योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-108, verse-1

राजोवाच ।
अथ गच्छति कालेऽत्र जराजर्जरितायुषि ।
तुषारपूर्णशष्पौघसमश्मश्रुभृते मयि ॥ १ ॥

rājovāca ,
atha gacchati kāle'tra jarājarjaritāyuṣi ,
tuṣārapūrṇaśaṣpaughasamaśmaśrubhṛte mayi 1

1. rājaḥ uvāca atha gacchati kāle atra jarājarjaritāyuṣi
tuṣārapūrṇaśaṣpaughasamaśmaśrubhṛte mayi

1. rājaḥ uvāca atha atra kāle gacchati mayi
jarājarjaritāyuṣi tuṣārapūrṇaśaṣpaughasamaśmaśrubhṛte

1. The king spoke: Then, as time was passing and my life was worn out by old age, and as I (myself) had a beard resembling a mass of grass covered in frost...

Words meanings summery:

• राजः (rājaḥ) - king

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

• गच्छति (gacchati) - when passing, while passing

• काले (kāle) - in time, when time

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this situation

• जराजर्जरितायुषि (jarājarjaritāyuṣi) - when (my) life was worn out by old age

• तुषारपूर्णशष्पौघसमश्मश्रुभृते (tuṣārapūrṇaśaṣpaughasamaśmaśrubhṛte) - when (my) beard was like a mass of grass full of frost

• मयि (mayi) - in me, concerning me, when I

Words meanings and morphology

राजः (rājaḥ) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of uvāca

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - when passing, while passing

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gacchat

gacchat - going, moving, passing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root gam with śatṛ suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

काले (kāle) - in time, when time

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

अत्र (atra) - here, in this situation

(indeclinable)

जराजर्जरितायुषि (jarājarjaritāyuṣi) - when (my) life was worn out by old age

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of jarājarjaritāyuṣ

jarājarjaritāyuṣ - having life worn out by old age, decrepit due to old age

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jarā+jarjarita+āyuṣ)

• jarā – old age, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
• jarjarita – worn out, decrepit, shattered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from denominative root jarjar (from jarjara 'worn out')
  Root: jarj
• āyuṣ – life, longevity, duration of life
  noun (neuter)

तुषारपूर्णशष्पौघसमश्मश्रुभृते (tuṣārapūrṇaśaṣpaughasamaśmaśrubhṛte) - when (my) beard was like a mass of grass full of frost

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of tuṣārapūrṇaśaṣpaughasamaśmaśrubhṛt

tuṣārapūrṇaśaṣpaughasamaśmaśrubhṛt - bearing a beard resembling a mass of grass full of frost

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tuṣāra+pūrṇa+śaṣpa+ogha+sama+śmaśru+bhṛt)

• tuṣāra – frost, hoarfrost, snow
  noun (masculine)
• pūrṇa – full, complete, filled with
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root pṛ with kta suffix
  Root: pṛ (class 9)
• śaṣpa – young grass, blade of grass
  noun (neuter)
• ogha – mass, multitude, flood
  noun (masculine)
• sama – like, similar, equal
  adjective
• śmaśru – beard, mustache
  noun (neuter)
• bhṛt – bearing, carrying, having (suffix)
  adjective
  Kṛt suffix (agent noun)
  Derived from root bhṛ with kvin suffix
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)

मयि (mayi) - in me, concerning me, when I

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me