योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-23, verse-11

हरत्ययं नाशयति करोत्यत्ति निहन्ति च ।
कालः संसारनृत्तं हि नानारूपं यथा नटः ॥ ११ ॥

haratyayaṃ nāśayati karotyatti nihanti ca ,
kālaḥ saṃsāranṛttaṃ hi nānārūpaṃ yathā naṭaḥ 11

11. harati ayam nāśayati karoti atti nihanti ca
kālaḥ saṃsāranṛttam hi nānārūpam yathā naṭaḥ

11. ayam harati nāśayati karoti atti ca nihanti.
kālaḥ hi nānārūpam saṃsāranṛttam (bhavati) yathā naṭaḥ.

11. This (time) takes away, destroys, creates, devours, and kills. Indeed, time is the dance of existence (saṃsāra), multifarious like an actor.

Words meanings summery:

• हरति (harati) - takes away, carries off, seizes, destroys

• अयम् (ayam) - this (time) (this, he)

• नाशयति (nāśayati) - destroys, causes to perish, ruins

• करोति (karoti) - creates, brings into being (in the cycle of existence) (does, makes, creates, performs)

• अत्ति (atti) - eats, devours

• निहन्ति (nihanti) - strikes down, kills, destroys, puts an end to

• च (ca) - and, also

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time, death

• संसारनृत्तम् (saṁsāranṛttam) - the dance of existence, the dance of transmigration

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

• नानारूपम् (nānārūpam) - of various forms, multifarious, diverse

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• नटः (naṭaḥ) - an actor, dancer

Words meanings and morphology

हरति (harati) - takes away, carries off, seizes, destroys

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of hṛ

Root verb

Root: hṛ (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this (time) (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with kālaḥ.

नाशयति (nāśayati) - destroys, causes to perish, ruins

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (ṇic / laṭ) of nāśay

causative

Causative stem of root naś (to perish).

Root: naś (class 4)

करोति (karoti) - creates, brings into being (in the cycle of existence) (does, makes, creates, performs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root verb

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अत्ति (atti) - eats, devours

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ad

Root verb

Root: ad (class 2)

निहन्ति (nihanti) - strikes down, kills, destroys, puts an end to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of nihan

Root han (to strike, kill) with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Often used after each item in a list except the first.

कालः (kālaḥ) - time, death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, death

संसारनृत्तम् (saṁsāranṛttam) - the dance of existence, the dance of transmigration

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsāranṛtta

saṁsāranṛtta - the dance of transmigration/existence

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+nṛtta)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of rebirth, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix sam + root sṛ (to move) + ghañ suffix.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• nṛtta – dance, performance
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle used as noun
  From root nṛt (to dance).
  Root: nṛt (class 4)

Note: Here used as a noun, predicate to kālaḥ.

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

(indeclinable)

Particle of affirmation or cause.

Note: Emphasizes the statement.

नानारूपम् (nānārūpam) - of various forms, multifarious, diverse

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nānārūpa

nānārūpa - of various forms, multifarious, diverse

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nānā+rūpa)

• nānā – various, manifold, diverse
  indeclinable
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

Comparative particle.

नटः (naṭaḥ) - an actor, dancer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naṭa

naṭa - actor, dancer, mime

From root naṭ (to dance, act).

Root: naṭ (class 1)