वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-98, verse-16

सर्वे क्षयान्ता निचयाः पतनान्ताः समुच्छ्रयाः ।
संयोगा विप्रयोगान्ता मरणान्तं च जीवितम् ॥१६॥

16. sarve kṣayāntā nicayāḥ patanāntāḥ samucchrayāḥ ,
saṃyogā viprayogāntā maraṇāntaṃ ca jīvitam.

16. sarve kṣayāntāḥ nicayāḥ patanāntāḥ samucchrayāḥ
saṃyogāḥ viprayogāntāḥ maraṇāntam ca jīvitam

16. sarve nicayāḥ kṣayāntāḥ.
samucchrayāḥ patanāntāḥ.
saṃyogāḥ viprayogāntāḥ.
jīvitam ca maraṇāntam

16. All accumulations (nicaya) end in decay (kṣaya); all ascents (samucchraya) end in falls (patana); all unions (saṃyoga) end in separations (viprayoga); and life ends in death.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• क्षयान्ताः (kṣayāntāḥ) - ending in decay, perishable

• निचयाः (nicayāḥ) - accumulations, collections, heaps

• पतनान्ताः (patanāntāḥ) - ending in a fall, destined to fall

• समुच्छ्रयाः (samucchrayāḥ) - ascents, rises, elevations, prosperities

• संयोगाः (saṁyogāḥ) - unions, conjunctions, contacts

• विप्रयोगान्ताः (viprayogāntāḥ) - ending in separation

• मरणान्तम् (maraṇāntam) - ending in death, mortal

• च (ca) - and, also

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living, existence

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

क्षयान्ताः (kṣayāntāḥ) - ending in decay, perishable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣayānta

kṣayānta - ending in decay/destruction, perishable

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣaya+anta)

• kṣaya – decay, destruction, loss, decrease
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root 'kṣi' (to decay).
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

निचयाः (nicayāḥ) - accumulations, collections, heaps

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nicaya

nicaya - accumulation, collection, heap, store

Derived from the root 'ci' (to collect) with prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: ci (class 5)

पतनान्ताः (patanāntāḥ) - ending in a fall, destined to fall

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of patanānta

patanānta - ending in a fall, having fall as the end

Compound type : tatpurusha (patana+anta)

• patana – falling, descent, fall
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from the root 'pat' (to fall) with the suffix 'ana'.
  Root: pat (class 1)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

समुच्छ्रयाः (samucchrayāḥ) - ascents, rises, elevations, prosperities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samucchraya

samucchraya - rise, ascent, elevation, prosperity, exaltation

Derived from the root 'śrī' (to go, to mix) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ut'.

Prefixes: sam+ut

Root: śrī (class 1)

संयोगाः (saṁyogāḥ) - unions, conjunctions, contacts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃyoga

saṁyoga - union, conjunction, contact, combination

Derived from the root 'yuj' (to join) with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

विप्रयोगान्ताः (viprayogāntāḥ) - ending in separation

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viprayogānta

viprayogānta - ending in separation, having separation as the end

Compound type : tatpurusha (viprayoga+anta)

• viprayoga – separation, disunion, absence, loss
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root 'yuj' (to join) with prefixes 'vi' and 'pra'.
  Prefixes: vi+pra
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

मरणान्तम् (maraṇāntam) - ending in death, mortal

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇānta

maraṇānta - ending in death, having death as the end, mortal

Compound type : tatpurusha (maraṇa+anta)

• maraṇa – death, dying, mortality
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from the root 'mṛ' (to die) with the suffix 'ana'.
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living, existence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, existence, livelihood

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'jīv' (to live) with the suffix 'kta', here nominalized.

Root: jīv (class 1)