योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-22, verse-28

जरसा वक्रतामेति शुक्लावयवपल्लवा ।
तात तन्वी तनुर्नृणां लता पुष्पानता यथा ॥ २८ ॥

jarasā vakratāmeti śuklāvayavapallavā ,
tāta tanvī tanurnṛṇāṃ latā puṣpānatā yathā 28

28. jarasā vakratām eti śukla-avayava-pallavā | tāta
tanvī tanuḥ nṛṇām latā puṣpa-ānatā yathā ||

28. tāta! nṛṇām tanvī śukla-avayava-pallavā tanuḥ jarasā vakratām eti,
yathā puṣpa-ānatā latā [eti]

28. O dear father, just as a slender creeper bends low laden with flowers, so too does the slender body of men become crooked by old age (jarā), with its limbs like white shoots.

Words meanings summery:

• जरसा (jarasā) - by old age, through decrepitude

• वक्रताम् (vakratām) - crookedness, curvature (of the body) (crookedness, curvedness, deceit)

• एति (eti) - attains, becomes (goes, attains, reaches)

• शुक्ल-अवयव-पल्लवा (śukla-avayava-pallavā) - having limbs (or extremities) that are like white, tender sprouts (referring to pale skin, white hair, fragile bones) (having white limb-shoots)

• तात (tāta) - O dear father (father, dear one)

• तन्वी (tanvī) - slender, delicate (slender, delicate, thin, young)

• तनुः (tanuḥ) - body, form, person

• नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men, of people, of human beings

• लता (latā) - creeper, vine

• पुष्प-आनता (puṣpa-ānatā) - bent by flowers, laden with flowers

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

Words meanings and morphology

जरसा (jarasā) - by old age, through decrepitude

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, decrepitude, decay

Root: jṝ (class 1)

वक्रताम् (vakratām) - crookedness, curvature (of the body) (crookedness, curvedness, deceit)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vakratā

vakratā - crookedness, curvature, perversity, deceit

Derived from 'vakra' (crooked) with suffix '-tā' (abstract noun).

एति (eti) - attains, becomes (goes, attains, reaches)

(verb)

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

Root: i (class 2)

शुक्ल-अवयव-पल्लवा (śukla-avayava-pallavā) - having limbs (or extremities) that are like white, tender sprouts (referring to pale skin, white hair, fragile bones) (having white limb-shoots)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śukla-avayava-pallava

śukla-avayava-pallava - having white limb-shoots

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śukla+avayava+pallava)

• śukla – white, bright, pale
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• avayava – limb, part, component
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: yu (class 2)
• pallava – sprout, young shoot, tender leaf
  noun (masculine/neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'tanvī tanuḥ'.

तात (tāta) - O dear father (father, dear one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, respected person (term of endearment or respect)

तन्वी (tanvī) - slender, delicate (slender, delicate, thin, young)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - slender, thin, delicate, fine

Note: Feminine form, agrees with 'tanuḥ'.

तनुः (tanuḥ) - body, form, person

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, person, form, figure

Root: tan (class 8)

नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men, of people, of human beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, person, human being

लता (latā) - creeper, vine

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of latā

latā - creeper, vine, tendril

पुष्प-आनता (puṣpa-ānatā) - bent by flowers, laden with flowers

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of puṣpa-ānata

puṣpa-ānata - bent by flowers, laden with flowers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṣpa+ānata)

• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: puṣ (class 4)
• ānata – bent, bowed, humble
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: ā
  Root: nam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'latā'.

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

(indeclinable)