योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-22, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
अपर्याप्तं हि बालत्वं बलात्पिबति यौवनम् ।
यौवनं च जरा पश्चात्पश्य कर्कशतां मिथः ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
aparyāptaṃ hi bālatvaṃ balātpibati yauvanam ,
yauvanaṃ ca jarā paścātpaśya karkaśatāṃ mithaḥ 1

1. śrīrāma uvāca | aparyāptam hi bālatvam balāt pibati yauvanam
| yauvanam ca jarā paścāt paśya karkaśatām mithaḥ ||

1. śrīrāma uvāca.
aparyāptam hi bālatvam; yauvanam balāt pibati.
paścāt jarā ca yauvanam (pibati).
mithaḥ karkaśatām paśya!

1. Śrī Rāma said: Childhood, indeed, is all too brief, yet youth forcibly consumes it. And then, old age subsequently devours youth. Behold the harshness they mutually inflict!

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अपर्याप्तम् (aparyāptam) - all too brief (insufficient, not enough, incomplete)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• बालत्वम् (bālatvam) - childhood

• बलात् (balāt) - by force, forcibly, powerfully

• पिबति (pibati) - consumes, devours (drinks, sips, absorbs, consumes)

• यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth, youthfulness

• यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth, youthfulness

• च (ca) - and, also

• जरा (jarā) - old age, decrepitude

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, subsequently, behind

• पश्य (paśya) - behold, see, look

• कर्कशताम् (karkaśatām) - harshness, cruelty, roughness

• मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, between themselves, reciprocally

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Lord Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - an epithet of Rama, the revered Rama

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – prosperity, glory, divine grace, revered
  adjective (feminine)
• rāma – Rama (a Hindu deity), pleasing, charming
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Subject of uvāca

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect active indicative

3rd person singular perfect tense (liṭ) of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अपर्याप्तम् (aparyāptam) - all too brief (insufficient, not enough, incomplete)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aparyāpta

aparyāpta - insufficient, inadequate, incomplete, not fully obtained

a (negation) + pari (around) + āpta (obtained/sufficient). āpta is PPP of āp (to obtain).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+paryāpta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• paryāpta – sufficient, complete, obtained
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  pari (around) + root āp (to obtain)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: āp (class 5)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

particle

बालत्वम् (bālatvam) - childhood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bālatva

bālatva - childhood, state of being a child

bāla (child) + tva (suffix for abstract noun)

बलात् (balāt) - by force, forcibly, powerfully

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force

Ablative singular of bala used adverbially

Root: bal (class 1)

Note: Functions as an adverb

पिबति (pibati) - consumes, devours (drinks, sips, absorbs, consumes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pā

Present active indicative

3rd person singular present tense of root pā (class 1, present stem piba)

Root: pā (class 1)

यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth, youthfulness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yauvana

yauvana - youth, adolescence, youthfulness

yuvan (young) + ana (suffix for abstract noun)

यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth, youthfulness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yauvana

yauvana - youth, adolescence, youthfulness

yuvan (young) + ana (suffix for abstract noun)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

जरा (jarā) - old age, decrepitude

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, decrepitude, decay

From root jṝ (to waste away)

Root: jṝ (class 9)

पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, subsequently, behind

(indeclinable)

Adverbial from paśca (back, west)

पश्य (paśya) - behold, see, look

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

Imperative active

2nd person singular imperative of root dṛś (class 1, present stem paśya)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कर्कशताम् (karkaśatām) - harshness, cruelty, roughness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of karkaśatā

karkaśatā - harshness, roughness, cruelty, severity

karkaśa (harsh) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, between themselves, reciprocally

(indeclinable)

adverb