योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-22, verse-2

हिमाशनिरिवाम्भोजं वात्येव शरदम्बुकम् ।
देहं जरा नाशयति नदी तीरतरुं यथा ॥ २ ॥

himāśanirivāmbhojaṃ vātyeva śaradambukam ,
dehaṃ jarā nāśayati nadī tīrataruṃ yathā 2

2. himāśaniḥ iva ambhojam vāti iva śarad ambukam
deham jarā nāśayati nadī tīra-tarum yathā

2. jarā deham nāśayati himāśaniḥ iva ambhojam,
śarad ambukam vāti iva,
nadī tīra-tarum yathā

2. Just as a hailstone destroys a lotus, or a strong wind disperses autumn clouds, and just as a river erodes a tree on its bank, so too does old age destroy the body.

Words meanings summery:

• हिमाशनिः (himāśaniḥ) - hailstone, ice-bolt

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अम्भोजम् (ambhojam) - lotus (flower)

• वाति (vāti) - blows, disperses, sweeps away

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• शरद् (śarad) - autumn

• अम्बुकम् (ambukam) - autumn cloud, autumn water (easily dispersed) (cloud, water)

• देहम् (deham) - body

• जरा (jarā) - old age, decay

• नाशयति (nāśayati) - destroys, causes to perish

• नदी (nadī) - river

• तीर-तरुम् (tīra-tarum) - tree on the bank

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

हिमाशनिः (himāśaniḥ) - hailstone, ice-bolt

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of himāśani

himāśani - hailstone, ice-weapon, frost-weapon

Compound type : tatpurusha (hima+aśani)

• hima – ice, frost, snow
  noun (neuter)
• aśani – bolt, thunderbolt, weapon
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अम्भोजम् (ambhojam) - lotus (flower)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ambhoja

ambhoja - lotus, water-born

Compound type : tatpurusha (ambhas+ja)

• ambhas – water
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born from, produced from
  adjective
  suffix
  Derived from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

वाति (vāti) - blows, disperses, sweeps away

(verb)

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

Root: vā (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

शरद् (śarad) - autumn

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śarad

śarad - autumn, year

अम्बुकम् (ambukam) - autumn cloud, autumn water (easily dispersed) (cloud, water)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ambuka

ambuka - water, cloud

देहम् (deham) - body

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form

जरा (jarā) - old age, decay

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, decay

नाशयति (nāśayati) - destroys, causes to perish

(verb)

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

Causative of root naś (to perish)

Root: naś (class 4)

नदी (nadī) - river

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river

तीर-तरुम् (tīra-tarum) - tree on the bank

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tīra-taru

tīra-taru - bank-tree, tree on the bank

Compound type : tatpurusha (tīra+taru)

• tīra – bank, shore
  noun (neuter)
• taru – tree
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)