Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 102
Marut-Soma Boon and Nahusha–Yayati Lineage
Marutakanyā–Vamśa-varṇana
Devanagari script
जीर्यन्ति जीर्यतः केशा दन्ता जीर्यन्ति जीर्यतः / जीविताशा धनाशा च जीर्यतो ऽपि न जीर्यति
Transliteration
jīryanti jīryataḥ keśā dantā jīryanti jīryataḥ / jīvitāśā dhanāśā ca jīryato 'pi na jīryati
Translation
As one grows old, the hair grows old and the teeth grow old; yet the hope for life and the hope for wealth do not grow old, even in old age.
Word by Word
jīryantidecay/grow old
jīryanti:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjṝ (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person (प्रथम-पुरुष), Plural; √jṝ
jīryataḥof the aging (person)
jīryataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootjṝ (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/शतृ), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; ‘of one who is aging’
keśāḥhairs
keśāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
dantāḥteeth
dantāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdanta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
jīryantidecay/grow old
jīryanti:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjṝ (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person (प्रथम-पुरुष), Plural; √jṝ
jīryataḥof the aging (person)
jīryataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootjṝ (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (वर्तमान-कृdन्त/शतृ), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
jīvita-āśāhope of living
jīvita-āśā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjīvita (प्रातिपदिक) + āśā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘hope for life’
dhana-āśāhope for wealth
dhana-āśā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdhana (प्रातिपदिक) + āśā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘hope for wealth’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
jīryataḥof the aging (person)
jīryataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootjṝ (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/शतृ), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
apieven
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (अपि—‘even/also’)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)
jīryatidecays/grows old
jīryati:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjṝ (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person (प्रथम-पुरुष), Singular; √jṝ