कुलार्णव-तन्त्रम्
kulārṇava-tantram
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chapter-1, verse-31
शतं जीवितमत्यल्पं निद्रा स्यादर्द्धहारिणी ।
बाल्यरोगजरादुःखैरर्द्धं तदपि निष्फलम् ॥३१॥
बाल्यरोगजरादुःखैरर्द्धं तदपि निष्फलम् ॥३१॥
31. śataṁ jīvitamatyalpaṁ nidrā syādarddhahāriṇī ,
bālyarogajarāduḥkhairarddhaṁ tadapi niṣphalam.
bālyarogajarāduḥkhairarddhaṁ tadapi niṣphalam.
31.
śatam jīvitam atyalpam nidrā syāt ardhahāriṇī
bālyarogajarāduḥkhaiḥ ardham tat api niṣphalam
bālyarogajarāduḥkhaiḥ ardham tat api niṣphalam
31.
śatam jīvitam atyalpam,
nidrā ardhahāriṇī syāt,
tat api ardham bālyarogajarāduḥkhaiḥ niṣphalam
nidrā ardhahāriṇī syāt,
tat api ardham bālyarogajarāduḥkhaiḥ niṣphalam
31. A lifespan of a hundred years is extremely short. Sleep takes away half of it, and even the remaining half becomes fruitless through the miseries of childhood, illness, and old age.
Words meanings summery:
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- शतम् (śatam) - a hundred (years)
- जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, duration of life
- अत्यल्पम् (atyalpam) - exceedingly small, very short
- निद्रा (nidrā) - sleep
- स्यात् (syāt) - is, would be
- अर्धहारिणी (ardhahāriṇī) - taking away half
- बाल्यरोगजरादुःखैः (bālyarogajarāduḥkhaiḥ) - by the troubles of childhood, disease, and old age
- अर्धम् (ardham) - half
- तत् (tat) - that
- अपि (api) - even, also
- निष्फलम् (niṣphalam) - fruitless, useless
Words meanings and morphology
शतम् (śatam) - a hundred (years)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śata
śata - a hundred
जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, duration of life
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita
jīvita - life, living, existence
अत्यल्पम् (atyalpam) - exceedingly small, very short
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of atyalpa
atyalpa - very little, extremely short
Compound type : tatpurusha (ati+alpa)
- ati – excessive, very
indeclinable - alpa – small, little, short
adjective (neuter)
निद्रा (nidrā) - sleep
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of nidrā
nidrā - sleep, slumber
स्यात् (syāt) - is, would be
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative active (vidhilin) of as
Root: as (class 2)
अर्धहारिणी (ardhahāriṇī) - taking away half
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of ardhahāriṇī
ardhahāriṇī - stealing or carrying off half
Compound type : tatpurusha (ardha+hāriṇī)
- ardha – half
noun (neuter) - hāriṇī – stealing, carrying off
adjective (feminine)
बाल्यरोगजरादुःखैः (bālyarogajarāduḥkhaiḥ) - by the troubles of childhood, disease, and old age
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of bālyarogajarāduḥkha
bālyarogajarāduḥkha - sorrows resulting from childhood, sickness, and old age
Compound type : tatpurusha (bālya+roga+jarā+duḥkha)
- bālya – childhood
noun (neuter) - roga – disease, illness
noun (masculine) - jarā – old age
noun (feminine) - duḥkha – sorrow, misery
noun (neuter)
अर्धम् (ardham) - half
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ardha
ardha - half
तत् (tat) - that
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that
अपि (api) - even, also
(indeclinable)
निष्फलम् (niṣphalam) - fruitless, useless
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of niṣphala
niṣphala - fruitless, useless, without result
Compound type : bahuvrihi (nir+phala)
- nir – without, devoid of
indeclinable - phala – fruit, result
noun (neuter)