योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-28, verse-31

आपदः क्षणमायान्ति क्षणमायान्ति संपदः ।
क्षणं जन्म क्षणं मृत्युर्मुने किमिव न क्षणम् ॥ ३१ ॥

āpadaḥ kṣaṇamāyānti kṣaṇamāyānti saṃpadaḥ ,
kṣaṇaṃ janma kṣaṇaṃ mṛtyurmune kimiva na kṣaṇam 31

31. āpadaḥ kṣaṇam āyānti kṣaṇam āyānti sampadaḥ
kṣaṇam janma kṣaṇam mṛtyuḥ mune kim iva na kṣaṇam

31. āpadaḥ kṣaṇam āyānti sampadaḥ kṣaṇam āyānti
janma kṣaṇam mṛtyuḥ kṣaṇam mune kim iva na kṣaṇam

31. Dangers arrive in an instant, and prosperity (sampad) arrives in an instant. Birth is momentary, and death is momentary. O sage, what indeed is not momentary?

Words meanings summery:

• आपदः (āpadaḥ) - dangers (dangers, calamities, troubles)

• क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - in an instant (moment, instant)

• आयान्ति (āyānti) - they arrive (they come, they arrive)

• क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - in an instant (moment, instant)

• आयान्ति (āyānti) - they arrive (they come, they arrive)

• सम्पदः (sampadaḥ) - prosperity (sampad) (prosperity, fortunes, success, wealth)

• क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - momentary (moment, instant)

• जन्म (janma) - birth (birth, existence)

• क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - momentary (moment, instant)

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• मुने (mune) - O sage (O sage, O ascetic)

• किम् (kim) - what (what, which)

• इव (iva) - (rhetorical question indicator) (like, as, as if)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - momentary (momentary, of a moment)

Words meanings and morphology

आपदः (āpadaḥ) - dangers (dangers, calamities, troubles)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of āpad

āpad - danger, calamity, misfortune, distress

क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - in an instant (moment, instant)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, second

Note: Used adverbially to denote duration.

आयान्ति (āyānti) - they arrive (they come, they arrive)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of ā-yā

Present Indicative

3rd plural, present active, root yā with upasarga ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - in an instant (moment, instant)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, second

Note: Used adverbially to denote duration.

आयान्ति (āyānti) - they arrive (they come, they arrive)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of ā-yā

Present Indicative

3rd plural, present active, root yā with upasarga ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

सम्पदः (sampadaḥ) - prosperity (sampad) (prosperity, fortunes, success, wealth)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sampad

sampad - prosperity, fortune, success, wealth, abundance

क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - momentary (moment, instant)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, second

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective meaning 'momentary' (implied 'is momentary').

जन्म (janma) - birth (birth, existence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of janman

janman - birth, existence, origin, production

क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - momentary (moment, instant)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, second

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective meaning 'momentary' (implied 'is momentary').

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, dying, personified death

मुने (mune) - O sage (O sage, O ascetic)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, hermit, silent one

किम् (kim) - what (what, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

इव (iva) - (rhetorical question indicator) (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often accompanies interrogatives to form rhetorical questions.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - momentary (momentary, of a moment)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, second

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective, modifying 'kim' (what is not momentary).

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