योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-96, verse-36

तस्मान्न म्रियते किंचिन्न च जीवति किंचन ।
जीवामीति मृतोऽस्मीति चिच्चेतति न नश्यति ॥ ३६ ॥

tasmānna mriyate kiṃcinna ca jīvati kiṃcana ,
jīvāmīti mṛto'smīti ciccetati na naśyati 36

36. tasmāt na mriyate kiñcit na ca jīvati kiñcana |
jīvāmi iti mṛtaḥ asmi iti cit cetati na naśyati ||

36. tasmāt kiñcit na mriyate ca kiñcana na jīvati
cit jīvāmi iti mṛtaḥ asmi iti cetati na naśyati

36. Therefore, nothing truly dies, nor does anything truly come into being (in the ultimate sense). Consciousness (cit) merely cognizes experiences such as "I am living" or "I am dead," but this consciousness itself never perishes.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• न (na) - not, no

• म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, is dying

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• जीवति (jīvati) - lives, is living

• किञ्चन (kiñcana) - anything, something, any whatsoever

• जीवामि (jīvāmi) - I live, I am living

• इति (iti) - used as a quotation marker (thus, so, in this way)

• मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead, one who has died

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - used as a quotation marker (thus, so, in this way)

• चित् (cit) - consciousness, mind, intellect

• चेतति (cetati) - perceives, is conscious, thinks

• न (na) - not, no

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is lost, disappears

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

ablative singular of 'tad' (that), used adverbially

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, is dying

(verb)

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

Root: mṛ (class 4)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcit

kiñcit - anything, something, a little

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

जीवति (jīvati) - lives, is living

(verb)

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

Root: jīv (class 1)

किञ्चन (kiñcana) - anything, something, any whatsoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcana

kiñcana - anything, something, any whatsoever

formed from 'kim' with the suffix 'cana'

जीवामि (jīvāmi) - I live, I am living

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

इति (iti) - used as a quotation marker (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead, one who has died

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, lifeless

Past Passive Participle

derived from root mṛ (to die) with suffix -ta

Root: mṛ (class 4)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - used as a quotation marker (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

चित् (cit) - consciousness, mind, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, mind, thought, intellect

Root: cit

चेतति (cetati) - perceives, is conscious, thinks

(verb)

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

Root: cit (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is lost, disappears

(verb)

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

Root: naś (class 4)

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