योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-6, verse-5

जायन्ते च म्रियन्ते च केवलं जीर्णजन्तवः ।
न धर्माय न मोक्षाय मशका इव पङ्कजे ॥ ५ ॥

jāyante ca mriyante ca kevalaṃ jīrṇajantavaḥ ,
na dharmāya na mokṣāya maśakā iva paṅkaje 5

5. jāyante ca mriyante ca kevalam jīrṇajantavaḥ
na dharmāya na mokṣāya maśakāḥ iva paṅkaje

5. kevalam jīrṇajantavaḥ jāyante ca mriyante ca,
na dharmāya na mokṣāya,
paṅkaje maśakāḥ iva

5. These worn-out creatures are merely born and die, serving neither the purpose of natural law (dharma) nor liberation (mokṣa), much like mosquitoes in a lotus.

Words meanings summery:

• जायन्ते (jāyante) - are born, come into being

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• म्रियन्ते (mriyante) - they die, perish

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only, solely

• जीर्णजन्तवः (jīrṇajantavaḥ) - worn-out creatures, old beings, decaying organisms

• न (na) - not, neither

• धर्माय (dharmāya) - for the sake of dharma, for intrinsic nature

• न (na) - not, neither

• मोक्षाय (mokṣāya) - for liberation

• मशकाः (maśakāḥ) - mosquitoes

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पङ्कजे (paṅkaje) - in a lotus, on a lotus

Words meanings and morphology

जायन्ते (jāyante) - are born, come into being

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of jan

Root: jan (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

म्रियन्ते (mriyante) - they die, perish

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of mṛ

Root: mṛ (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only, solely

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

जीर्णजन्तवः (jīrṇajantavaḥ) - worn-out creatures, old beings, decaying organisms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīrṇajantu

jīrṇajantu - old/worn-out creature

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīrṇa+jantu)

• jīrṇa – worn out, old, decayed, digested
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root jṝ (to decay, to wear out)
  Root: jṝ (class 1)
• jantu – creature, living being, animal, man
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, neither

(indeclinable)

धर्माय (dharmāya) - for the sake of dharma, for intrinsic nature

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, religion

न (na) - not, neither

(indeclinable)

मोक्षाय (mokṣāya) - for liberation

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, release, freedom, salvation

मशकाः (maśakāḥ) - mosquitoes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of maśaka

maśaka - mosquito, gnat

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पङ्कजे (paṅkaje) - in a lotus, on a lotus

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of paṅkaja

paṅkaja - lotus (literally 'mud-born')

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (paṅka+ja)

• paṅka – mud, mire, dirt
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  kṛt suffix
  From root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

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