योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-96, verse-15

एकस्मिन्प्रमृते जन्तावमरिष्यंस्तु सर्वदा ।
सर्व एव जनाः शून्यमभविष्यन्महीतलम् ॥ १५ ॥

ekasminpramṛte jantāvamariṣyaṃstu sarvadā ,
sarva eva janāḥ śūnyamabhaviṣyanmahītalam 15

15. ekasmin pramṛte jantau amariṣyan tu sarvadā
sarve eva janāḥ śūnyam abhaviṣyan mahītalam

15. ekasmin jantau pramṛte (sati),
tu (tataḥ) sarvadā sarve eva janāḥ amariṣyan,
(tataḥ) mahītalam śūnyam abhaviṣyan.

15. If even a single living being (jantu) were to truly perish, then, always, all people would die, and the surface of the earth would become utterly empty.

Words meanings summery:

• एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - in one, in a single

• प्रमृते (pramṛte) - having died, having perished

• जन्तौ (jantau) - in a living being, in a creature

• अमरिष्यन् (amariṣyan) - they would die, they would perish

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, then

• सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, perpetually, at all times

• सर्वे (sarve) - all

• एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed (emphatic)

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, mankind

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, devoid

• अभविष्यन् (abhaviṣyan) - they would become, they would have been

• महीतलम् (mahītalam) - the surface of the earth, the earth

Words meanings and morphology

एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - in one, in a single

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, a single

Note: Agrees with 'jantau'.

प्रमृते (pramṛte) - having died, having perished

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of pramṛta

pramṛta - dead, perished

Past Passive Participle

Formed from pra- (prefix) + root √mṛ (to die) + suffix -ta.

Prefix: pra

Root: √mṛ (class 6)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction with 'ekasmin jantau'.

जन्तौ (jantau) - in a living being, in a creature

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - a living being, creature, human being

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction with 'ekasmin pramṛte'.

अमरिष्यन् (amariṣyan) - they would die, they would perish

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, conditional (lṛṅ) of √mṛ

Conditional 3rd plural

Conditional (Lṛṅ) form of root √mṛ (to die), 3rd person plural. The 'a-' is the augment for past/conditional tenses.

Root: √mṛ (class 6)

Note: Refers to 'sarve eva janāḥ'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, then

(indeclinable)

सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, perpetually, at all times

(indeclinable)

सर्वे (sarve) - all

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with 'janāḥ'.

एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed (emphatic)

(indeclinable)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, mankind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, people, creature

Note: Subject of 'amariṣyan' and 'abhaviṣyan'.

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, devoid

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, desolate, zero

Note: Predicative adjective to 'mahītalam'.

अभविष्यन् (abhaviṣyan) - they would become, they would have been

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, conditional (lṛṅ) of √bhū

Conditional 3rd plural

Conditional (Lṛṅ) form of root √bhū (to be, become), 3rd person plural. The 'a-' is the augment for past/conditional tenses.

Root: √bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sarve eva janāḥ'.

महीतलम् (mahītalam) - the surface of the earth, the earth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - the surface of the earth, the earth

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane, level
  noun (neuter)

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