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.

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).