योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-32, verse-49

यथा जातानि जातानि चान्यान्यन्यानि कालतः ।
वृक्षात्पर्णानि शीर्यन्ते शरीराणि तथा नृणाम् ॥ ४९ ॥

yathā jātāni jātāni cānyānyanyāni kālataḥ ,
vṛkṣātparṇāni śīryante śarīrāṇi tathā nṛṇām 49

49. yathā jātāni jātāni ca anyāni anyāni kālataḥ
vṛkṣāt parṇāni śīryante śarīrāṇi tathā nṛṇām

49. yathā kālataḥ vṛkṣāt anyāni anyāni jātāni jātāni parṇāni śīryante,
tathā nṛṇām śarīrāṇi (śīryante)

49. Just as over time, various new leaves are repeatedly born and then fall from a tree, so too do the bodies of human beings.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

• जातानि (jātāni) - born, produced, arisen

• जातानि (jātāni) - born, produced, arisen

• च (ca) - and, also

• अन्यानि (anyāni) - other, different, new

• अन्यानि (anyāni) - other, different, new

• कालतः (kālataḥ) - by time, in course of time, seasonally

• वृक्षात् (vṛkṣāt) - from a tree

• पर्णानि (parṇāni) - leaves

• शीर्यन्ते (śīryante) - they fall off, are shed, crumble away, wither

• शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way

• नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men, of human beings

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

जातानि (jātāni) - born, produced, arisen

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

derived from root `jan` (to be born) with suffix -ta

Root: jan (class 4)

जातानि (jātāni) - born, produced, arisen

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

derived from root `jan` (to be born) with suffix -ta

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Repetition emphasizes continuous birth or variety of born things.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अन्यानि (anyāni) - other, different, new

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of anya

anya - other, different, another, new

अन्यानि (anyāni) - other, different, new

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of anya

anya - other, different, another, new

Note: Repetition emphasizes variety or continuous emergence of new ones.

कालतः (kālataḥ) - by time, in course of time, seasonally

(indeclinable)

derived from `kāla` (time) with suffix -tas

वृक्षात् (vṛkṣāt) - from a tree

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

पर्णानि (parṇāni) - leaves

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of parṇa

parṇa - leaf, feather, wing

शीर्यन्ते (śīryante) - they fall off, are shed, crumble away, wither

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of śīr

Root: śīr (class 4)

शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal frame

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way

(indeclinable)

नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men, of human beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, human being, male

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