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.

28. יקירי, בעקבות הזקנה הגוף השביר של בני האדם מתכופף, וענפיו ואיבריו מלבינים, ממש כמו מטפס הכורע מתחת לעומס פרחיו.

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)

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