योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-2, verse-14

इदमद्यादि पृथ्व्यादि तथेदं वत्सरादि च ।
अयं कल्पः क्षणश्चायमिमे मरणजन्मनी ॥ १४ ॥

idamadyādi pṛthvyādi tathedaṃ vatsarādi ca ,
ayaṃ kalpaḥ kṣaṇaścāyamime maraṇajanmanī 14

14. idam adya-ādi pṛthvī-ādi tathā idam vatsara-ādi
ca ayam kalpaḥ kṣaṇaḥ ca ayam ime maraṇa-janmanī

14. idam adya-ādi,
pṛthvī-ādi,
tathā ca idam vatsara-ādi; ayam kalpaḥ,
ayam ca kṣaṇaḥ; ime maraṇa-janmanī.

14. This (world), beginning with today and beginning with the earth; and likewise this (world), beginning with the year. This is a cosmic age (kalpa), and this is a moment (kṣaṇa). These are death and birth (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this (phenomenal world) (this, this one)

• अद्य-आदि (adya-ādi) - beginning with today, and so on from today

• पृथ्वी-आदि (pṛthvī-ādi) - beginning with the earth, and so on from the earth

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, likewise, and so

• इदम् (idam) - this (phenomenal world) (this, this one)

• वत्सर-आदि (vatsara-ādi) - beginning with the year, and so on from the year

• च (ca) - and, also

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• कल्पः (kalpaḥ) - cosmic age (kalpa) (cosmic age, eon, period of time)

• क्षणः (kṣaṇaḥ) - moment (kṣaṇa) (moment, instant, very short time)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• इमे (ime) - these two

• मरण-जन्मनी (maraṇa-janmanī) - death and birth (saṃsāra) (death and birth)

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this (phenomenal world) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

अद्य-आदि (adya-ādi) - beginning with today, and so on from today

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adya-ādi

adya-ādi - beginning with today, and so on from today

Compound type : tatpurusha (adya+ādi)

• adya – today, now
  indeclinable
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

पृथ्वी-आदि (pṛthvī-ādi) - beginning with the earth, and so on from the earth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pṛthvī-ādi

pṛthvī-ādi - beginning with the earth, and so on from the earth

Compound type : tatpurusha (pṛthvī+ādi)

• pṛthvī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, likewise, and so

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (phenomenal world) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

वत्सर-आदि (vatsara-ādi) - beginning with the year, and so on from the year

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vatsara-ādi

vatsara-ādi - beginning with the year, and so on from the year

Compound type : tatpurusha (vatsara+ādi)

• vatsara – year
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

कल्पः (kalpaḥ) - cosmic age (kalpa) (cosmic age, eon, period of time)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalpa

kalpa - cosmic age, eon, period of time, concept, possibility

From root kḷp (to arrange, to form)

Root: kḷp (class 1)

क्षणः (kṣaṇaḥ) - moment (kṣaṇa) (moment, instant, very short time)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, very short time, leisure

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

इमे (ime) - these two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine/feminine, dual of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'death and birth'.

मरण-जन्मनी (maraṇa-janmanī) - death and birth (saṃsāra) (death and birth)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of maraṇa-janman

maraṇa-janman - death and birth

Compound type : dvandva (maraṇa+janman)

• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  From root mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• janman – birth, origin, existence
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  From root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra).