योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-101, verse-42

आद्यन्तावस्य सुमते मध्य एव सुखं स्म भो ।
यतस्ते समयो जातो यस्मिन्परिणमन्ति च ॥ ४२ ॥

ādyantāvasya sumate madhya eva sukhaṃ sma bho ,
yataste samayo jāto yasminpariṇamanti ca 42

42. ādyantau asya sumate madhye eva sukham sma bho
yataḥ te samayaḥ jātaḥ yasmin pariṇamanti ca

42. sumate asya ādyantau madhye eva sukham sma bho
yataḥ te samayaḥ jātaḥ yasmin pariṇamanti ca

42. O wise one, this (existence) has a beginning and an end; indeed, happiness truly lies only in the middle. For your time has arrived, in which all things transform and ripen.

Words meanings summery:

• आद्यन्तौ (ādyantau) - beginning and end

• अस्य (asya) - of this (existence) (of this)

• सुमते (sumate) - O wise one (O wise one, O good-minded one)

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle

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

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness (happiness, pleasure)

• स्म (sma) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, verily (indicates past with present verb, or emphatic))

• भो (bho) - O! (O! (vocative particle))

• यतः (yataḥ) - for, because (from which, because, since)

• ते (te) - your

• समयः (samayaḥ) - time (opportune moment) (time, occasion, agreement)

• जातः (jātaḥ) - arrived (born, arisen, happened)

• यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which

• परिणमन्ति (pariṇamanti) - [all things] transform and ripen (they transform, they ripen, they evolve)

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

आद्यन्तौ (ādyantau) - beginning and end

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ādyanta

ādyanta - beginning and end

Dvandva compound of ādi (beginning) and anta (end).

Compound type : dvandva (ādi+anta)

• ādi – beginning, first, etc.
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, boundary, limit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Implies an unstated verb 'are'.

अस्य (asya) - of this (existence) (of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to the subject of discussion, implicitly 'life' or 'existence'.

सुमते (sumate) - O wise one (O wise one, O good-minded one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sumati

sumati - good mind, wisdom, good intention, wise person

Compound of su (good) + mati (mind, thought).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+mati)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• mati – mind, thought, intelligence, intention
  noun (feminine)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Can be masculine or feminine. Here used for addressing a wise person.

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, central, intermediate

Note: Used adverbially.

एव (eva) - only (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness (happiness, pleasure)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, pleasure, ease, comfort

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

स्म (sma) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, verily (indicates past with present verb, or emphatic))

(indeclinable)

भो (bho) - O! (O! (vocative particle))

(indeclinable)

यतः (yataḥ) - for, because (from which, because, since)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects clauses with a causal meaning.

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Used as a possessive pronoun.

समयः (samayaḥ) - time (opportune moment) (time, occasion, agreement)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samaya

samaya - time, occasion, opportune moment, agreement, convention

Note: Subject of 'jātaḥ'.

जातः (jātaḥ) - arrived (born, arisen, happened)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root jan (to be born, to arise).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'samayaḥ'.

यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Refers to 'samayaḥ'.

परिणमन्ति (pariṇamanti) - [all things] transform and ripen (they transform, they ripen, they evolve)

(verb)

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

Prefix: pari

Root: ṇam (class 1)

Note: Subject is implicit 'all things/beings'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the idea of transformation with what precedes.