वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-98, verse-19

अहोरात्राणि गच्छन्ति सर्वेषां प्राणिनामिह ।
आयूंषि क्षपयन्त्याशु ग्रीष्मे जलमिवांशवः ॥१९॥

19. ahorātrāṇi gacchanti sarveṣāṃ prāṇināmiha ,
āyūṃṣi kṣapayantyāśu grīṣme jalamivāṃśavaḥ.

19. ahorātrāṇi gacchanti sarveṣām prāṇinām iha
āyūṃṣi kṣapayanti āśu grīṣme jalam iva aṃśavaḥ

19. iha sarveṣām prāṇinām ahorātrāṇi gacchanti
grīṣme aṃśavaḥ jalam iva āśu āyūṃṣi kṣapayanti

19. Days and nights pass for all creatures here. Just as sunbeams (aṃśavaḥ) rapidly dry up water in summer, so too do they swiftly exhaust their lifespans.

Words meanings summery:

• अहोरात्राणि (ahorātrāṇi) - days and nights, day-night cycles

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - pass (pass, go, proceed)

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all, for all

• प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of living beings, of creatures

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this case)

• आयूंषि (āyūṁṣi) - lifespans, ages

• क्षपयन्ति (kṣapayanti) - swiftly exhaust (diminish, exhaust, destroy, cause to waste away)

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, rapidly

• ग्रीष्मे (grīṣme) - in summer

• जलम् (jalam) - water

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अंशवः (aṁśavaḥ) - sunbeams (rays (of sun), sunbeams)

Words meanings and morphology

अहोरात्राणि (ahorātrāṇi) - days and nights, day-night cycles

(noun)

neuter, plural of ahorātra

ahorātra - day and night (as a compound)

Compound type : dvandva (ahas+rātra)

• ahas – day
  noun (neuter)
• rātra – night
  noun (neuter)

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - pass (pass, go, proceed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all, for all

(pronoun/adjective)

प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of living beings, of creatures

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prāṇin

prāṇin - living being, creature, animate being

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

आयूंषि (āyūṁṣi) - lifespans, ages

(noun)

neuter, plural of āyus

āyus - life, lifespan, vital power

क्षपयन्ति (kṣapayanti) - swiftly exhaust (diminish, exhaust, destroy, cause to waste away)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kṣapaya

causative

causative of root √kṣi (to waste, diminish)

Root: kṣi (class 1)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, rapidly

(indeclinable)

ग्रीष्मे (grīṣme) - in summer

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of grīṣma

grīṣma - summer, hot season

जलम् (jalam) - water

(noun)

neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अंशवः (aṁśavaḥ) - sunbeams (rays (of sun), sunbeams)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aṃśu

aṁśu - ray, beam, filament

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