जरामरणमापच्च जननं संपदस्तथा । आविर्भावतिरोभावैर्विवर्द्धन्ते पुनः पुनः ॥ १८ ॥
jarāmaraṇamāpacca jananaṁ saṁpadastathā | āvirbhāvatirōbhāvairvivarddhantē punaḥ punaḥ || 18 ||
Translation
Old age and death, misfortune and birth, and good fortune too: they grow again and again by appearing and disappearing.
Word by word
- jarā
- old age
- maraṇam
- and death
- āpat
- misfortune
- ca
- and
- jananaṁ
- birth
- saṁpadas
- (sampadaḥ) good fortune
- tathā
- too
- āvirbhāva
- by appearing
- tirōbhāvair
- (tirobhāvaiḥ) and disappearing
- vivarddhantē
- they grow
- punaḥ
- again and again
Meaning
The things of life do not stay; they come into view and go out of it (āvirbhāva, tirobhāva) and return in new forms. Even good fortune is on the list: it too is a wave that rises and falls. To see this is not pessimism; it is accurate observation of how experience behaves.