योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-12, verse-18

जरामरणमापच्च जननं संपदस्तथा ।
आविर्भावतिरोभावैर्विवर्धन्ते पुनःपुनः ॥ १८ ॥

jarāmaraṇamāpacca jananaṃ saṃpadastathā ,
āvirbhāvatirobhāvairvivardhante punaḥpunaḥ 18

18. jarāmaraṇam āpat ca jananam sampadaḥ tathā
āvirbhāva-tirobhāvaiḥ vivardhante punaḥ punaḥ

18. Old age, death, calamity (āpat), birth, and prosperity (sampadas) repeatedly increase (in their manifestation) through cycles of appearance and disappearance.

18. זקנה, מוות, צרות, לידה ועושר – כולם מוסיפים ומתרבים שוב ושוב מתוך הופעה והיעלמות.

Words meanings summery:

• जरामरणम् (jarāmaraṇam) - old age and death

• आपत् (āpat) - calamity, misfortune, distress

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• जननम् (jananam) - birth, production, origin

• सम्पदः (sampadaḥ) - prosperity, wealth, success, blessings

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, also, in like manner

• आविर्भाव-तिरोभावैः (āvirbhāva-tirobhāvaiḥ) - by appearances and disappearances, by manifestation and concealment

• विवर्धन्ते (vivardhante) - they increase, they grow, they flourish

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, moreover

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

Words meanings and morphology

जरामरणम् (jarāmaraṇam) - old age and death

(noun)

neuter, singular of jarāmaraṇa

jarāmaraṇa - old age and death

Compound type : dvandva (jarā+maraṇa)

• jarā – old age, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
  From root jṝ.
  Root: jṝ (class 1)
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  From root mṛ.
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Compound treated as neuter singular (collective dvandva).

आपत् (āpat) - calamity, misfortune, distress

(noun)

feminine, singular of āpad

āpad - calamity, misfortune, distress, adversity

Note: Nominative/accusative singular of āpad (final 'd' becomes 't' in pausa or before unvoiced consonant).

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

जननम् (jananam) - birth, production, origin

(noun)

neuter, singular of janana

janana - birth, production, origin, generation

From root jan.

Root: jan (class 4)

सम्पदः (sampadaḥ) - prosperity, wealth, success, blessings

(noun)

feminine, plural of sampad

sampad - prosperity, wealth, success, attainment, possession, blessing

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Plural form, often refers to various forms of prosperity/possessions.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, also, in like manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here to connect items in a list.

आविर्भाव-तिरोभावैः (āvirbhāva-tirobhāvaiḥ) - by appearances and disappearances, by manifestation and concealment

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of āvirbhāva-tirobhāva

āvirbhāva-tirobhāva - appearance and disappearance, manifestation and concealment

Compound type : dvandva (āvirbhāva+tirobhāva)

• āvirbhāva – appearance, manifestation
  noun (masculine)
  From āvis + bhū.
  Prefix: āvis
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• tirobhāva – disappearance, concealment, obscuration
  noun (masculine)
  From tiras + bhū.
  Prefix: tiras
  Root: bhū (class 1)

विवर्धन्ते (vivardhante) - they increase, they grow, they flourish

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of vivṛdh

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Derived from vi + vṛdh (1st class, ātmanepada).

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, moreover

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition for emphasis 'again and again'.

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