योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-190, verse-21

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
एवं चेत्तन्महाबाहो ज्ञप्तिरेव जगत्त्रयम् ।
विशुद्धज्ञानदेहस्य कुतो मरणजन्मनी ॥ २१ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
evaṃ cettanmahābāho jñaptireva jagattrayam ,
viśuddhajñānadehasya kuto maraṇajanmanī 21

21. śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | evam cet
tat mahābāho jñaptiḥ eva jagat-trayam
| viśuddha-jñāna-dehasya
kutaḥ maraṇa-janmanī || 21 ||

21. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: If it is so, O mighty-armed one (mahābāho), then this very consciousness (jñapti) is the three worlds. For one whose body is pure consciousness (jñāna), from where would there be death and birth?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (as the speaker) (the illustrious Vasiṣṭha)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha said (he said, spoke)

• एवम् (evam) - if it is so (thus, in this way, so)

• चेत् (cet) - if (if, supposing that)

• तत् (tat) - then (that, then)

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one (mahābāho) (vocative, referring to Rāma) (O mighty-armed one)

• ज्ञप्तिः (jñaptiḥ) - this very consciousness (consciousness, knowledge, apprehension)

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

• जगत्-त्रयम् (jagat-trayam) - the three worlds (the three worlds, the universe)

• विशुद्ध-ज्ञान-देहस्य (viśuddha-jñāna-dehasya) - for one whose body is pure consciousness (jñāna) (of one whose body is pure knowledge, of the pure body of knowledge)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where (how) (from where, whence, how)

• मरण-जन्मनी (maraṇa-janmanī) - death and birth (death and birth, birth and death)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठ (śrīvasiṣṭha) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha (as the speaker) (the illustrious Vasiṣṭha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (a sage)

Compound type : karma_dhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – beauty, prosperity, glory, holy
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (a proper name, a celebrated sage)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: vas (class 2)

उवाच (uvāca) - Śrī Vasiṣṭha said (he said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of vac

Perfect Tense (Lit)

3rd person singular perfect active

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - if it is so (thus, in this way, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Paired with `cet` (if).

चेत् (cet) - if (if, supposing that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to introduce a conditional clause.

तत् (tat) - then (that, then)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one (mahābāho) (vocative, referring to Rāma) (O mighty-armed one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, one with powerful arms

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Common epithet for powerful heroes like Rāma.

ज्ञप्तिः (jñaptiḥ) - this very consciousness (consciousness, knowledge, apprehension)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jñapti

jñapti - consciousness, knowledge, apprehension

Derived from √jñā (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Subject of the clause.

एव (eva) - very (indeed, just, only)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes `jñaptiḥ`.

जगत्-त्रयम् (jagat-trayam) - the three worlds (the three worlds, the universe)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat-traya

jagat-traya - the three worlds (heaven, earth, netherworld), the universe

Compound type : dvigu (jagat+traya)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Present active participle of root gam, used as a noun.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• traya – triad, group of three
  noun (neuter)

Note: Predicate nominative to `jñaptiḥ`.

विशुद्ध-ज्ञान-देहस्य (viśuddha-jñāna-dehasya) - for one whose body is pure consciousness (jñāna) (of one whose body is pure knowledge, of the pure body of knowledge)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of viśuddha-jñāna-deha

viśuddha-jñāna-deha - one whose body is pure knowledge/consciousness

Compound type : bahuvrihi (viśuddha+jñāna+deha)

• viśuddha – pure, perfectly clean, purified
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from vi- + √śudh (to purify)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śudh (class 4)
• jñāna – knowledge, consciousness, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from √jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• deha – body, form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 2)

Note: Expresses possession, "for one who has...".

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where (how) (from where, whence, how)

(indeclinable)

मरण-जन्मनी (maraṇa-janmanī) - death and birth (death and birth, birth and death)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of maraṇa-janman

maraṇa-janman - death and birth

Compound type : dvandva (maraṇa+janman)

• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  Derived from √mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• janman – birth, origin, existence
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  Derived from √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Dual form indicating "both death and birth".