योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-23, verse-9

निर्दयः कठिनः क्रूरः कर्कशः कृपणोऽधमः ।
न तदस्ति यदद्यापि न कालो निगिरत्ययम् ॥ ९ ॥

nirdayaḥ kaṭhinaḥ krūraḥ karkaśaḥ kṛpaṇo'dhamaḥ ,
na tadasti yadadyāpi na kālo nigiratyayam 9

9. nirdayaḥ kaṭhinaḥ krūraḥ karkaśaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ adhamaḥ
na tat asti yat adya api na kālaḥ nigirati ayam

9. ayam kālaḥ nirdayaḥ kaṭhinaḥ krūraḥ karkaśaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ adhamaḥ.
adya api yat na nigirati,
tat na asti.

9. Time is merciless, hard, cruel, rough, wretched, and ignoble; there is nothing that this time has not yet devoured.

Words meanings summery:

• निर्दयः (nirdayaḥ) - merciless, pitiless, cruel

• कठिनः (kaṭhinaḥ) - hard, harsh, rigid, severe

• क्रूरः (krūraḥ) - cruel, fierce, dreadful

• कर्कशः (karkaśaḥ) - rough, severe, harsh, coarse

• कृपणः (kṛpaṇaḥ) - wretched, pitiable (in its destructive nature) (wretched, miserable, pitiable, stingy, avaricious)

• अधमः (adhamaḥ) - ignoble, debasing (in its action) (lowest, meanest, vilest, ignoble)

• न (na) - not, no

• तत् (tat) - refers to 'that thing' which time has not swallowed (that, it)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• अद्य (adya) - still, even now (today, now)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• न (na) - not, no

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time, death

• निगिरति (nigirati) - swallows, devours

• अयम् (ayam) - this (time) (this, he)

Words meanings and morphology

निर्दयः (nirdayaḥ) - merciless, pitiless, cruel

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirdaya

nirdaya - merciless, pitiless, cruel

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+dayā)

• nis – out, forth, without
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• dayā – compassion, pity, mercy
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with kālaḥ (implied).

कठिनः (kaṭhinaḥ) - hard, harsh, rigid, severe

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaṭhina

kaṭhina - hard, harsh, rigid, difficult, severe

Note: Agrees with kālaḥ (implied).

क्रूरः (krūraḥ) - cruel, fierce, dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krūra

krūra - cruel, fierce, dreadful, bloody, raw

Root: krū

Note: Agrees with kālaḥ (implied).

कर्कशः (karkaśaḥ) - rough, severe, harsh, coarse

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karkaśa

karkaśa - rough, severe, harsh, coarse, stiff

Note: Agrees with kālaḥ (implied).

कृपणः (kṛpaṇaḥ) - wretched, pitiable (in its destructive nature) (wretched, miserable, pitiable, stingy, avaricious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛpaṇa

kṛpaṇa - miserable, wretched, poor, stingy, avaricious, lamentable

Root: kṛp (class 1)

Note: Agrees with kālaḥ (implied).

अधमः (adhamaḥ) - ignoble, debasing (in its action) (lowest, meanest, vilest, ignoble)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhama

adhama - lowest, meanest, worst, vilest, inferior, base

Superlative of adha (down).

Note: Agrees with kālaḥ (implied).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - refers to 'that thing' which time has not swallowed (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Correlates with yat.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root verb

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Forms the predicate 'na asti' (does not exist).

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Refers back to tat.

अद्य (adya) - still, even now (today, now)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कालः (kālaḥ) - time, death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, death

निगिरति (nigirati) - swallows, devours

(verb)

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

Root gṛ (to swallow) with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: gṛ (class 6)

अयम् (ayam) - this (time) (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with kālaḥ.