योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-43, verse-44

उत्पत्त्योत्पत्त्य कालेन भुक्त्वा देहपरम्पराम् ।
स्वत एव पदे यान्ति निलयं जीवराशयः ॥ ४४ ॥

utpattyotpattya kālena bhuktvā dehaparamparām ,
svata eva pade yānti nilayaṃ jīvarāśayaḥ 44

44. utpatya utpatya kālena bhuktvā deha-paramparām
svataḥ eva pade yānti nilayam jīva-rāśayaḥ

44. kālena utpatya utpatya deha-paramparām bhuktvā
jīva-rāśayaḥ svataḥ eva pade nilayam yānti

44. Repeatedly taking birth over time, and having experienced a succession of bodies, the multitudes of living beings (jīva-rāśayaḥ) naturally return to their ultimate abode (nilaya), their original state (pada).

44. היצורים החיים, הנולדים שוב ושוב לאורך הזמן וחווים שרשרת גלגולי גוף, שבים לבסוף מאליהם אל משכנם העליון.

Words meanings summery:

• उत्पत्य (utpatya) - having arisen, having been born

• उत्पत्य (utpatya) - having arisen, having been born

• कालेन (kālena) - by time, in time, due to time

• भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - having experienced (a succession of bodies) (having eaten, having enjoyed, having experienced)

• देह-परम्पराम् (deha-paramparām) - a succession of bodies, continuous line of bodies

• स्वतः (svataḥ) - by oneself, spontaneously, naturally, from oneself

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

• पदे (pade) - to their (original) state (in/to the state, in/to the foot/step/place)

• यान्ति (yānti) - they return (to their source) (they go, they attain, they reach)

• निलयम् (nilayam) - their ultimate resting place or state of dissolution (abode, dwelling, resting place, dissolution)

• जीव-राशयः (jīva-rāśayaḥ) - multitudes of living beings, masses of souls

Words meanings and morphology

उत्पत्य (utpatya) - having arisen, having been born

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From ut-pad (to arise, to be born)

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

उत्पत्य (utpatya) - having arisen, having been born

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From ut-pad (to arise, to be born)

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

कालेन (kālena) - by time, in time, due to time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, death

भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - having experienced (a succession of bodies) (having eaten, having enjoyed, having experienced)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root bhuj (to enjoy, to eat, to experience)

Root: bhuj (class 7)

देह-परम्पराम् (deha-paramparām) - a succession of bodies, continuous line of bodies

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of deha-paramparā

deha-paramparā - succession of bodies, lineage of bodies

Compound deha (body) + paramparā (succession)

Compound type : tatpurusha (deha+paramparā)

• deha – body, form
  noun (masculine)
  From root dih (to smear, to grow thick)
  Root: dih (class 1)
• paramparā – succession, series, tradition, lineage
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of bhuktvā.

स्वतः (svataḥ) - by oneself, spontaneously, naturally, from oneself

(indeclinable)

From sva (self) + tas (suffix for ablative/adverbial sense)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

(indeclinable)

पदे (pade) - to their (original) state (in/to the state, in/to the foot/step/place)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, place, state, condition, word

From root pad (to go, to fall)

Root: pad (class 4)

यान्ति (yānti) - they return (to their source) (they go, they attain, they reach)

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Verb for jīva-rāśayaḥ.

निलयम् (nilayam) - their ultimate resting place or state of dissolution (abode, dwelling, resting place, dissolution)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nilaya

nilaya - abode, dwelling, resting place, nest, dissolution, absorption

From ni-lī (to stick, to dissolve)

Prefix: ni

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Refers to the ultimate resting state.

जीव-राशयः (jīva-rāśayaḥ) - multitudes of living beings, masses of souls

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīva-rāśi

jīva-rāśi - multitude of living beings, collection of souls

Compound jīva (living being) + rāśi (heap, multitude)

Compound type : tatpurusha (jīva+rāśi)

• jīva – living being, soul, life
  noun (masculine)
  From root jīv (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• rāśi – heap, pile, multitude, collection, mass
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the verb yānti.

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