योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-22, verse-24

जराजह्नुसुतोद्युक्ता मूलान्यस्य निकृन्तति ।
शरीरतीरवृक्षस्य चलत्यायुषि सत्वरम् ॥ २४ ॥

jarājahnusutodyuktā mūlānyasya nikṛntati ,
śarīratīravṛkṣasya calatyāyuṣi satvaram 24

24. jarā jahnusutā-udyuktā mūlāni asya nikṛntati
| śarīratīravṛkṣasya calati āyuṣi satvaram ||

24. āyuṣi satvaram calati (sati),
jarā jahnusutā-udyuktā asya śarīratīravṛkṣasya mūlāni nikṛntati.

24. Old age (jarā), active like the daughter of Jahnu (Ganga), swiftly cuts off the roots of this body, which is like a tree standing on a riverbank, as one's life (āyus) rapidly moves towards its end.

24. הזקנה, הפועלת כמו הַגַנְגָה (נהר גְ'הַנּוּסוּטָה), כורתת את שורשי עץ הגוף שעומד על גדת הנהר, בעוד תוחלת החיים אוזלת במהירות.

Words meanings summery:

• जरा (jarā) - old age (old age, decrepitude)

• जह्नुसुता-उद्युक्ता (jahnusutā-udyuktā) - active like the daughter of Jahnu (Ganga) (active/engaged like the daughter of Jahnu (Ganga))

• मूलानि (mūlāni) - roots (roots, origins, foundations)

• अस्य (asya) - of this (of this (masculine/neuter))

• निकृन्तति (nikṛntati) - cuts off (cuts off, severs, destroys)

• शरीरतीरवृक्षस्य (śarīratīravṛkṣasya) - of the body, which is like a tree standing on a riverbank (of the tree on the bank of the body)

• चलति (calati) - moves, flows (moves, trembles, flows, goes)

• आयुषि (āyuṣi) - in life, during life's flow (in life, in the duration of life, in age)

• सत्वरम् (satvaram) - swiftly, rapidly (swiftly, quickly, hastily)

Words meanings and morphology

जरा (jarā) - old age (old age, decrepitude)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, decrepitude, decay

Note: Subject of 'nikṛntati'.

जह्नुसुता-उद्युक्ता (jahnusutā-udyuktā) - active like the daughter of Jahnu (Ganga) (active/engaged like the daughter of Jahnu (Ganga))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jahnusutodyukta

jahnusutodyukta - active or engaged like the daughter of Jahnu

Compound type : tatpurusha (jahnu+sutā+udyukta)

• jahnu – name of a sage, father of Ganga (metaphorically for Ganga)
  proper noun (masculine)
• sutā – daughter
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sū
• udyukta – active, engaged, ready, prepared
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'yuj' (to join) with upasarga 'ud'.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Adjective modifying 'jarā'.

मूलानि (mūlāni) - roots (roots, origins, foundations)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of mūla

mūla - root, origin, foundation, source

Note: Object of 'nikṛntati'.

अस्य (asya) - of this (of this (masculine/neuter))

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to 'śarīratīravṛkṣasya'.

निकृन्तति (nikṛntati) - cuts off (cuts off, severs, destroys)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of nikṛnt

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛnt (class 6)

शरीरतीरवृक्षस्य (śarīratīravṛkṣasya) - of the body, which is like a tree standing on a riverbank (of the tree on the bank of the body)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śarīratīravṛkṣa

śarīratīravṛkṣa - tree on the body-bank (metaphor for a body-tree on life's riverbank)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śarīra+tīra+vṛkṣa)

• śarīra – body, frame
  noun (neuter)
• tīra – bank, shore, riverbank
  noun (neuter)
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)

Note: Possessive, refers to the roots ('mūlāni').

चलति (calati) - moves, flows (moves, trembles, flows, goes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of cal

Root: cal (class 1)

आयुषि (āyuṣi) - in life, during life's flow (in life, in the duration of life, in age)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of āyus

āyus - life, duration of life, vital power, age

Note: Indicates the state or time when the action occurs, 'while life is moving'.

सत्वरम् (satvaram) - swiftly, rapidly (swiftly, quickly, hastily)

(indeclinable)

From 'tvara' (swift) with prefix 'sa' (with).

Note: Used adverbially.

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