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.

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'.