योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-3

स चिरं जीवति यदा तदा मृत्युरचिन्तयत् ।
सर्वाण्येव क्रमेणाह भूतान्यद्मि किलाक्षयः ॥ ३ ॥

sa ciraṃ jīvati yadā tadā mṛtyuracintayat ,
sarvāṇyeva krameṇāha bhūtānyadmi kilākṣayaḥ 3

3. sa ciram jīvati yadā tadā mṛtyuḥ acintayat
sarvāṇi eva krameṇa aham bhūtāni admi kila akṣayaḥ

3. yadā sa ciram jīvati,
tadā mṛtyuḥ acintayat: "aham kila akṣayaḥ; krameṇa eva sarvāṇi bhūtāni admi.
"

3. When that person lives for a long time, Death then contemplated, 'Indeed, I am imperishable; I devour all beings successively.'

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - that person (he, that)

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

• जीवति (jīvati) - he lives, lives

• यदा (yadā) - when

• तदा (tadā) - then

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - the personified deity Death (Death, death)

• अचिन्तयत् (acintayat) - thought, contemplated, considered

• सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all, every

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• क्रमेण (krameṇa) - successively, in due order, one by one

• अहम् (aham) - I

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures, living things

• अद्मि (admi) - I eat, I devour

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, reportedly

• अक्षयः (akṣayaḥ) - inexhaustible, imperishable, indestructible

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - that person (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially as an accusative singular neuter form.

जीवति (jīvati) - he lives, lives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

तदा (tadā) - then

(indeclinable)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - the personified deity Death (Death, death)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, Mortality, the god Death

From root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

अचिन्तयत् (acintayat) - thought, contemplated, considered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect indicative (laṅ) of cint

causative/denominal root

Derived from the root cit (to perceive, know), likely a denominative or causative of cit, typically conjugated in the 10th class (cintayati).

Root: cint (class 10)

सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all, every

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

क्रमेण (krameṇa) - successively, in due order, one by one

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of krama

krama - step, order, sequence, succession

From root kram (to step, go)

Root: kram (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: The Devanagari text shows `क्रमेणाह` (krameṇāha). This typically represents `krameṇa` + `aha`. However, the subsequent verb `admi` (I eat) is first person singular. To maintain grammatical consistency with the translation, `aha` is interpreted as `aham` (I), which is the standard nominative form for the first person singular pronoun, despite the non-standard sandhi representation in the original text (which would be `krameṇāham`).

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures, living things

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, existed, past

Past Passive Participle

From root bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

अद्मि (admi) - I eat, I devour

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ad

Root: ad (class 2)

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, reportedly

(indeclinable)

अक्षयः (akṣayaḥ) - inexhaustible, imperishable, indestructible

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akṣaya

akṣaya - imperishable, inexhaustible, undecaying

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kṣaya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• kṣaya – destruction, decay, loss, waste
  noun (masculine)
  From root kṣi (to destroy, decay)
  Root: kṣi (class 5)

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