योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-66, verse-5

जायते बालतामेति यौवनं वार्धकं ततः ।
मृतिं स्वर्गं च नरकं भ्रमाच्चेतो हि नृत्यति ॥ ५ ॥

jāyate bālatāmeti yauvanaṃ vārdhakaṃ tataḥ ,
mṛtiṃ svargaṃ ca narakaṃ bhramācceto hi nṛtyati 5

5. jāyate bālatām eti yauvanaṃ vārdhakaṃ tataḥ
mṛtiṃ svargaṃ ca narakaṃ bhramāt cetaḥ hi nṛtyati

5. bālatām jāyate yauvanaṃ eti vārdhakaṃ tataḥ
mṛtiṃ svargaṃ ca narakaṃ hi bhramāt cetaḥ nṛtyati

5. Childhood arises, youth arrives, and then old age follows. After that, one experiences death, heaven, and hell. Indeed, the mind dances through these cycles due to delusion.

Words meanings summery:

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, comes into being

• बालताम् (bālatām) - childhood, state of being a child

• एति (eti) - goes, comes, attains, reaches

• यौवनं (yauvanaṁ) - youth, adolescence, state of being young

• वार्धकं (vārdhakaṁ) - old age, decrepitude

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, afterwards (thence, then, afterwards, from that)

• मृतिं (mṛtiṁ) - death, dying

• स्वर्गं (svargaṁ) - heaven, paradise, celestial world

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• नरकं (narakaṁ) - hell, infernal regions

• भ्रमात् (bhramāt) - due to delusion (from delusion, from error, from wandering)

• चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind (mind, consciousness, heart)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because, assuredly)

• नृत्यति (nṛtyati) - dances, moves through (dances, performs a dance)

Words meanings and morphology

जायते (jāyate) - is born, arises, comes into being

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

Present Passive/Middle

root jan (class 4), 'ya' infix for passive/middle, Atmanepada ending 'te'

Root: jan (class 4)

बालताम् (bālatām) - childhood, state of being a child

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bālatā

bālatā - childhood, infancy, childishness

Derived from 'bāla' (child) with suffix '-tā' for abstract noun

एति (eti) - goes, comes, attains, reaches

(verb)

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

Present Active

root i (Ad-class, 2nd conjugation), Parasmaipada ending 'ti'

Root: i (class 2)

यौवनं (yauvanaṁ) - youth, adolescence, state of being young

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yauvana

yauvana - youth, vigor, manhood

Derived from 'yuvan' (young) with suffix '-aṇa'

वार्धकं (vārdhakaṁ) - old age, decrepitude

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vārdhaka

vārdhaka - old age, a decrepit person

Derived from 'vṛddha' (old) with suffix '-aka'

ततः (tataḥ) - then, afterwards (thence, then, afterwards, from that)

(indeclinable)

मृतिं (mṛtiṁ) - death, dying

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛti

mṛti - death, dying, end of life

Derived from root 'mṛ' (to die)

Root: mṛ

स्वर्गं (svargaṁ) - heaven, paradise, celestial world

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, abode of the gods, paradise

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

नरकं (narakaṁ) - hell, infernal regions

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of naraka

naraka - hell, a particular hell, infernal regions

भ्रमात् (bhramāt) - due to delusion (from delusion, from error, from wandering)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bhrama

bhrama - wandering, moving about, error, delusion, confusion

Derived from root 'bhram' (to wander, to err)

Root: bhram

चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind (mind, consciousness, heart)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, intellect, consciousness, heart

root 'cit' (to perceive, to understand) + -as suffix

Root: cit

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because, assuredly)

(indeclinable)

नृत्यति (nṛtyati) - dances, moves through (dances, performs a dance)

(verb)

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

Present Active

root nṛt (class 4), 'ya' infix, Parasmaipada ending 'ti'

Root: nṛt (class 4)