योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-14, verse-22

विनाशसुहृदा नित्यं जरामरणबन्धुना ।
रूपं खिङ्गवरेणेव कृतान्तेनाभिलष्यते ॥ २२ ॥

vināśasuhṛdā nityaṃ jarāmaraṇabandhunā ,
rūpaṃ khiṅgavareṇeva kṛtāntenābhilaṣyate 22

22. vināśasuhṛdā nityam jarāmaraṇabandhunā rūpam
khiṅgavareṇa iva kṛtāntena abhilakṣyate

22. Beauty (rūpa) is always desired by Kṛtānta (the end-maker or death), who is a friend of destruction and a kinsman of old age and death, just as [a carcass] is desired by a vulture.

Words meanings summery:

• विनाशसुहृदा (vināśasuhṛdā) - by a friend of destruction

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, eternally

• जरामरणबन्धुना (jarāmaraṇabandhunā) - by a kinsman of old age and death

• रूपम् (rūpam) - beauty or the physical body (form, beauty, appearance; body)

• खिङ्गवरेण (khiṅgavareṇa) - by a vulture (or a large bird of prey)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• कृतान्तेन (kṛtāntena) - by death, personified as the end-maker (by Kṛtānta (the end-maker, fate, death))

• अभिलक्ष्यते (abhilakṣyate) - is desired (by death) (is desired, is aimed at, is sought after, is perceived)

Words meanings and morphology

विनाशसुहृदा (vināśasuhṛdā) - by a friend of destruction

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vināśasuhṛd

vināśasuhṛd - a friend of destruction

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vināśa+suhṛd)

• vināśa – destruction, ruin, annihilation
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  From root 'naś' with prefix 'vi'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: naś (class 4)
• suhṛd – friend, well-wisher
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'kṛtāntena'.

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, eternally

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use.

जरामरणबन्धुना (jarāmaraṇabandhunā) - by a kinsman of old age and death

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of jarāmaraṇabandhu

jarāmaraṇabandhu - kinsman/relative of old age and death

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (jarā+maraṇa+bandhu)

• jarā – old age, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jṝ (class 9)
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  From root 'mṛ' (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• bandhu – kinsman, relative, friend
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'kṛtāntena'.

रूपम् (rūpam) - beauty or the physical body (form, beauty, appearance; body)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, beauty, appearance, nature

Note: Subject of 'abhilakṣyate'.

खिङ्गवरेण (khiṅgavareṇa) - by a vulture (or a large bird of prey)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of khiṅgavara

khiṅgavara - vulture, a bird of prey

Note: Agent in the comparison.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison.

कृतान्तेन (kṛtāntena) - by death, personified as the end-maker (by Kṛtānta (the end-maker, fate, death))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṛtānta

kṛtānta - fate, destiny, the end-maker (a name for Yama or death)

From 'kṛta' (done) and 'anta' (end), meaning 'one whose end is made' or 'one who makes an end'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṛta+anta)

• kṛta – done, made, finished
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• anta – end, limit, death
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agent of 'abhilakṣyate'.

अभिलक्ष्यते (abhilakṣyate) - is desired (by death) (is desired, is aimed at, is sought after, is perceived)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of abhilakṣ

passive voice, present tense

Root 'lakṣ' (to mark, perceive) with prefix 'abhi'. Passive form.

Prefix: abhi

Root: lakṣ (class 10)