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योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-8, verse-34

अयमन्यतमः कालः पेलवीकृतसज्जनः ।
राघवोऽपि गतो दैन्यं यतो वार्धकजर्जरः ॥ ३४ ॥
ayamanyatamaḥ kālaḥ pelavīkṛtasajjanaḥ ,
rāghavo'pi gato dainyaṃ yato vārdhakajarjaraḥ 34
34. ayam anyatamaḥ kālaḥ pelavīkṛta-sajjanaḥ rāghavaḥ
api gataḥ dainyaṃ yataḥ vārdhaka-jarjaraḥ
34. This is a peculiar time when good people are weakened. Even Rama (Rāghava) has fallen into a state of helplessness, for he is worn out by old age.

Words meanings summery:

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  • अयम् (ayam) - this
  • अन्यतमः (anyatamaḥ) - a peculiar, a specific kind of (one of them, one among many, a particular one)
  • कालः (kālaḥ) - time, season, era
  • पेलवीकृत-सज्जनः (pelavīkṛta-sajjanaḥ) - one in which good people are weakened, having good people weakened
  • राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rama (descendant of Raghu)
  • अपि (api) - also, even, too
  • गतः (gataḥ) - fallen into (gone, arrived, attained)
  • दैन्यं (dainyaṁ) - misery, wretchedness, helplessness, poverty
  • यतः (yataḥ) - for, because (because, since, from which)
  • वार्धक-जर्जरः (vārdhaka-jarjaraḥ) - worn out/decayed by old age

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
अन्यतमः (anyatamaḥ) - a peculiar, a specific kind of (one of them, one among many, a particular one)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of anyatama
anyatama - one of many, one of the others, a peculiar
Superlative suffix -tama added to anya.
Note: Qualifies 'kālaḥ'.
कालः (kālaḥ) - time, season, era
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla
kāla - time, period, season, era
Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.
पेलवीकृत-सज्जनः (pelavīkṛta-sajjanaḥ) - one in which good people are weakened, having good people weakened
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pelavīkṛta-sajjana
pelavīkṛta-sajjana - made delicate/weak are the good people
Compound type : bahuvrihi (pelavīkṛta+sajjana)
  • pelavīkṛta – made weak, made delicate
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    Derived from pelava (delicate, weak) + kṛta (made, done).
    Root: kṛ (class 8)
  • sajjana – a good person, a virtuous person
    noun (masculine)
    Compound of sat (good) and jana (person).
Note: Qualifies 'kālaḥ'.
राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rama (descendant of Raghu)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava
rāghava - Rama (a descendant of Raghu)
Patronymic from Raghu.
Note: Subject.
अपि (api) - also, even, too
(indeclinable)
गतः (gataḥ) - fallen into (gone, arrived, attained)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of gata
gata - gone, arrived, passed, obtained
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root gam (to go).
Root: gam (class 1)
Note: Used here with an accusative to mean 'reached a state of'.
दैन्यं (dainyaṁ) - misery, wretchedness, helplessness, poverty
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of dainya
dainya - misery, wretchedness, helplessness, dejection, poverty
Derived from dīna (wretched) + suffix -ya.
Note: Object of gataḥ.
यतः (yataḥ) - for, because (because, since, from which)
(indeclinable)
वार्धक-जर्जरः (vārdhaka-jarjaraḥ) - worn out/decayed by old age
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vārdhaka-jarjara
vārdhaka-jarjara - worn out by old age, decrepit due to old age
Compound type : tatpurusha (vārdhaka+jarjara)
  • vārdhaka – old age, senility
    noun (neuter)
    Derived from vṛddha (old).
  • jarjara – worn out, decayed, decrepit
    adjective (masculine)
Note: Qualifies Rāghavaḥ.