repeated perception) (that, it)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• इह (iha) - here, in this (context of ultimate reality) (here, in this world, in this case)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death (death, dying)

• तत् (tat) - and thus (as a conjunction introducing the next clause) (that, it)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

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

• इह (iha) - here, in this (context of ultimate reality) (here, in this world, in this case)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (life, living, existence)

Words meanings and morphology

पुनः (punaḥ) - repeatedly (again, repeatedly, moreover)

(indeclinable)

दृश्य (dṛśya) - what is seen, a visible object (visible, to be seen, an object of sight, phenomenon)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, an object of sight, a spectacle

Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛtya)

Derived from root 'dṛś' (to see) with the suffix '-ya'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Used here as a substantive (noun) meaning 'the visible thing'.

उपलम्भः (upalambhaḥ) - perception, experience (perception, acquisition, finding, experience)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upalambha

upalambha - perception, experience, acquisition, obtaining, finding

Derived from 'upa' (prefix) + root 'labh' (to obtain, perceive) + suffix '-a'

Prefix: upa

Root: labh (class 1)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

ननु (nanu) - indeed, surely (indeed, surely, is it not?)

(indeclinable)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (life, living, existence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, livelihood, living; (as adjective) living, alive

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'jīv' (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it (referring to the repeated perception) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it, he, she

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that)

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it, he, she

Note: Used here as an indeclinable 'therefore'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this (context of ultimate reality) (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death (death, dying)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying, the act of dying

Derived from root 'mṛ' (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

तत् (tat) - and thus (as a conjunction introducing the next clause) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it, he, she

Note: Used here idiomatically as a conjunction meaning 'and then, and thus'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this (context of ultimate reality) (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (life, living, existence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, livelihood, living; (as adjective) living, alive

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'jīv' (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)