योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-127, verse-52

सूते संहरति क्षिप्रं पुनः सृजति हन्ति च ।
जगन्ति बहुपर्यायैः काल एव कुतूहली ॥ ५२ ॥

sūte saṃharati kṣipraṃ punaḥ sṛjati hanti ca ,
jaganti bahuparyāyaiḥ kāla eva kutūhalī 52

52. sūte saṃharati kṣipram punaḥ sṛjati hanti
ca jaganti bahuparyāyaiḥ kālaḥ eva kutūhalī

52. kutūhalī kālaḥ eva kṣipram jaganti sūte
saṃharati punaḥ sṛjati ca hanti bahuparyāyaiḥ

52. Time (kāla) itself, ever-curious and sportive, quickly brings forth, destroys, and then again creates and annihilates worlds through countless cycles of change.

Words meanings summery:

• सूते (sūte) - creates, generates, brings forth

• संहरति (saṁharati) - destroys, withdraws, collects

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, moreover

• सृजति (sṛjati) - creates, emits, releases

• हन्ति (hanti) - kills, strikes, destroys

• च (ca) - and, also

• जगन्ति (jaganti) - worlds, universes, moving things

• बहुपर्यायैः (bahuparyāyaiḥ) - by many alternations, by numerous changes, in many cycles

• कालः (kālaḥ) - Time, season, opportunity

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

• कुतूहली (kutūhalī) - curious, eager, sportive, playful

Words meanings and morphology

सूते (sūte) - creates, generates, brings forth

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sū

Root 'sū' in Ātmanepada.

Root: sū (class 2)

संहरति (saṁharati) - destroys, withdraws, collects

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of saṃhṛ

From 'sam' + root 'hṛ' (to take, carry).

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛ (class 1)

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

Root: kṣip (class 6)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, moreover

(indeclinable)

सृजति (sṛjati) - creates, emits, releases

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sṛj

Root: sṛj (class 6)

हन्ति (hanti) - kills, strikes, destroys

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'sṛjati' and 'hanti'.

जगन्ति (jaganti) - worlds, universes, moving things

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving, living beings

Present Active Participle

From root 'gam' (to go) with reduplication.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of 'sūte', 'saṃharati', 'sṛjati', 'hanti'.

बहुपर्यायैः (bahuparyāyaiḥ) - by many alternations, by numerous changes, in many cycles

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bahuparyāya

bahuparyāya - many alternations, numerous cycles

Compound of 'bahu' (many) and 'paryāya' (turn, course, alternation).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bahu+paryāya)

• bahu – many, much, numerous
  adjective (masculine)
• paryāya – turn, course, succession, alternation, cycle
  noun (masculine)
  From 'pari' + root 'i' (to go).
  Prefix: pari
  Root: i (class 2)

कालः (kālaḥ) - Time, season, opportunity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, death

Root: kal (class 1)

Note: Subject of the verbs.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, itself

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'kālaḥ'.

कुतूहली (kutūhalī) - curious, eager, sportive, playful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kutūhalin

kutūhalin - curious, eager, sportive, playful, excited by curiosity

From 'kutūhala' (curiosity, eagerness) + suffix '-in'.