योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-22, verse-33

दण्डतृतीयपादेन प्रस्खलन्ती मुहुर्मुहुः ।
कासाधोवायुमुरजा जरा योषित्प्रनृत्यति ॥ ३३ ॥

daṇḍatṛtīyapādena praskhalantī muhurmuhuḥ ,
kāsādhovāyumurajā jarā yoṣitpranṛtyati 33

33. daṇḍatṛtīyapādena praskhalantī muhurmuhuḥ
kāsādovāyumurajā jarā yoṣit pranṛtyati

33. jarā yoṣit daṇḍatṛtīyapādena muhurmuhuḥ
praskhalantī kāsādovāyumurajā pranṛtyati

33. Old age (jarā), personified as a woman, dances, stumbling repeatedly and leaning on a staff as her third leg, with her coughs and flatulence serving as her drums (muraja).

Words meanings summery:

• दण्डतृतीयपादेन (daṇḍatṛtīyapādena) - Describing how old age (personified) walks, relying on a staff like an extra leg. (with a staff as a third leg, with the staff as its third foot)

• प्रस्खलन्ती (praskhalantī) - Describes the unsteady gait of old age. (stumbling, slipping, faltering)

• मुहुर्मुहुः (muhurmuhuḥ) - again and again, repeatedly, incessantly

• कासादोवायुमुरजा (kāsādovāyumurajā) - Metaphorically, the sounds of old age (coughs, flatulence) are depicted as musical accompaniment for its dance. (having coughs and flatulence as drums)

• जरा (jarā) - Personified as a woman. (old age, decrepitude)

• योषित् (yoṣit) - Used to personify old age as a female dancer. (woman, female)

• प्रनृत्यति (pranṛtyati) - dances, begins to dance, dances prominently

Words meanings and morphology

दण्डतृतीयपादेन (daṇḍatṛtīyapādena) - Describing how old age (personified) walks, relying on a staff like an extra leg. (with a staff as a third leg, with the staff as its third foot)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of daṇḍatṛtīyapāda

daṇḍatṛtīyapāda - having a staff as a third leg

Bahuvrīhi compound: daṇḍa (staff) + tṛtīya (third) + pāda (foot/leg).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (daṇḍa+tṛtīya+pāda)

• daṇḍa – staff, stick, rod, punishment
  noun (masculine)
• tṛtīya – third
  numeral adjective
  From tri (three) + tīya suffix
• pāda – foot, leg, quarter
  noun (masculine)

Note: Acts as an adverbial phrase describing jarā yoṣit.

प्रस्खलन्ती (praskhalantī) - Describes the unsteady gait of old age. (stumbling, slipping, faltering)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of praskhalant

praskhalant - stumbling, slipping, faltering

Present Active Participle

From root skhal (to stumble) with upasarga pra (forth, greatly)

Prefix: pra

Root: skhal (class 1)

Note: Acts as a present participle describing the subject.

मुहुर्मुहुः (muhurmuhuḥ) - again and again, repeatedly, incessantly

(indeclinable)

Iterative compound of muhuḥ (repeatedly).

कासादोवायुमुरजा (kāsādovāyumurajā) - Metaphorically, the sounds of old age (coughs, flatulence) are depicted as musical accompaniment for its dance. (having coughs and flatulence as drums)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāsādovāyumurajā

kāsādovāyumurajā - having coughs and flatulence as drums

Bahuvrīhi compound: kāsa (cough) + adhovāyu (flatulence) + muraja (drum). kāsa and adhovāyu form a dvandva, which then combines with muraja in a bahuvrīhi.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāsa+adhovāyu+muraja)

• kāsa – cough, coughing
  noun (masculine)
• adhovāyu – flatulence, downward-moving wind
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: adhas (below) + vāyu (wind).
• muraja – drum, a kind of drum
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies jarā yoṣit.

जरा (jarā) - Personified as a woman. (old age, decrepitude)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, decrepitude, decay

From root jṛ (to waste away, grow old).

Root: jṛ (class 1)

योषित् (yoṣit) - Used to personify old age as a female dancer. (woman, female)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yoṣit

yoṣit - woman, female, girl, wife

Root: yuṣ

Note: In apposition to jarā.

प्रनृत्यति (pranṛtyati) - dances, begins to dance, dances prominently

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pranṛtyati

Present tense, 3rd person singular

From root nṛt (to dance) with upasarga pra (forth, greatly, prominently).

Prefix: pra

Root: nṛt (class 4)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.