योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-19, verse-4

न मृतौ न जरारोगे न चापदि न यौवने ।
ताश्चिन्ताः परिकृन्तन्ति हृदयं शैशवेषु याः ॥ ४ ॥

na mṛtau na jarāroge na cāpadi na yauvane ,
tāścintāḥ parikṛntanti hṛdayaṃ śaiśaveṣu yāḥ 4

4. na mṛtau na jarāroge na ca āpadi na yauvane
tāḥ cintāḥ parikṛntanti hṛdayam śaiśaveṣu yāḥ

4. yāḥ śaiśaveṣu cintāḥ hṛdayam parikṛntanti,
tāḥ na mṛtau,
na jarāroge,
na ca āpadi,
na yauvane [parikṛntanti]

4. The anxieties that deeply torment the heart in infancy (śaiśava) are not experienced with the same intensity during death, old age and disease, calamity, or youth.

4. לא במוות, לא בזקנה ובמחלה, לא באסון ולא בימי הנעורים יש דאגות המפלח את הלב כפי שעושות הדאגות בתקופת הילדות.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• मृतौ (mṛtau) - in death

• न (na) - not, no

• जरारोगे (jarāroge) - in old age and disease

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and

• आपदि (āpadi) - in calamity, in misfortune

• न (na) - not, no

• यौवने (yauvane) - in youth, in adolescence

• ताः (tāḥ) - those

• चिन्ताः (cintāḥ) - worries, anxieties, concerns

• परिकृन्तन्ति (parikṛntanti) - they cut, they torment, they tear apart

• हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart

• शैशवेषु (śaiśaveṣu) - in childhood, in infancy

• याः (yāḥ) - which

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

मृतौ (mṛtau) - in death

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mṛtu

mṛtu - death, dying

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Refers to the state of death.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

जरारोगे (jarāroge) - in old age and disease

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jarāroga

jarāroga - old age and disease

Compound type : dvandva (jarā+roga)

• jarā – old age, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jṝ (class 9)
• roga – disease, sickness, illness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ruj (class 6)

Note: Refers to the state of old age and disease.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

आपदि (āpadi) - in calamity, in misfortune

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of āpad

āpad - calamity, misfortune, distress

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Refers to the state of calamity.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

यौवने (yauvane) - in youth, in adolescence

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yauvana

yauvana - youth, youthfulness, prime of life

from yuvan (young) + aṇa (suffix)

Note: Refers to the state of youth.

ताः (tāḥ) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to 'cintāḥ'.

चिन्ताः (cintāḥ) - worries, anxieties, concerns

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of cintā

cintā - thought, worry, anxiety, concern

from root cit (to think)

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Subject of the verb 'parikṛntanti'.

परिकृन्तन्ति (parikṛntanti) - they cut, they torment, they tear apart

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of parikṛnt

Prefix: pari

Root: kṛnt (class 6)

Note: The verb of the relative clause.

हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, core

Note: Object of 'parikṛntanti'.

शैशवेषु (śaiśaveṣu) - in childhood, in infancy

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of śaiśava

śaiśava - childhood, infancy, childish state

from śiśu (child) + aṇa (suffix)

Note: Indicates the time or state of the anxieties.

याः (yāḥ) - which

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun referring to 'cintāḥ'.

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