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योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-14, verse-16

प्रत्यहं खेदमुत्सृज्य शनैरलमनारतम् ।
आखुनेव जरच्छुभ्रं कालेन विनिहन्यते ॥ १६ ॥
pratyahaṃ khedamutsṛjya śanairalamanāratam ,
ākhuneva jaracchubhraṃ kālena vinihanyate 16
16. pratyaham khedam utsṛjya śanaiḥ alam anāratam
ākhunā iva jaracchubhram kālena vinihanyate
16. Daily, setting aside weariness, slowly and without interruption, something old and fading is destroyed by time, just as by a mouse.

Words meanings summery:

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  • प्रत्यहम् (pratyaham) - daily, every day
  • खेदम् (khedam) - weariness, sorrow, distress
  • उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having given up, having abandoned, having cast off
  • शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually
  • अलम् (alam) - enough, sufficiently, quite, completely
  • अनारतम् (anāratam) - incessantly, continuously, without interruption
  • आखुना (ākhunā) - by a mouse, by a rat
  • इव (iva) - like, as, as if
  • जरच्छुभ्रम् (jaracchubhram) - old and faded/white/pure (thing)
  • कालेन (kālena) - by time
  • विनिहन्यते (vinihanyate) - is destroyed, is worn away, is killed

Words meanings and morphology

प्रत्यहम् (pratyaham) - daily, every day
(indeclinable)
Compound of prati (each) and ahan (day) used adverbially.
खेदम् (khedam) - weariness, sorrow, distress
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of kheda
kheda - weariness, sorrow, distress, fatigue
उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having given up, having abandoned, having cast off
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
Absolutive form from the root √sṛj with prefix ut-.
Prefix: ut
Root: sṛj (class 6)
शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually
(indeclinable)
अलम् (alam) - enough, sufficiently, quite, completely
(indeclinable)
अनारतम् (anāratam) - incessantly, continuously, without interruption
(indeclinable)
Adverbial form of anārata, a negative compound of nārata (stopped).
Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+nārata)
  • a – not, non-
    indeclinable
    Negative prefix
  • nārata – stopped, ceased, interrupted
    adjective
    Past Passive Participle
    Past Passive Participle of √ram with prefix ni- (implied or lost in compound formation).
    Prefix: ni
    Root: ram (class 1)
आखुना (ākhunā) - by a mouse, by a rat
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of ākhu
ākhu - mouse, rat
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
जरच्छुभ्रम् (jaracchubhram) - old and faded/white/pure (thing)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of jaracchubhra
jaracchubhra - old and white, old and faded, old and pure
Compound type : Karmadhāraya (jarat+śubhra)
  • jarat – old, decaying, worn out
    adjective
    Present Active Participle
    Present Active Participle of root √jṝ (to wear out, decay).
    Root: jṝ (class 9)
  • śubhra – white, bright, pure, splendid
    adjective (neuter)
Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.
कालेन (kālena) - by time
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla
kāla - time, season, period, fate, death
विनिहन्यते (vinihanyate) - is destroyed, is worn away, is killed
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vinihan
Passive voice of root √han with prefixes vi- and ni-.
Prefixes: vi+ni
Root: han (class 2)