योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-22, verse-36

जरासुधालेपसिते शरीरान्तःपुरान्तरे ।
अशक्तिरार्तिरापच्च तिष्ठन्ति सुखमङ्गनाः ॥ ३६ ॥

jarāsudhālepasite śarīrāntaḥpurāntare ,
aśaktirārtirāpacca tiṣṭhanti sukhamaṅganāḥ 36

36. jarāsudhālepasite śarīrāntaḥpurāntare aśaktiḥ
ārtiḥ āpat ca tiṣṭhanti sukham aṅganāḥ

36. jarāsudhālepasite śarīrāntaḥpurāntare,
aśaktiḥ ārtiḥ ca āpat,
aṅganāḥ (iva) sukham tiṣṭhanti

36. Within the inner palace-chambers of the body, which are whitened by the lime-plaster of old age (jarā), powerlessness, suffering, and misfortune comfortably reside like women.

36. בתוך הארמון הפנימי של הגוף, הסיוד בסיד הלבן של הזקנה, מתגוררות בנוחות עלמות חוסר האונים, המכאוב והאסון.

Words meanings summery:

• जरासुधालेपसिते (jarāsudhālepasite) - whitened by the lime-plaster of old age

• शरीरान्तःपुरान्तरे (śarīrāntaḥpurāntare) - in the inner chamber of the body-harem, in the inner palace-chambers of the body

• अशक्तिः (aśaktiḥ) - powerlessness, debility, incapacity

• आर्तिः (ārtiḥ) - pain, suffering, distress

• आपत् (āpat) - calamity, misfortune, distress

• च (ca) - and

• तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they stand, they reside, they remain

• सुखम् (sukham) - happily, comfortably, with ease

• अङ्गनाः (aṅganāḥ) - women, females

Words meanings and morphology

जरासुधालेपसिते (jarāsudhālepasite) - whitened by the lime-plaster of old age

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of jarāsudhālepasita

jarāsudhālepasita - whitened by the plaster of old age-lime

Past Passive Participle

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

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jarā+sudhālepa+sita)

• jarā – old age, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jṝ (class 9)
• sudhālepa – plaster, whitewash, lime-plaster
  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 śarīrāntaḥpurāntare

शरीरान्तःपुरान्तरे (śarīrāntaḥpurāntare) - in the inner chamber of the body-harem, in the inner palace-chambers of the body

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīrāntaḥpurāntara

śarīrāntaḥpurāntara - the interior of the inner apartment of the body (body-harem)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarīra+antaḥpura+antara)

• śarīra – body, corporeal frame
  noun (neuter)
• antaḥpura – inner apartment, harem, seraglio
  noun (neuter)
• antara – interior, inside, middle
  noun (neuter)

अशक्तिः (aśaktiḥ) - powerlessness, debility, incapacity

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aśakti

aśakti - powerlessness, inability, debility, lack of strength

Negation (a-) of śakti (power)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śakti)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• śakti – power, capability, energy, strength
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śak (class 5)

आर्तिः (ārtiḥ) - pain, suffering, distress

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ārti

ārti - pain, suffering, distress, affliction

From √ṛ (to go, to arise) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: ṛ (class 3)

आपत् (āpat) - calamity, misfortune, distress

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āpad

āpad - calamity, misfortune, distress, adversity

From √pad (to go, fall) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Stem form 'āpad' becomes 'āpat' in nominative singular.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they stand, they reside, they remain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of sthā

Class 1 verb (tiṣṭhati)

Root: sthā (class 1)

सुखम् (sukham) - happily, comfortably, with ease

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially (accusative singular neuter or indeclinable).

अङ्गनाः (aṅganāḥ) - women, females

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of aṅganā

aṅganā - woman, female, beautiful woman

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