योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-19, verse-21

भयाहारपरं दीनं दृष्टादृष्टाभिलाषि च ।
लोलबुद्धि वपुर्धत्ते बाल्यं दुःखाय केवलम् ॥ २१ ॥

bhayāhāraparaṃ dīnaṃ dṛṣṭādṛṣṭābhilāṣi ca ,
lolabuddhi vapurdhatte bālyaṃ duḥkhāya kevalam 21

21. bhayāhāraparam dīnam dṛṣṭādṛṣṭābhilāṣi ca
lolabuddhiḥ vapuḥ dhatte bālyam duḥkhāya kevalam

21. bālyam bhayāhāraparam dīnam dṛṣṭādṛṣṭābhilāṣi
ca lolabuddhiḥ vapuḥ dhatte kevalam duḥkhāya

21. Childhood assumes a form that is pitiable, preoccupied with fear and food, desiring both visible and invisible things, and having a fickle intellect; it is purely for sorrow.

Words meanings summery:

• भयाहारपरम् (bhayāhāraparam) - focused on fear and food; chiefly concerned with fear and eating

• दीनम् (dīnam) - miserable, wretched, pitiable, sad

• दृष्टादृष्टाभिलाषि (dṛṣṭādṛṣṭābhilāṣi) - desiring seen and unseen (objects)

• च (ca) - and, also

• लोलबुद्धिः (lolabuddhiḥ) - fickle-minded, unsteady intellect

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure

• धत्ते (dhatte) - bears, holds, assumes, puts, places

• बाल्यम् (bālyam) - childhood, infancy

• दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for sorrow, for misery, for suffering

• केवलम् (kevalam) - only, merely, solely

Words meanings and morphology

भयाहारपरम् (bhayāhāraparam) - focused on fear and food; chiefly concerned with fear and eating

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhayāhārapara

bhayāhārapara - intent on fear and food

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaya+āhāra+para)

• bhaya – fear, terror
  noun (neuter)
  Root: √bhī (class 3)
• āhāra – food, eating, collection
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-√hṛ 'to take, collect'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: √hṛ (class 1)
• para – chief, principal, devoted to, intent on
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Qualifies `vapuḥ`.

दीनम् (dīnam) - miserable, wretched, pitiable, sad

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dīna

dīna - miserable, wretched, poor, sad

Past Passive Participle

From √dī 'to be wretched'

Root: √dī (class 4)

Note: Qualifies `vapuḥ`.

दृष्टादृष्टाभिलाषि (dṛṣṭādṛṣṭābhilāṣi) - desiring seen and unseen (objects)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dṛṣṭādṛṣṭābhilāṣin

dṛṣṭādṛṣṭābhilāṣin - desiring what is seen and what is unseen

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa-upapada-samāsa (dṛṣṭa+adṛṣṭa+abhilāṣin)

• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √dṛś 'to see'
  Root: √dṛś (class 1)
• adṛṣṭa – unseen, unperceived, unknown
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Negation of `dṛṣṭa`. From `a` + √dṛś.
  Prefix: a
  Root: √dṛś (class 1)
• abhilāṣin – desiring, wishing for
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from √laṣ
  From abhi-√laṣ 'to desire'
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: √laṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `vapuḥ`. The final `i` indicates the stem of the noun/adjective.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects `dṛṣṭādṛṣṭābhilāṣi` with the previous adjectives.

लोलबुद्धिः (lolabuddhiḥ) - fickle-minded, unsteady intellect

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of lolabuddhi

lolabuddhi - fickle-minded, having a wavering intellect

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (lola+buddhi)

• lola – moving, trembling, fickle, restless
  adjective (neuter)
  From √lul 'to move'
  Root: √lul (class 1)
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, perception
  noun (feminine)
  From √budh 'to know, perceive'
  Root: √budh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `vapuḥ`. This is the nominative form, but the word in the verse 'lolabuddhi' is accusative neuter, agreeing with 'vapuḥ'.

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, beautiful appearance

Root: √vap (class 1)

Note: Object of `dhatte`.

धत्ते (dhatte) - bears, holds, assumes, puts, places

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of dhatte

Root: √dhā (class 3)

Note: Subject is `bālyam`.

बाल्यम् (bālyam) - childhood, infancy

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bālya

bālya - childhood, infancy, childishness

From `bāla` (child) + `ya` (abstract suffix)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for sorrow, for misery, for suffering

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, misery, sorrow

Note: Indicates purpose.

केवलम् (kevalam) - only, merely, solely

(adjective)

neuter, singular of kevala

kevala - alone, solitary, mere, only, purely

Note: Used adverbially.