योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-22, verse-11

कथं कदा मे किमिव स्वादु स्याद्भोजनं जनात् ।
इत्यजस्रं जरा चैषा चेतो दहति वार्धके ॥ ११ ॥

kathaṃ kadā me kimiva svādu syādbhojanaṃ janāt ,
ityajasraṃ jarā caiṣā ceto dahati vārdhake 11

11. katham kadā me kim iva svādu syāt bhojanam janāt
iti ajasram jarā ca eṣā cetaḥ dahati vārdhake

11. katham kadā me janāt kim iva svādu bhojanam syāt
iti ajasram eṣā ca jarā vārdhake cetaḥ dahati

11. How and when will I ever have tasty food from people? Thus, this old age (jarā) constantly burns the mind (cetas) in old age (vārdhaka).

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what way

• कदा (kadā) - when

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• इव (iva) - as if, like, indeed

• स्वादु (svādu) - tasty, delicious, sweet

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, might be, should be

• भोजनम् (bhojanam) - food, meal, eating

• जनात् (janāt) - from people, from a person

• इति (iti) - thus, so, saying

• अजस्रम् (ajasram) - constantly, incessantly, continuously

• जरा (jarā) - old age, decrepitude

• च (ca) - and, also

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind, consciousness, intellect

• दहति (dahati) - burns, consumes, torments

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

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what way

(indeclinable)

कदा (kadā) - when

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I

Note: Also used as genitive.

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, why

Note: Used here adverbially, 'what indeed'.

इव (iva) - as if, like, indeed

(indeclinable)

स्वादु (svādu) - tasty, delicious, sweet

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svādu

svādu - tasty, delicious, sweet

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, might be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

भोजनम् (bhojanam) - food, meal, eating

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhojana

bhojana - food, meal, eating

agent noun/gerund

Derived from root bhuj (to eat/enjoy) + -ana suffix.

Root: bhuj (class 7)

जनात् (janāt) - from people, from a person

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people, man

इति (iti) - thus, so, saying

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of a quote or thought.

अजस्रम् (ajasram) - constantly, incessantly, continuously

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

जरा (jarā) - old age, decrepitude

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, decrepitude

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind, consciousness, intellect

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intellect

दहति (dahati) - burns, consumes, torments

(verb)

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

Root: dah (class 1)

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

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vārdhaka

vārdhaka - old age, the period of old age