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.

2. כמו ברד המחריב את הלוטוס, כמו רוח הסתיו המייבשת את המים, הזקנה הורסת את הגוף ממש כמו נהר הממוטט עץ שעל גדתו.

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)

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