योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-20, verse-33

अनन्ताः पितरो यान्ति यान्त्यनन्ताश्च मातरः ।
इह संसारिणां पुंसां वनपादपपर्णवत् ॥ ३३ ॥

anantāḥ pitaro yānti yāntyanantāśca mātaraḥ ,
iha saṃsāriṇāṃ puṃsāṃ vanapādapaparṇavat 33

33. anantāḥ pitaraḥ yānti yānti anantāḥ ca mātaraḥ
iha saṃsāriṇām puṃsām vanapādapaparṇavat

33. anantāḥ pitaraḥ yānti.
anantāḥ ca mātaraḥ yānti.
iha saṃsāriṇām puṃsām vanapādapaparṇavat.

33. Countless fathers depart, and countless mothers depart. For people caught in this cycle of existence (saṃsāra), it is like the leaves of a forest tree.

Words meanings summery:

• अनन्ताः (anantāḥ) - endless, countless, infinite

• पितरः (pitaraḥ) - fathers, ancestors

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they pass away, they depart

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they pass away, they depart

• अनन्ताः (anantāḥ) - endless, countless, infinite

• च (ca) - and, also

• मातरः (mātaraḥ) - mothers

• इह (iha) - in this cycle of existence (saṃsāra) (here, in this world)

• संसारिणाम् (saṁsāriṇām) - of people caught in the cycle of existence (saṃsāra) (of those in the cycle of transmigration, of worldly beings)

• पुंसाम् (puṁsām) - of men, of persons, of male beings

• वनपादपपर्णवत् (vanapādapaparṇavat) - like the leaves of a forest tree

Words meanings and morphology

अनन्ताः (anantāḥ) - endless, countless, infinite

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ananta

ananta - endless, infinite, boundless

Compound: a- (not) + anta (end)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+anta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• anta – end, boundary, limit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with pitaraḥ and mātaraḥ

पितरः (pitaraḥ) - fathers, ancestors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they pass away, they depart

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they pass away, they depart

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

अनन्ताः (anantāḥ) - endless, countless, infinite

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ananta

ananta - endless, infinite, boundless

Compound: a- (not) + anta (end)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+anta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• anta – end, boundary, limit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with mātaraḥ

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मातरः (mātaraḥ) - mothers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

इह (iha) - in this cycle of existence (saṃsāra) (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

संसारिणाम् (saṁsāriṇām) - of people caught in the cycle of existence (saṃsāra) (of those in the cycle of transmigration, of worldly beings)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of saṃsārin

saṁsārin - transmigrating, worldly, embodied being

From saṃsāra, related to root sṛ (to flow) with prefix sam-

Note: Agrees with puṃsām

पुंसाम् (puṁsām) - of men, of persons, of male beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of puṃs

puṁs - man, male, person, spirit

वनपादपपर्णवत् (vanapādapaparṇavat) - like the leaves of a forest tree

(indeclinable)

Compound with suffix -vat (like, similar to)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vana+pādapa+parṇa+vat)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• pādapa – tree (drinking with feet)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: pāda (foot) + pa (drinker)
• parṇa – leaf
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, as if, similar to
  indeclinable
  Secondary suffix indicating similarity

Note: Acts as an adverbial comparison