ततस्तत्र पुनर्दुःखं जरा मरणजन्मनी । भावाभावग्रहोत्सर्गः स्थूलसूक्ष्मचलाचलः ॥ ३१ ॥
tatastatra punarduḥkhaṁ jarā maraṇajanmanī | bhāvābhāvagrahōtsargaḥ sthūlasūkṣmacalācalaḥ || 31 ||
Translation
Then there again come sorrow, old age, death and birth, the taking and leaving of being and non-being, the gross and the subtle, the moving and the still.
Word by word
- tatas
- (tataḥ) then
- tatra
- there
- punar
- (punaḥ) again
- duḥkhaṁ
- sorrow
- jarā
- old age
- maraṇa
- death
- janmanī
- and birth
- bhāva
- of being
- abhāva
- and non-being
- graha
- the taking
- utsargaḥ
- and leaving
- sthūla
- the gross
- sūkṣma
- and the subtle
- cala
- the moving
- acalaḥ
- and the still
Meaning
The commentary: in that reflection sorrow comes again, and old age, death and birth. As in waking the gross is taken up, in dream the subtle, and in deep sleep both are let go, so this unsteady saṁsāra goes on. Wherever the reflection is, its whole content comes with it.