योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-22, verse-29

जीवन्तोऽपि न जीवन्ति म्रियन्ते न मृता अपि ।
सन्तोपि च न सन्तीव पारावारविदः शुभाः ॥ २९ ॥

jīvanto'pi na jīvanti mriyante na mṛtā api ,
santopi ca na santīva pārāvāravidaḥ śubhāḥ 29

29. jīvantaḥ api na jīvanti mriyante na mṛtāḥ api
santaḥ api ca na santi iva pārāvāra-vidaḥ śubhāḥ

29. pārāvāra-vidaḥ śubhāḥ jīvantaḥ api na jīvanti,
mṛtāḥ api na mriyante,
santaḥ api ca na santi iva.

29. Even while living, they do not truly live; even when dead, they do not truly die. Even while existing, they do not truly exist, those pure ones (śubhāḥ) who know the shore and the beyond (pārāvāra-vidaḥ).

Words meanings summery:

• जीवन्तः (jīvantaḥ) - living ones, those who are alive

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• न (na) - not, no

• जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they do not truly live (in a liberated sense) (they live, they exist)

• म्रियन्ते (mriyante) - they do not truly die (as their essence is immortal) (they die)

• न (na) - not, no

• मृताः (mṛtāḥ) - dead ones, those who are dead

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• सन्तः (santaḥ) - existing ones, good people, saints

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• च (ca) - and, also

• न (na) - not, no

• सन्ति (santi) - they do not truly exist (in the conventional, bound sense) (they are, they exist)

• इव (iva) - in this context, implying 'truly' or 'really' (ironically negating it) (as if, like, as, in a manner)

• पारावार-विदः (pārāvāra-vidaḥ) - those who understand both the worldly and transcendental realities, or the beginning and end (knowers of the near and far shore, knowers of both sides)

• शुभाः (śubhāḥ) - pure ones, auspicious ones, good ones

Words meanings and morphology

जीवन्तः (jīvantaḥ) - living ones, those who are alive

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive, existing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root jīv (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they do not truly live (in a liberated sense) (they live, they exist)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

म्रियन्ते (mriyante) - they do not truly die (as their essence is immortal) (they die)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of mṛ

Root: mṛ (class 6)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मृताः (mṛtāḥ) - dead ones, those who are dead

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, lifeless

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root mṛ (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

सन्तः (santaḥ) - existing ones, good people, saints

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous, real

Present Active Participle

Derived from root as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सन्ति (santi) - they do not truly exist (in the conventional, bound sense) (they are, they exist)

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

इव (iva) - in this context, implying 'truly' or 'really' (ironically negating it) (as if, like, as, in a manner)

(indeclinable)

पारावार-विदः (pārāvāra-vidaḥ) - those who understand both the worldly and transcendental realities, or the beginning and end (knowers of the near and far shore, knowers of both sides)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pārāvāra-vid

pārāvāra-vid - knower of both sides/shores, knower of the past and future, all-knowing

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pārāvāra+vid)

• pāra – further bank, opposite shore, end, limit
  noun (masculine)
• avāra – near shore, hither bank
  noun (masculine)
• vid – knower, understanding
  noun (masculine)
  Suffix indicating 'knower of'.
  Root: vid (class 2)

शुभाः (śubhāḥ) - pure ones, auspicious ones, good ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śubha

śubha - auspicious, pure, radiant, beautiful, good