योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-20, verse-9

मधुरं स्वादु तिक्तं च दूषणं दोषभूषणम् ।
सुराकल्लोलसदृशं यौवनं मे न रोचते ॥ ९ ॥

madhuraṃ svādu tiktaṃ ca dūṣaṇaṃ doṣabhūṣaṇam ,
surākallolasadṛśaṃ yauvanaṃ me na rocate 9

9. madhuram svādu tiktam ca dūṣaṇam doṣabhūṣaṇam
surākallolasadṛśam yauvanam me na rocate

9. yauvanam madhuram svādu ca tiktam dūṣaṇam
doṣabhūṣaṇam surākallolasadṛśam me na rocate

9. Youth, which is both sweet and tasty, yet also bitter; which is a source of corruption and an embellishment for faults; and which resembles the intoxicating surge of wine, does not appeal to me.

Words meanings summery:

• मधुरम् (madhuram) - sweet, charming, pleasant

• स्वादु (svādu) - tasty, delicious, sweet

• तिक्तम् (tiktam) - bitter, pungent

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• दूषणम् (dūṣaṇam) - blemish, fault, corruption, pollution

• दोषभूषणम् (doṣabhūṣaṇam) - an ornament to faults, which beautifies defects

• सुराकल्लोलसदृशम् (surākallolasadṛśam) - similar to waves of wine, like the intoxicating surge of liquor

• यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth, youthfulness

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• न (na) - not, no

• रोचते (rocate) - pleases, is agreeable, shines

Words meanings and morphology

मधुरम् (madhuram) - sweet, charming, pleasant

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of madhura

madhura - sweet, charming, pleasant, delicious

Note: Predicative adjective for 'yauvanam'.

स्वादु (svādu) - tasty, delicious, sweet

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svādu

svādu - sweet, tasty, palatable, delicious

Note: Predicative adjective for 'yauvanam'.

तिक्तम् (tiktam) - bitter, pungent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tikta

tikta - bitter, pungent, acrid

Note: Predicative adjective for 'yauvanam'.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

दूषणम् (dūṣaṇam) - blemish, fault, corruption, pollution

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dūṣaṇa

dūṣaṇa - harming, defiling, corrupting; a fault, blemish, pollution, vice

action noun

From root dūṣ (to pollute, corrupt) + ana suffix

Root: dūṣ (class 10)

Note: Predicative noun for 'yauvanam'.

दोषभूषणम् (doṣabhūṣaṇam) - an ornament to faults, which beautifies defects

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of doṣabhūṣaṇa

doṣabhūṣaṇa - an ornament for faults, that which beautifies defects

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (doṣa+bhūṣaṇa)

• doṣa – fault, defect, vice, blame
  noun (masculine)
  From root duṣ (to be bad)
  Root: duṣ (class 4)
• bhūṣaṇa – ornament, decoration, embellishment
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  From root bhūṣ (to adorn) + ana suffix
  Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

Note: Predicative noun for 'yauvanam'.

सुराकल्लोलसदृशम् (surākallolasadṛśam) - similar to waves of wine, like the intoxicating surge of liquor

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of surākallolasadṛśa

surākallolasadṛśa - resembling the waves or surge of wine/liquor

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (surā+kallola+sadṛśa)

• surā – wine, liquor, intoxicating drink
  noun (feminine)
• kallola – wave, billow, surge, great agitation
  noun (masculine)
• sadṛśa – like, similar, resembling, equal
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  From root dṛś (to see) with prefix sa (together with)
  Prefix: sa
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'yauvanam'.

यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth, youthfulness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yauvana

yauvana - youth, youthfulness, adolescence

Derived from 'yuvan' (young)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: Indirect object, 'to me'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

रोचते (rocate) - pleases, is agreeable, shines

(verb)

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

Present tense, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Root ruc (Bhvādi, 1st class)

Root: ruc (class 1)