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अनुपश्य यथा पूर्वे प्रतिपश्य तथापरे ।
सस्यमिव मर्त्यः पच्यते सस्यमिवाजायते पुनः anupaśya yathā pūrve pratipaśya tathāpare |
sasyam iva martyaḥ pacyate sasyam ivājāyate punaḥ

The line

Look back as the earlier ones did. Look on as the later ones do. A mortal ripens like grain, and like grain is born again.

नेपालीमा

अघिल्लाहरूले जस्तै फर्केर हेर्नुहोस्। पछिल्लाहरूले जस्तै हेर्दै जानुहोस्, मर्त्य अन्न जस्तै पाक्छ र अन्न जस्तै फेरि जन्मिन्छ।

Where it sits

Still on the road, before he reaches Death's house. The image is his, not yet Yama (यम)'s teaching.

Split: anupaśya (अनुपश्य) + yathā (यथा) + pūrve (पूर्वे) + pratipaśya (प्रतिपश्य) + tathā (तथा) + apare (अपरे) + sasyam (सस्यम्) + iva (इव) + martyaḥ (मर्त्यः) + pacyate (पच्यते) + ajāyate (अजायते) + punaḥ (पुनः)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

Word	Grammar	Sense
anupaśya (अनुपश्य)	imperative, second person singular	Look along, look back. From anu-dṛś (अनु-दृश्).
yathā (यथा)	indeclinable	As.
pūrve (पूर्वे)	nominative plural, masculine	The earlier ones. Heard pūrve (पूर्वे).
pratipaśya (प्रतिपश्य)	imperative, second person singular	Look forward. From prati-dṛś (प्रति-दृश्).
tathā (तथा)	indeclinable	So. Joins apare (अपरे): tathāpare (तथापरे).
apare (अपरे)	nominative plural, masculine	The later ones.
sasyam (सस्यम्)	nominative singular, neuter	Grain. Heard sasyam (सस्यम्).
iva (इव)	indeclinable	Like.
martyaḥ (मर्त्यः)	nominative singular, masculine	A mortal. Heard martyaḥ (मर्त्यः).
pacyate (पच्यते)	present, third person singular, passive	Is ripened, is cooked. From pac (पच्).
ajāyate (अजायते)	present, third person singular, ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)	Is born. Heard ivājāyate (इवाजायते): iva (इव) plus ajāyate (अजायते).
punaḥ (पुनः)	indeclinable	Again.

The phrases

Two imperatives, then one image twice: grain ripens, grain is born again.

Sanskrit in this line

Tathā (तथा) plus apare (अपरे) is tathāpare (तथापरे). Iva (इव) plus ajāyate (अजायते) is ivājāyate (इवाजायते).

Say it back

Say the image, both halves.