योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-22, verse-10

कोऽहं वराकः किमिव करोमि कथमेव च ।
तिष्ठामि मौनमेवेति दीनतोदेति वार्धके ॥ १० ॥

ko'haṃ varākaḥ kimiva karomi kathameva ca ,
tiṣṭhāmi maunameveti dīnatodeti vārdhake 10

10. kaḥ aham varākaḥ kim iva karomi katham eva ca
tiṣṭhāmi maunam eva iti dīnatā udeti vārdhake

10. aham varākaḥ kaḥ kim iva karomi ca katham eva
maunam eva tiṣṭhāmi iti dīnatā vārdhake udeti

10. Who am I, a wretched being? What indeed can I do? And how can I simply remain silent? Thus, helplessness arises in old age.

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• अहम् (aham) - I

• वराकः (varākaḥ) - wretched, miserable, poor

• किम् (kim) - what, why, how

• इव (iva) - as if, like, indeed

• करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make, I perform

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what way

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• च (ca) - and, also

• तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand, I remain, I dwell

• मौनम् (maunam) - silence, quietly

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• इति (iti) - thus, so, saying

• दीनता (dīnatā) - helplessness, misery, wretchedness

• उदेति (udeti) - arises, comes forth, appears

• वार्धके (vārdhake) - in old age, during old age

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ka

ka - who, what

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I

वराकः (varākaḥ) - wretched, miserable, poor

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of varāka

varāka - wretched, miserable, poor

किम् (kim) - what, why, how

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, why, how

Note: Used here adverbially, 'what indeed'.

इव (iva) - as if, like, indeed

(indeclinable)

करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make, I perform

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what way

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand, I remain, I dwell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

मौनम् (maunam) - silence, quietly

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mauna

mauna - silence, quietness

Note: Used here adverbially.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so, saying

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of a quote or thought.

दीनता (dīnatā) - helplessness, misery, wretchedness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dīnatā

dīnatā - helplessness, misery, wretchedness

उदेति (udeti) - arises, comes forth, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ud-i

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

वार्धके (vārdhake) - in old age, during old age

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vārdhaka

vārdhaka - old age, the period of old age