योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-22, verse-26

काचिदस्ति जगत्यस्मिन्नामङ्गलकरी तथा ।
यथा जराक्रोशकरी देहजङ्गलजम्बुकी ॥ २६ ॥

kācidasti jagatyasminnāmaṅgalakarī tathā ,
yathā jarākrośakarī dehajaṅgalajambukī 26

26. kācit asti jagati asmin na amaṅgalakarī tathā
| yathā jarā āśrośakarī deha-jaṅgala-jambukī ||

26. asmin jagati kācit tathā amaṅgalakarī na asti
yathā deha-jaṅgala-jambukī jarā āśrośakarī

26. In this world, there is nothing as inauspicious as old age (jarā), which causes lamentation and is like a female jackal in the jungle of the body.

Words meanings summery:

• काचित् (kācit) - something, anything (referring to what is compared to old age) (someone, something, some)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• जगति (jagati) - in the world, in the universe, in existence

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (world) (in this)

• न (na) - not, no

• अमङ्गलकरी (amaṅgalakarī) - inauspicious, bringing misfortune

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• जरा (jarā) - old age, decrepitude

• आश्रोशकरी (āśrośakarī) - causing lamentation, causing distress/crying

• देह-जङ्गल-जम्बुकी (deha-jaṅgala-jambukī) - old age personified as a female jackal in the body's jungle (a female jackal in the forest of the body)

Words meanings and morphology

काचित् (kācit) - something, anything (referring to what is compared to old age) (someone, something, some)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, someone, something

Indefinite pronoun formed from interrogative pronoun 'kim' with suffix 'cit'.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

जगति (jagati) - in the world, in the universe, in existence

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'gam' with prefix 'jan' to mean 'that which moves/exists'.

Root: gam (class 1)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (world) (in this)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Agrees with 'jagati'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अमङ्गलकरी (amaṅgalakarī) - inauspicious, bringing misfortune

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of amaṅgalakara

amaṅgalakara - inauspicious, causing misfortune

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+maṅgala+kara)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• maṅgala – auspicious, fortunate, good omen
  noun (neuter)
• kara – making, causing, producing
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Suffix derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

जरा (jarā) - old age, decrepitude

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, decrepitude, decay

Root: jṝ (class 1)

आश्रोशकरी (āśrośakarī) - causing lamentation, causing distress/crying

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āśrośakara

āśrośakara - causing lamentation, causing distress

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (āśrośa+kara)

• āśrośa – lamentation, crying, distress
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śru (class 1)
• kara – making, causing, producing
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Suffix derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

देह-जङ्गल-जम्बुकी (deha-jaṅgala-jambukī) - old age personified as a female jackal in the body's jungle (a female jackal in the forest of the body)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of deha-jaṅgala-jambukī

deha-jaṅgala-jambukī - female jackal in the forest of the body

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (deha+jaṅgala+jambukī)

• deha – body, corporeal form
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  Root: dih (class 4)
• jaṅgala – jungle, wilderness, forest
  noun (neuter)
• jambukī – female jackal, she-jackal
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of 'jambuka'.