महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-137, verse-46

तुल्यं चोभे प्रवर्तेते मरणं जन्म चैव ह ।
कार्यते चैव कालेन तन्निमित्तं हि जीवति ॥४६॥

46. tulyaṁ cobhe pravartete maraṇaṁ janma caiva ha ,
kāryate caiva kālena tannimittaṁ hi jīvati.

46. tulyam ca ubhe pravartere maraṇam janma ca eva
ha kāryate ca eva kālena tat nimittam hi jīvati

46. janma ca maraṇam ca ubhe tulyam eva ha pravartere
kālena eva ca kāryate hi tat nimittam jīvati

46. Both birth and death occur equally. Indeed, everything is brought about by time, and for that very reason, one continues to live.

Words meanings summery:

• तुल्यम् (tulyam) - equal, similar, corresponding

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• उभे (ubhe) - both (feminine/neuter dual)

• प्रवर्तेरे (pravartere) - they proceed, they occur, they come into being

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

• जन्म (janma) - birth, origin, existence

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (a particle of emphasis)

• कार्यते (kāryate) - is caused, is made to act, is performed, is brought about

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

• कालेन (kālena) - by time, through time

• तत् (tat) - that, this

• निमित्तम् (nimittam) - for that reason (reason, cause, motive, sign)

• हि (hi) - for, because, indeed

• जीवति (jīvati) - lives, exists, remains alive

Words meanings and morphology

तुल्यम् (tulyam) - equal, similar, corresponding

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tulya

tulya - equal, similar, comparable

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

उभे (ubhe) - both (feminine/neuter dual)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of ubha

ubha - both

प्रवर्तेरे (pravartere) - they proceed, they occur, they come into being

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vṛt

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying, act of dying

Derived from root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

जन्म (janma) - birth, origin, existence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of janman

janman - birth, origin, creation, existence

Derived from root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (a particle of emphasis)

(indeclinable)

कार्यते (kāryate) - is caused, is made to act, is performed, is brought about

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

कालेन (kālena) - by time, through time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, destiny

तत् (tat) - that, this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

निमित्तम् (nimittam) - for that reason (reason, cause, motive, sign)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nimitta

nimitta - cause, reason, motive, sign, omen, mark

हि (hi) - for, because, indeed

(indeclinable)

जीवति (jīvati) - lives, exists, remains alive

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)