महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-308, verse-120

कौमाराद्यौवनं चापि स्थाविर्यं चापि यौवनात् ।
अनेन क्रमयोगेन पूर्वं पूर्वं न लभ्यते ॥१२०॥

120. kaumārādyauvanaṁ cāpi sthāviryaṁ cāpi yauvanāt ,
anena kramayogena pūrvaṁ pūrvaṁ na labhyate.

120. kaumārāt yauvanam ca api sthāviryam ca api yauvanāt
anena kramayogena pūrvam pūrvam na labhyate

120. kaumārāt yauvanam ca api,
yauvanāt sthāviryam ca api,
anena kramayogena pūrvam pūrvam na labhyate

120. And from childhood (kaumāra) comes youth, and from youth, old age. By this successive process (kramayoga), each preceding state is no longer perceived.

Words meanings summery:

• कौमारात् (kaumārāt) - from childhood

• यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth, adolescence

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• स्थाविर्यम् (sthāviryam) - old age, decrepitude

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• यौवनात् (yauvanāt) - from youth

• अनेन (anena) - by this

• क्रमयोगेन (kramayogena) - by the process of succession, by this sequence

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - the former, the preceding

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - the former, the preceding

• न (na) - not

• लभ्यते (labhyate) - is obtained, is found, is perceived

Words meanings and morphology

कौमारात् (kaumārāt) - from childhood

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kaumāra

kaumāra - childhood, youth, state of a boy

Derived from kumāra (boy)

यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth, adolescence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yauvana

yauvana - youth, state of being young, adolescence

Derived from yuvan (young)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

स्थाविर्यम् (sthāviryam) - old age, decrepitude

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthāvirya

sthāvirya - old age, decrepitude

Derived from sthavira (old)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

यौवनात् (yauvanāt) - from youth

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of yauvana

yauvana - youth, state of being young

अनेन (anena) - by this

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with kramayogena.

क्रमयोगेन (kramayogena) - by the process of succession, by this sequence

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kramayoga

kramayoga - process of succession, progressive order, sequence

Compound of krama (order, succession) and yoga (joining, application, process)

Compound type : tatpurusha (krama+yoga)

• krama – step, order, succession, sequence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kram (class 1)
• yoga – joining, union, method, practice, process
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yuj (class 7)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - the former, the preceding

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pūrva

pūrva - former, preceding, prior, earlier

Note: Used distributively with repetition 'pūrvam pūrvam' meaning 'each preceding (state)'.

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - the former, the preceding

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pūrva

pūrva - former, preceding, prior, earlier

Note: Used distributively with repetition 'pūrvam pūrvam' meaning 'each preceding (state)'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

लभ्यते (labhyate) - is obtained, is found, is perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of labh

Present Passive Indicative

From root labh (1st class) with passive suffix -ya-.

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: The subject is pūrvam pūrvam (implied, each preceding state).