योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-66, verse-5

अर्णवा अर्णसा भान्ति यान्त्यन्तः शनकैः प्रजाः ।
भूतान्यजस्रं जायन्ते म्रियन्तेऽविरतं यथा ॥ ५ ॥

arṇavā arṇasā bhānti yāntyantaḥ śanakaiḥ prajāḥ ,
bhūtānyajasraṃ jāyante mriyante'virataṃ yathā 5

5. arṇavāḥ arṇasā bhānti yānti antaḥ śanakaiḥ prajāḥ
bhūtāni ajasram jāyante mriyante aviratam yathā

5. arṇavāḥ arṇasā bhānti.
prajāḥ śanakaiḥ antaḥ yānti.
yathā bhūtāni ajasram jāyante aviratam mriyante.

5. Oceans gleam with their vast waters. Creatures slowly move towards their end. Just as this happens, beings are ceaselessly born and continuously die.

Words meanings summery:

• अर्णवाः (arṇavāḥ) - oceans, seas

• अर्णसा (arṇasā) - by water, by waves, by vastness

• भान्ति (bhānti) - they shine, they appear, they gleam

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they move, they proceed

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - to their end (in the context of dying) (inside, within, to the end, among)

• शनकैः (śanakaiḥ) - slowly, gently, gradually

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - living creatures (creatures, beings, progeny, subjects)

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - living beings (beings, creatures, elements)

• अजस्रम् (ajasram) - constantly, perpetually, incessantly

• जायन्ते (jāyante) - they are born, they arise

• म्रियन्ते (mriyante) - they die

• अविरतम् (aviratam) - continuously, incessantly, without interruption

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

Words meanings and morphology

अर्णवाः (arṇavāḥ) - oceans, seas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of arṇava

arṇava - ocean, sea

अर्णसा (arṇasā) - by water, by waves, by vastness

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of arṇas

arṇas - water, stream, wave, flood, vastness

भान्ति (bhānti) - they shine, they appear, they gleam

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhā

Present Active Indicative

3rd person plural present active

Root: bhā (class 2)

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they move, they proceed

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

3rd person plural present active

Root: yā (class 2)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - to their end (in the context of dying) (inside, within, to the end, among)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an adverbial or prepositional sense.

शनकैः (śanakaiḥ) - slowly, gently, gradually

(indeclinable)

Instrumental plural of 'śanaka' used adverbially

Note: Functions adverbially.

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - living creatures (creatures, beings, progeny, subjects)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, people, creatures, subjects

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - living beings (beings, creatures, elements)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, ghost, past

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'bhū' (to be), used as a noun

Root: bhū (class 1)

अजस्रम् (ajasram) - constantly, perpetually, incessantly

(indeclinable)

Accusative singular neuter of 'ajasra' used adverbially

Note: Functions adverbially.

जायन्ते (jāyante) - they are born, they arise

(verb)

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

Present Middle Indicative

3rd person plural present middle of `jan` (4th class)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: The root `jan` (4th class) is atmanepadi.

म्रियन्ते (mriyante) - they die

(verb)

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

Present Middle Indicative

3rd person plural present middle of `mṛ` (6th class)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

अविरतम् (aviratam) - continuously, incessantly, without interruption

(indeclinable)

Accusative singular neuter of 'avirata' used adverbially. From 'a' (not) + 'vi' (prefix) + 'rata' (stopped, delighted)

Prefixes: a+vi

Root: ram (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

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