तनोत्युत्पादयत्यत्ति निहन्त्यासृजति क्रमात् । सततं रात्र्यहानीव निवर्तन्ते नरं प्रति ॥ ३४ ॥
tanōtyutpādayatyatti nihantyāsṛjati kramāt | satataṁ rātryahānīva nivartantē naraṁ prati || 34 ||
Translation
It spreads, brings forth, eats, kills and creates in turn: these come back round to a man unceasingly, like nights and days.
Word by word
- tanōti
- it spreads
- utpādayati
- brings forth
- atti
- eats
- nihanti
- kills
- āsṛjati
- and creates
- kramāt
- in turn
- satataṁ
- unceasingly
- rātri
- nights
- ahāni
- and days
- iva
- like
- nivartantē
- come back round
- naraṁ
- a man
- prati
- to
Meaning
Growth, birth, waning, death and rebirth, the commentary says, the five changes of what is born, come back again and again to each person, like night and day. The verse names the cycle in five verbs. The reader is inside it.