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योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-7, verse-23

पुरुषो जायते लोके वर्धते जीर्यते पुनः ।
न तत्र दृश्यते दैवं जरायौवनबाल्यवत् ॥ २३ ॥
puruṣo jāyate loke vardhate jīryate punaḥ ,
na tatra dṛśyate daivaṃ jarāyauvanabālyavat 23
23. puruṣaḥ jāyate loke vardhate jīryate punaḥ
na tatra dṛśyate daivam jarāyauvanabālyavat
23. puruṣaḥ loke jāyate vardhate punaḥ jīryate.
tatra daivam jarāyauvanabālyavat na dṛśyate.
23. A person (puruṣa) is born into the world, grows, and then decays. Destiny (daiva) is not seen there, just like old age, youth, and childhood.

Words meanings summery:

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  • पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person, a human being
  • जायते (jāyate) - is born, comes into being
  • लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm
  • वर्धते (vardhate) - grows, increases
  • जीर्यते (jīryate) - decays, wastes away, becomes old
  • पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore, then
  • (na) - not, no
  • तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case
  • दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears
  • दैवम् (daivam) - destiny, fate, divine will
  • जरायौवनबाल्यवत् (jarāyauvanabālyavat) - like old age, youth, and childhood

Words meanings and morphology

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person, a human being
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa
puruṣa - person, human being, spirit, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)
जायते (jāyate) - is born, comes into being
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of jan
Root: jan (class 4)
लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of loka
loka - world, realm, people
वर्धते (vardhate) - grows, increases
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vṛdh
Root: vṛdh (class 1)
जीर्यते (jīryate) - decays, wastes away, becomes old
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of jṝ
Root: jṝ (class 4)
पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore, then
(indeclinable)
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case
(indeclinable)
दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of dṛś
Root: dṛś (class 1)
दैवम् (daivam) - destiny, fate, divine will
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of daiva
daiva - relating to gods, divine, destiny, fate, divine will
Derived from deva (god)
जरायौवनबाल्यवत् (jarāyauvanabālyavat) - like old age, youth, and childhood
(indeclinable)
Compound ending with -vat (like, similar to)
Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (jarā+yauvana+bālya)
  • jarā – old age, decrepitude
    noun (feminine)
    Root: jṝ (class 4)
  • yauvana – youth, youthfulness
    noun (neuter)
  • bālya – childhood, infancy
    noun (neuter)