योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-96, verse-35

तच्चेतनं चेन्म्रियते तज्जनाः प्रत्यहं मृताः ।
ब्रूत किं न मृता यूयं तन्मृतं किल चेतनम् ॥ ३५ ॥

taccetanaṃ cenmriyate tajjanāḥ pratyahaṃ mṛtāḥ ,
brūta kiṃ na mṛtā yūyaṃ tanmṛtaṃ kila cetanam 35

35. tat cetanam cet mriyate tat janāḥ prati-aham mṛtāḥ
brūta kim na mṛtā yūyam tat mṛtam kila cetanam

35. cet tat cetanam mriyate,
(tarhi) tat janāḥ prati-aham mṛtāḥ (syuḥ).
brūta,
yūyam kim na mṛtāḥ? (yadi yūyam na mṛtāḥ tarhi) tat cetanam kila mṛtam (na asti).

35. If that consciousness were to die, then those people would be dead every single day. Tell me, are *you* not dead (in that scenario)? [Of course not!] So how can it be that consciousness is supposedly dead?

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• चेतनम् (cetanam) - consciousness

• चेत् (cet) - if, when

• म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, perishes

• तत् (tat) - those

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people

• प्रति-अहम् (prati-aham) - daily, every day

• मृताः (mṛtāḥ) - dead, deceased

• ब्रूत (brūta) - tell, say, speak (you plural)

• किम् (kim) - why, what, how

• न (na) - not, no

• मृता (mṛtā) - dead, deceased

• यूयम् (yūyam) - you (plural)

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead, deceased

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, supposedly, it is said that

• चेतनम् (cetanam) - consciousness

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

चेतनम् (cetanam) - consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetana

cetana - conscious, sentient, intelligence, consciousness

Root: cit (class 1)

चेत् (cet) - if, when

(indeclinable)

म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, perishes

(verb)

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

Root: mṛ (class 4)

तत् (tat) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

जनाः (janāḥ) - people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, man, creature

Root: jan (class 4)

प्रति-अहम् (prati-aham) - daily, every day

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (prati+ahan)

• prati – towards, against, every, each
  indeclinable
• ahan – day
  noun (neuter)

मृताः (mṛtāḥ) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, expired

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'mṛ' (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 4)

ब्रूत (brūta) - tell, say, speak (you plural)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

किम् (kim) - why, what, how

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मृता (mṛtā) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, expired

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'mṛ' (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 4)

यूयम् (yūyam) - you (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, expired

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'mṛ' (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 4)

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, supposedly, it is said that

(indeclinable)

चेतनम् (cetanam) - consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetana

cetana - conscious, sentient, intelligence, consciousness

Root: cit (class 1)