योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-19, verse-20

अजस्रवाष्पवदनः कर्दमाक्तो जडाशयः ।
वर्षोक्षितस्य तप्तस्य स्थलस्य सदृशः शिशुः ॥ २० ॥

ajasravāṣpavadanaḥ kardamākto jaḍāśayaḥ ,
varṣokṣitasya taptasya sthalasya sadṛśaḥ śiśuḥ 20

20. ajasravāṣpavadanaḥ kardamāktaḥ jaḍāśayaḥ
varṣokṣitasya taptasya sthalasya sadṛśaḥ śiśuḥ

20. śiśuḥ ajasravāṣpavadanaḥ kardamāktaḥ jaḍāśayaḥ
varṣokṣitasya taptasya sthalasya sadṛśaḥ

20. A child, with a face perpetually wet with tears, smeared with mud, and having a dull disposition, is like a dry ground that has been drenched by rain and then scorched.

Words meanings summery:

• अजस्रवाष्पवदनः (ajasravāṣpavadanaḥ) - whose face is constantly wet with tears; having an incessantly tearful face

• कर्दमाक्तः (kardamāktaḥ) - smeared with mud, covered in dirt

• जडाशयः (jaḍāśayaḥ) - dull-minded, inert, stupid

• वर्षोक्षितस्य (varṣokṣitasya) - of that which is sprinkled/drenched by rain

• तप्तस्य (taptasya) - of that which is heated, scorched, distressed

• स्थलस्य (sthalasya) - of a dry land, of a place, of a ground

• सदृशः (sadṛśaḥ) - similar, like, resembling

• शिशुः (śiśuḥ) - a child, infant

Words meanings and morphology

अजस्रवाष्पवदनः (ajasravāṣpavadanaḥ) - whose face is constantly wet with tears; having an incessantly tearful face

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajasravāṣpavadana

ajasravāṣpavadana - having a face wet with incessant tears

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ajasra+vāṣpa+vadana)

• ajasra – incessant, perpetual, continuous
  adjective
  From `a` (not) + `jasra` (exhausted)
  Prefix: a
• vāṣpa – tears, steam, vapor
  noun (masculine)
• vadana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies `śiśuḥ`.

कर्दमाक्तः (kardamāktaḥ) - smeared with mud, covered in dirt

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kardamākta

kardamākta - smeared with mud

Compound type : tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa (kardama+ākta)

• kardama – mud, mire, dirt
  noun (masculine)
• ākta – smeared, anointed, touched
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √añj 'to anoint, smear'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: √añj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies `śiśuḥ`.

जडाशयः (jaḍāśayaḥ) - dull-minded, inert, stupid

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaḍāśaya

jaḍāśaya - dull-minded, inert, ignorant

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jaḍa+āśaya)

• jaḍa – cold, dull, inert, stupid
  adjective (masculine)
• āśaya – abode, mind, intention, disposition
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā

Note: Qualifies `śiśuḥ`.

वर्षोक्षितस्य (varṣokṣitasya) - of that which is sprinkled/drenched by rain

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of varṣokṣita

varṣokṣita - sprinkled by rain, drenched by rain

Compound type : tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa (varṣa+ukṣita)

• varṣa – rain, a year
  noun (neuter)
  Root: √vṛṣ (class 1)
• ukṣita – sprinkled, moistened, watered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √ukṣ 'to sprinkle, moisten'
  Root: √ukṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `sthalasya`.

तप्तस्य (taptasya) - of that which is heated, scorched, distressed

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tapta

tapta - heated, scorched, distressed

Past Passive Participle

From √tap 'to heat, to suffer'

Root: √tap (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `sthalasya`.

स्थलस्य (sthalasya) - of a dry land, of a place, of a ground

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sthala

sthala - dry ground, land, place, spot

Note: The object of comparison for the child.

सदृशः (sadṛśaḥ) - similar, like, resembling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - like, similar, resembling, equal to

From `sa` (with) + `dṛś` (appearance)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+dṛśa)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• dṛśa – appearance, sight
  noun (masculine)
  From √dṛś 'to see'
  Root: √dṛś (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective, qualifying `śiśuḥ`.

शिशुः (śiśuḥ) - a child, infant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śiśu

śiśu - a child, infant, young animal

Note: Subject of the sentence.