वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-23, verse-13

अथ वा नश्यति प्रज्ञा प्राज्ञस्यापि सतस्तव ।
पचत्येनं तथा कालो भूतानां प्रभवो ह्ययम् ॥१३॥

13. atha vā naśyati prajñā prājñasyāpi satastava ,
pacatyenaṃ tathā kālo bhūtānāṃ prabhavo hyayam.

13. atha vā naśyati prajñā prājñasya api sataḥ tava
pacati enam tathā kālaḥ bhūtānām prabhavaḥ hi ayam

13. atha vā prājñasya api sataḥ tava prajñā naśyati
tathā kālaḥ enam pacati hi ayam bhūtānām prabhavaḥ

13. Or perhaps, even the intelligence (prajñā) of you, who are wise, perishes; for thus time (kāla) devours him, and indeed, this (kāla) is the origin of all beings.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover, or

• वा (vā) - or, either

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

• प्रज्ञा (prajñā) - intelligence (prajñā) (intelligence, wisdom, discernment)

• प्राज्ञस्य (prājñasya) - of the wise one

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• सतः (sataḥ) - of being, of existing, of the good (masc/neut gen sg of sant)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• पचति (pacati) - cooks, ripens, digests, consumes

• एनम् (enam) - him (the wise one, whose intelligence perishes) (him, this (masculine accusative singular))

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time (kāla) (time, fate, death)

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures, of elements

• प्रभवः (prabhavaḥ) - origin, source, birth, power

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover, or

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

(verb)

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

Root: naś (class 4)

प्रज्ञा (prajñā) - intelligence (prajñā) (intelligence, wisdom, discernment)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prajñā

prajñā - intelligence, wisdom, discernment

प्राज्ञस्य (prājñasya) - of the wise one

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of prājña

prājña - wise, intelligent, learned

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

सतः (sataḥ) - of being, of existing, of the good (masc/neut gen sg of sant)

(verbal derivative)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पचति (pacati) - cooks, ripens, digests, consumes

(verb)

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

Root: pac (class 1)

एनम् (enam) - him (the wise one, whose intelligence perishes) (him, this (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

कालः (kālaḥ) - time (kāla) (time, fate, death)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, black, death

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures, of elements

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past

प्रभवः (prabhavaḥ) - origin, source, birth, power

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabhava

prabhava - origin, source, birth, power

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this