योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-22, verse-35

जराचन्द्रोदयसिते शरीरनगरे स्थिते ।
क्षणाद्विकासमायाति मुने मरणकैरवम् ॥ ३५ ॥

jarācandrodayasite śarīranagare sthite ,
kṣaṇādvikāsamāyāti mune maraṇakairavam 35

35. jarācandrodavasite śarīranagare sthite
kṣaṇāt vikāsam āyāti mune maraṇakairavam

35. mune,
jarācandrodavasite śarīranagare sthite (sati),
kṣaṇāt maraṇakairavam vikāsam āyāti

35. O sage, as the city of the body stands, made pale by the dawning moon of old age (jarā), in that very instant, the water-lily of death (maraṇa) blossoms forth.

Words meanings summery:

• जराचन्द्रोदवसिते (jarācandrodavasite) - whitened by the rising moon of old age

• शरीरनगरे (śarīranagare) - in the body-city

• स्थिते (sthite) - being situated, standing, existing

• क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - from a moment, in an instant, instantly

• विकासम् (vikāsam) - blossoming, expansion, development

• आयाति (āyāti) - comes into being, blossoms (comes, approaches, attains)

• मुने (mune) - O sage

• मरणकैरवम् (maraṇakairavam) - the water-lily of death

Words meanings and morphology

जराचन्द्रोदवसिते (jarācandrodavasite) - whitened by the rising moon of old age

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of jarācandrodavasita

jarācandrodavasita - whitened by the rising moon of old age

Past Passive Participle

Compound adjective, 'sita' (whitened) is p.p.p. of √si (to bind, whiten)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi or tatpuruṣa (jarā+candrodaya+sita)

• jarā – old age, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jṝ (class 9)
• candrodaya – moonrise, dawning of the moon
  noun (masculine)
• sita – white, pallid, bound
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  p.p.p. of √si (to bind, to whiten, to make pale)
  Root: si (class 5)

Note: Agrees with śarīranagare

शरीरनगरे (śarīranagare) - in the body-city

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīranagara

śarīranagara - the body as a city

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarīra+nagara)

• śarīra – body, corporeal frame
  noun (neuter)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

स्थिते (sthite) - being situated, standing, existing

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, remaining

Past Passive Participle

p.p.p. of √sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Forms a locative absolute construction with jarācandrodavasite śarīranagare

क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - from a moment, in an instant, instantly

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - a moment, an instant, a twinkling of an eye

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'instantly'.

विकासम् (vikāsam) - blossoming, expansion, development

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vikāsa

vikāsa - blossoming, blooming, expansion, opening, manifestation

Derived from √kas (to open, expand) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: kas (class 1)

Note: Forms a compound verb with āyāti, 'vikāsam āyāti' meaning 'to blossom'.

आयाति (āyāti) - comes into being, blossoms (comes, approaches, attains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of āyā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Combined with 'vikāsam' to mean 'blossoms'.

मुने (mune) - O sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, contemplative person

मरणकैरवम् (maraṇakairavam) - the water-lily of death

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇakairava

maraṇakairava - death-lotus, the water-lily of death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maraṇa+kairava)

• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• kairava – white water-lily (Nymphaea esculenta), blooming at moonrise
  noun (neuter)