योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-28, verse-34

तनोत्युत्पादयत्यत्ति निहत्यासृजति क्रमात् ।
सततं रात्र्यहानीव निवर्तन्ते नरं प्रति ॥ ३४ ॥

tanotyutpādayatyatti nihatyāsṛjati kramāt ,
satataṃ rātryahānīva nivartante naraṃ prati 34

34. tanoti utpādayati atti nihatya āsṛjati kramāt
satatam rātryahānī iva nivartante naram prati

34. kramāt tanoti utpādayati atti nihatya āsṛjati
satatam rātryahānī iva naram prati nivartante

34. It spreads, generates, consumes, and having destroyed, it creates again in succession. These processes constantly revolve for humanity, just like night and day.

Words meanings summery:

• तनोति (tanoti) - extends, spreads, performs, creates

• उत्पादयति (utpādayati) - produces, causes to arise, creates

• अत्ति (atti) - eats, consumes, destroys

• निहत्य (nihatya) - having killed, having destroyed, having struck down

• आसृजति (āsṛjati) - creates, releases, discharges, produces

• क्रमात् (kramāt) - in succession, in order, gradually

• सततम् (satatam) - constantly, perpetually, always

• रात्र्यहानी (rātryahānī) - night and day (dual)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• निवर्तन्ते (nivartante) - they revolve, return, turn back

• नरम् (naram) - man, human being

• प्रति (prati) - towards, to, concerning, for

Words meanings and morphology

तनोति (tanoti) - extends, spreads, performs, creates

(verb)

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

Root: tan (class 8)

उत्पादयति (utpādayati) - produces, causes to arise, creates

(verb)

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

Causative

Derived from root pad (to go, move) with prefix ut, in causative form.

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

अत्ति (atti) - eats, consumes, destroys

(verb)

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

Root: ad (class 2)

निहत्य (nihatya) - having killed, having destroyed, having struck down

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root han (to strike, kill) with prefix ni and suffix -ya.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

आसृजति (āsṛjati) - creates, releases, discharges, produces

(verb)

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

Derived from root sṛj (to create, emit) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: sṛj (class 6)

क्रमात् (kramāt) - in succession, in order, gradually

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of krama

krama - a step, pace, order, succession, sequence

Note: Used adverbially.

सततम् (satatam) - constantly, perpetually, always

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

रात्र्यहानी (rātryahānī) - night and day (dual)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of rātryahan

rātryahan - night and day

Compound type : dvandva (rātri+ahan)

• rātri – night
  noun (feminine)
• ahan – day
  noun (neuter)

Note: It's a dvandva compound where 'ahan' changes to 'aha' in compounds, and the dual form is rātryahānī.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

निवर्तन्ते (nivartante) - they revolve, return, turn back

(verb)

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

Derived from root vṛt (to turn, be) with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

नरम् (naram) - man, human being

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being, person

प्रति (prati) - towards, to, concerning, for

(indeclinable)