योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-26, verse-9

आयुरत्यन्तचपलं मृत्युरेकान्तनिष्ठुरः ।
तारुण्यं चातितरलं बाल्यं जडतया हृतम् ॥ ९ ॥

āyuratyantacapalaṃ mṛtyurekāntaniṣṭhuraḥ ,
tāruṇyaṃ cātitaralaṃ bālyaṃ jaḍatayā hṛtam 9

9. āyuḥ atyanta-capalam mṛtyuḥ ekānta-niṣṭhuraḥ
tāruṇyam ca ati-taralam bālyam jaḍatayā hṛtam

9. āyuḥ atyanta-capalam (asti) mṛtyuḥ ekānta-niṣṭhuraḥ (asti)
tāruṇyam ca ati-taralam (asti) bālyam jaḍatayā hṛtam (asti)

9. Life is exceedingly fleeting. Death is absolutely relentless. Youth is very fickle, and childhood is consumed by dullness.

9. תוחלת החיים הפכפכה ביותר, המוות אכזרי לחלוטין, הנעורים חולפים ביעף, והילדות נגזלת בערומת הכסילות.

Words meanings summery:

• आयुः (āyuḥ) - life, duration of life

• अत्यन्त-चपलम् (atyanta-capalam) - exceedingly fickle, very unsteady

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• एकान्त-निष्ठुरः (ekānta-niṣṭhuraḥ) - absolutely cruel, exclusively harsh, utterly relentless

• तारुण्यम् (tāruṇyam) - youth, youthfulness

• च (ca) - and, also

• अति-तरलम् (ati-taralam) - very unsteady, extremely agitated, highly fickle

• बाल्यम् (bālyam) - childhood, infancy

• जडतया (jaḍatayā) - by dullness, by inertia, by stupidity

• हृतम् (hṛtam) - consumed by, characterized by (taken away, carried away, seized, consumed)

Words meanings and morphology

आयुः (āyuḥ) - life, duration of life

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āyus

āyus - life, duration of life, vital power

अत्यन्त-चपलम् (atyanta-capalam) - exceedingly fickle, very unsteady

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of atyanta-capala

atyanta-capala - exceedingly fickle, very unsteady, highly transient

Compound type : karmadhāraya (atyanta+capala)

• atyanta – exceedingly, extremely, very much
  indeclinable
• capala – fickle, unsteady, agile, quick, tremulous
  adjective
  Root: cap (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'āyuḥ' (neuter, singular, nominative).

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, mortality, the god of death

From root mṛ (to die) with -tyu suffix

Root: mṛ (class 6)

एकान्त-निष्ठुरः (ekānta-niṣṭhuraḥ) - absolutely cruel, exclusively harsh, utterly relentless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekānta-niṣṭhura

ekānta-niṣṭhura - absolutely cruel, exclusively harsh, utterly relentless

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ekānta+niṣṭhura)

• ekānta – exclusive, absolute, solitary, single-minded
  adjective
• niṣṭhura – harsh, cruel, hard, severe, inexorable
  adjective

Note: Agrees with 'mṛtyuḥ' (masculine, singular, nominative).

तारुण्यम् (tāruṇyam) - youth, youthfulness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tāruṇya

tāruṇya - youth, youthfulness, freshness

Derived from 'taruṇa' (young)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अति-तरलम् (ati-taralam) - very unsteady, extremely agitated, highly fickle

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ati-tarala

ati-tarala - very unsteady, extremely agitated, highly fickle, liquid

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ati+tarala)

• ati – over, beyond, excessively, very
  indeclinable
  Adverbial prefix indicating excess or intensity
• tarala – unsteady, trembling, fickle, agitated, liquid
  adjective
  Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tāruṇyam' (neuter, singular, nominative).

बाल्यम् (bālyam) - childhood, infancy

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bālya

bālya - childhood, infancy, childishness

Derived from 'bāla' (child)

जडतया (jaḍatayā) - by dullness, by inertia, by stupidity

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jaḍatā

jaḍatā - dullness, inertia, stupidity, coldness

Derived from 'jaḍa' (dull, inert) with the suffix 'tā' (for abstract noun)

हृतम् (hṛtam) - consumed by, characterized by (taken away, carried away, seized, consumed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛta

hṛta - taken away, seized, stolen, carried away, lost

Past Passive Participle

From root hṛ (to carry, seize) with kta suffix

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'bālyam' (neuter, singular, nominative).

Previous Verse Next Verse