योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-22, verse-13

चेतनं बुध्यमानस्तु जीव एवावतिष्ठते ।
जीवो जीवितजीर्णेषु जातिजन्मसु जर्जरः ॥ १३ ॥

cetanaṃ budhyamānastu jīva evāvatiṣṭhate ,
jīvo jīvitajīrṇeṣu jātijanmasu jarjaraḥ 13

13. cetanam budhyamānaḥ tu jīvaḥ eva avatiṣṭhate
jīvaḥ jīvitajīrṇeṣu jātijanmasu jarjaraḥ

13. cetanam budhyamānaḥ tu jīvaḥ eva avatiṣṭhate
jīvaḥ jīvitajīrṇeṣu jātijanmasu jarjaraḥ

13. But when perceiving the sentient, the individual soul (jīva) remains merely an individual soul (jīva). This individual soul (jīva) is exhausted by worn-out existences and repeated births (jāti-janma) within saṃsāra.

Words meanings summery:

• चेतनम् (cetanam) - the conscious, the sentient, animate

• बुध्यमानः (budhyamānaḥ) - perceiving, understanding, identifying

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul, living being

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

• अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - remains, abides, stands firm

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul, living being

• जीवितजीर्णेषु (jīvitajīrṇeṣu) - in lives worn out, in aging existences

• जातिजन्मसु (jātijanmasu) - in the cycles of saṃsāra (in births and rebirths, in cycles of existence)

• जर्जरः (jarjaraḥ) - worn out, decrepit, frail, exhausted

Words meanings and morphology

चेतनम् (cetanam) - the conscious, the sentient, animate

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cetana

cetana - conscious, sentient, animate, consciousness

Derived from root cit-.

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Object of 'budhyamānaḥ'.

बुध्यमानः (budhyamānaḥ) - perceiving, understanding, identifying

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of budhyamāna

budhyamāna - perceiving, understanding, knowing, awakening

Present Middle Participle

From root 'budh' (to know, perceive) in the middle voice.

Root: budh (class 4)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul, living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - individual soul (jīva), living being, life, existence

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'avatiṣṭhate'.

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

(indeclinable)

अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - remains, abides, stands firm

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of sthā

From root sthā with prefix ava.

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul, living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - individual soul (jīva), living being, life, existence

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'jarjaraḥ' (with implied 'is').

जीवितजीर्णेषु (jīvitajīrṇeṣu) - in lives worn out, in aging existences

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of jīvitajīrṇa

jīvitajīrṇa - worn-out life, decrepit existence

Compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jīvita+jīrṇa)

• jīvita – life, existence
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root jīv-
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• jīrṇa – worn out, decayed, old, digested
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root jṝ- (to wear out)
  Root: jṝ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'jātijanmasu'.

जातिजन्मसु (jātijanmasu) - in the cycles of saṃsāra (in births and rebirths, in cycles of existence)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of jātijanman

jātijanman - birth and rebirth, cycle of existence (saṃsāra)

Dvandva compound.

Compound type : dvandva (jāti+janman)

• jāti – birth, origin, species, class
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• janman – birth, origin, existence, life
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Specifies the context in which the jīva is worn out.

जर्जरः (jarjaraḥ) - worn out, decrepit, frail, exhausted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jarjara

jarjara - worn out, dilapidated, decrepit, frail, old

Reduplicated from root jṝ (to wear out).

Root: jṝ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'jīvaḥ'.