कुलार्णव-तन्त्रम्
kulārṇava-tantram
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chapter-1, verse-50
जीवस्तृणजलौकेव देहाद्देहान्तरं व्रजेत् ।
सम्प्राप्य परमंशेन देहं त्यजति पूर्वजम् ॥५०॥
सम्प्राप्य परमंशेन देहं त्यजति पूर्वजम् ॥५०॥
50. jīvastṛṇajalaukeva dehāddehāntaraṁ vrajet ,
samprāpya paramaṁśena dehaṁ tyajati pūrvajam.
samprāpya paramaṁśena dehaṁ tyajati pūrvajam.
50.
jīvaḥ tṛṇajalaukā iva dehāt dehāntaram vrajet
samprāpya param aṃśena deham tyajati pūrvajam
samprāpya param aṃśena deham tyajati pūrvajam
50.
jīvaḥ tṛṇajalaukā iva dehāt dehāntaram vrajet,
aṃśena param (deham) samprāpya pūrvajam deham tyajati
aṃśena param (deham) samprāpya pūrvajam deham tyajati
50. Just like a leech on a blade of grass, the individual soul moves from one body to another; only after firmly grasping the next body with a portion of itself does it let go of the previous one.
Words meanings summery:
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- जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul
- तृणजलौका (tṛṇajalaukā) - grass leech
- इव (iva) - just like
- देहात् (dehāt) - from the body
- देहान्तरम् (dehāntaram) - to another body
- व्रजेत् (vrajet) - moves, goes
- सम्प्राप्य (samprāpya) - having reached, having attached to
- परम् (param) - the next, subsequent
- अंशेन (aṁśena) - with a portion/part
- देहम् (deham) - body
- त्यजति (tyajati) - abandons, lets go of
- पूर्वजम् (pūrvajam) - the former, the previous (body)
Words meanings and morphology
जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva
jīva - individual soul
तृणजलौका (tṛṇajalaukā) - grass leech
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛṇajalaukā
tṛṇajalaukā - a leech moving on grass
Compound type : tatpurusha (tṛṇa+jalaukā)
- tṛṇa – grass
noun (neuter) - jalaukā – leech
noun (feminine)
इव (iva) - just like
(indeclinable)
देहात् (dehāt) - from the body
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of deha
deha - body
देहान्तरम् (dehāntaram) - to another body
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of dehāntara
dehāntara - another body
Compound type : karmadharaya (deha+antara)
- deha – body
noun (masculine) - antara – other, different
adjective
व्रजेत् (vrajet) - moves, goes
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (lin) of vraj
Root: vraj (class 1)
सम्प्राप्य (samprāpya) - having reached, having attached to
(indeclinable)
absolutive
Prefixes: sam+pra
Root: āp
परम् (param) - the next, subsequent
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of para
para - next, other
अंशेन (aṁśena) - with a portion/part
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of aṃśa
aṁśa - part, portion
देहम् (deham) - body
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of deha
deha - body
त्यजति (tyajati) - abandons, lets go of
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of tyaj
Root: tyaj (class 1)
पूर्वजम् (pūrvajam) - the former, the previous (body)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of pūrvaja
pūrvaja - previous, former