योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-22, verse-27

कासश्वासससीत्कारा दुःखधूमतमोमयी ।
जराज्वाला ज्वलत्येषा यस्यासौ दग्ध एव हि ॥ २७ ॥

kāsaśvāsasasītkārā duḥkhadhūmatamomayī ,
jarājvālā jvalatyeṣā yasyāsau dagdha eva hi 27

27. kāsa-śvāsa-sa-sītkārā duḥkha-dhūma-tamomayī |
jarā-jvālā jvalati eṣā yasya asau dagdhaḥ eva hi ||

27. eṣā kāsa-śvāsa-sa-sītkārā duḥkha-dhūma-tamomayī
jarā-jvālā jvalati; yasya asau dagdhaḥ eva hi

27. This flame of old age (jarā), accompanied by coughing, gasping, and wheezing, and consisting of the smoke of suffering and darkness, burns fiercely; indeed, he whose body is touched by it is burnt.

Words meanings summery:

• कास-श्वास-स-सीत्कारा (kāsa-śvāsa-sa-sītkārā) - describing the harsh, distressing sounds associated with the 'flame' of old age (having coughs, gasps, and hissing/wheezing sounds)

• दुःख-धूम-तमोमयी (duḥkha-dhūma-tamomayī) - describing the oppressive and distressing nature of old age (full of the smoke of suffering and darkness)

• जरा-ज्वाला (jarā-jvālā) - old age (jarā) is presented as a destructive flame (the flame of old age)

• ज्वलति (jvalati) - burns, blazes

• एषा (eṣā) - this (flame of old age) (this (feminine))

• यस्य (yasya) - of whom (referring to a person whose body is burnt) (whose, of whom, of which)

• असौ (asau) - he (the person whose body is burnt) (that (person/thing), he, she, it)

• दग्धः (dagdhaḥ) - burnt, destroyed (by old age) (burnt, consumed by fire)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (only, merely, indeed, certainly)

• हि (hi) - indeed, truly (indeed, surely, because)

Words meanings and morphology

कास-श्वास-स-सीत्कारा (kāsa-śvāsa-sa-sītkārā) - describing the harsh, distressing sounds associated with the 'flame' of old age (having coughs, gasps, and hissing/wheezing sounds)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāsa-śvāsa-sa-sītkāra

kāsa-śvāsa-sa-sītkāra - having coughs, gasps, and hissing/wheezing sounds

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kāsa+śvāsa+sa+sītkāra)

• kāsa – cough, coughing
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kās (class 1)
• śvāsa – breath, breathing, asthma, panting
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śvas (class 2)
• sa – with, accompanied by, having
  indeclinable
  Prefix forming a Bahuvrihi compound.
• sītkāra – hissing sound, wheezing, sigh
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sīt-kṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jarā-jvālā'.

दुःख-धूम-तमोमयी (duḥkha-dhūma-tamomayī) - describing the oppressive and distressing nature of old age (full of the smoke of suffering and darkness)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duḥkha-dhūma-tamomaya

duḥkha-dhūma-tamomaya - full of the smoke of suffering and darkness

Compound type : bahuvrihi (duḥkha+dhūma+tamas+maya)

• duḥkha – suffering, pain, misery
  noun (neuter)
• dhūma – smoke, vapor
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhū (class 5)
• tamas – darkness, gloom, ignorance
  noun (neuter)
• maya – full of, consisting of, made of
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Suffix -maya/-mayī used to form adjectives indicating material or abundance.

Note: Agrees with 'jarā-jvālā'.

जरा-ज्वाला (jarā-jvālā) - old age (jarā) is presented as a destructive flame (the flame of old age)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jarā-jvālā

jarā-jvālā - the flame of old age

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jarā+jvālā)

• jarā – old age, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jṝ (class 1)
• jvālā – flame, blaze, fire
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jval (class 1)

ज्वलति (jvalati) - burns, blazes

(verb)

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

Root: jval (class 1)

एषा (eṣā) - this (flame of old age) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Refers to 'jarā-jvālā'.

यस्य (yasya) - of whom (referring to a person whose body is burnt) (whose, of whom, of which)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

असौ (asau) - he (the person whose body is burnt) (that (person/thing), he, she, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, yonder, he, she, it

दग्धः (dagdhaḥ) - burnt, destroyed (by old age) (burnt, consumed by fire)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dagdha

dagdha - burnt, consumed, injured, purified by fire

Past Passive Participle

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective here, indicating state.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (only, merely, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, truly (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)