योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-86, verse-46

उन्मज्जन्ति निमज्जन्ति प्रस्फुरन्ति पतन्ति च ।
तरङ्गा इव तोयानामिमाः प्रतिदिनं प्रजाः ॥ ४६ ॥

unmajjanti nimajjanti prasphuranti patanti ca ,
taraṅgā iva toyānāmimāḥ pratidinaṃ prajāḥ 46

46. unmajjanti nimajjanti prasphuranti patanti ca
taraṅgāḥ iva toyānām imāḥ pratidinam prajāḥ

46. imāḥ prajāḥ pratidinam toyānām taraṅgāḥ iva
unmajjanti nimajjanti prasphuranti ca patanti

46. These beings (prajāḥ) daily emerge, submerge, flutter, and fall, just like waves of water.

Words meanings summery:

• उन्मज्जन्ति (unmajjanti) - they emerge, they rise up

• निमज्जन्ति (nimajjanti) - they submerge, they sink

• प्रस्फुरन्ति (prasphuranti) - they flutter, they quiver, they flash, they tremble

• पतन्ति (patanti) - they fall, they descend

• च (ca) - and, also

• तरङ्गाः (taraṅgāḥ) - waves

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तोयानाम् (toyānām) - of waters

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these

• प्रतिदिनम् (pratidinam) - daily, every day

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - sentient beings, living creatures (creatures, beings, progeny, subjects)

Words meanings and morphology

उन्मज्जन्ति (unmajjanti) - they emerge, they rise up

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of unmajj

Present active

3rd person plural present active indicative. Root majj with prefix ud (un-).

Prefix: ud

Root: majj (class 6)

निमज्जन्ति (nimajjanti) - they submerge, they sink

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of nimajj

Present active

3rd person plural present active indicative. Root majj with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: majj (class 6)

प्रस्फुरन्ति (prasphuranti) - they flutter, they quiver, they flash, they tremble

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of prasphur

Present active

3rd person plural present active indicative. Root sphur with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: sphur (class 6)

पतन्ति (patanti) - they fall, they descend

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pat

Present active

3rd person plural present active indicative.

Root: pat (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तरङ्गाः (taraṅgāḥ) - waves

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of taraṅga

taraṅga - wave, ripple

Root: tṝ (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

तोयानाम् (toyānām) - of waters

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of toya

toya - water

From root tu 'to grow', 'to be strong', with ya suffix.

Root: tu (class 1)

इमाः (imāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Feminine nominative plural of 'idam'.

प्रतिदिनम् (pratidinam) - daily, every day

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound 'prati' + 'dina'.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (prati+dina)

• prati – towards, against, every, each
  indeclinable
• dina – day
  noun (neuter/masculine)

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - sentient beings, living creatures (creatures, beings, progeny, subjects)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, creatures, beings, subjects, mankind

From root jan with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

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