योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-22, verse-16

जराकुसुमितं देहद्रुमं दृष्ट्वैव दूरतः ।
अध्यापतति वेगेन मुने मरणमर्कटः ॥ १६ ॥

jarākusumitaṃ dehadrumaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva dūrataḥ ,
adhyāpatati vegena mune maraṇamarkaṭaḥ 16

16. jarā-kusumitam deha-drumam dṛṣṭvā eva dūrataḥ
adhyāpatati vegena mune maraṇa-markaṭaḥ

16. mune jarā-kusumitam deha-drumam dūrataḥ
dṛṣṭvā eva maraṇa-markaṭaḥ vegena adhyāpatati

16. O sage, upon merely seeing the body-tree, which is blooming with old age, from a distance, the monkey of death swiftly swoops down.

Words meanings summery:

• जरा-कुसुमितम् (jarā-kusumitam) - blooming with old age (metaphorical for signs of aging) (flowered with old age, blossomed by old age)

• देह-द्रुमम् (deha-drumam) - body-tree, the tree of the body

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

• दूरतः (dūrataḥ) - from afar, from a distance

• अध्यापतति (adhyāpatati) - swoops down upon, falls upon, flies onto

• वेगेन (vegena) - with speed, rapidly, swiftly

• मुने (mune) - O sage, O ascetic

• मरण-मर्कटः (maraṇa-markaṭaḥ) - monkey of death, the death-monkey

Words meanings and morphology

जरा-कुसुमितम् (jarā-kusumitam) - blooming with old age (metaphorical for signs of aging) (flowered with old age, blossomed by old age)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jarākusumita

jarākusumita - flowered with old age, adorned with the flowers of decrepitude

Past Passive Participle (used as adjective)

Compound adjective: jarā (old age) + kusumita (flowered). Kusumita is a P.P.P. from the denominative verb kusumayati (to flower).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (jarā+kusumita)

• jarā – old age, decay, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jṛ (class 1)
• kusumita – flowered, blossomed, full of flowers
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the denominative verb kusumayati (to flower), itself from kusuma (flower).
  Root: kusum

Note: Modifies 'dehadrumam'.

देह-द्रुमम् (deha-drumam) - body-tree, the tree of the body

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dehadrúma

dehadrúma - body-tree (a metaphorical compound)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (Karmadhāraya) (deha+druma)

• deha – body, form, person, physical frame
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 1)
• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

दूरतः (dūrataḥ) - from afar, from a distance

(indeclinable)

Formed with the ablative suffix -taḥ from dūra (distance).

अध्यापतति (adhyāpatati) - swoops down upon, falls upon, flies onto

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of adhyā-pat

Root pat (to fall, fly) with prefixes adhi and ā.

Prefixes: adhi+ā

Root: pat (class 1)

वेगेन (vegena) - with speed, rapidly, swiftly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vega

vega - speed, velocity, impulse, force

Root: vij (class 6)

मुने (mune) - O sage, O ascetic

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, hermit, saint

मरण-मर्कटः (maraṇa-markaṭaḥ) - monkey of death, the death-monkey

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maraṇamarkaṭa

maraṇamarkaṭa - the monkey of death (a metaphor)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (maraṇa+markaṭa)

• maraṇa – death, dying, the act of dying
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  Derived from root mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• markaṭa – monkey, ape
  noun (masculine)