योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-45, verse-16

कलत्रवन्तं संपन्नं स्थितं प्रक्षीणयौवनम् ।
शनैर्जर्जरतां यातं वृष्टिहीनमिव स्थलम् ॥ १६ ॥

kalatravantaṃ saṃpannaṃ sthitaṃ prakṣīṇayauvanam ,
śanairjarjaratāṃ yātaṃ vṛṣṭihīnamiva sthalam 16

16. kalatravantam saṃpannam sthitam prakṣīṇayauvanam
śanaiḥ jarjaratām yātam vṛṣṭihīnam iva sthalam

16. kalatravantam saṃpannam prakṣīṇayauvanam sthitam
śanaiḥ jarjaratām yātam vṛṣṭihīnam iva sthalam

16. (It), having progeny, prosperous, having remained with its youth greatly diminished, slowly reached a state of decrepitude, like dry land (sthala) devoid of rain.

Words meanings summery:

• कलत्रवन्तम् (kalatravantam) - having progeny (offspring) (having progeny/offspring; having wealth; having a wife)

• संपन्नम् (saṁpannam) - prosperous, abundant, accomplished, endowed

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, standing, existing, remaining

• प्रक्षीणयौवनम् (prakṣīṇayauvanam) - whose youth is greatly diminished/exhausted

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

• जर्जरताम् (jarjaratām) - to the state of decrepitude/decay

• यातम् (yātam) - gone, attained, reached

• वृष्टिहीनम् (vṛṣṭihīnam) - rainless, devoid of rain

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• स्थलम् (sthalam) - ground, land, place, dry land

Words meanings and morphology

कलत्रवन्तम् (kalatravantam) - having progeny (offspring) (having progeny/offspring; having wealth; having a wife)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kalatravat

kalatravat - having a wife; having wealth; having progeny

Derived with possessive suffix -vat (matup)

संपन्नम् (saṁpannam) - prosperous, abundant, accomplished, endowed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃpanna

saṁpanna - prosperous, abundant, accomplished, endowed, complete

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pad- with upasarga sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, standing, existing, remaining

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - situated, standing, existing, remaining

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā-

Root: sthā (class 1)

प्रक्षीणयौवनम् (prakṣīṇayauvanam) - whose youth is greatly diminished/exhausted

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prakṣīṇayauvana

prakṣīṇayauvana - whose youth is greatly diminished/exhausted

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (prakṣīṇa+yauvana)

• prakṣīṇa – greatly diminished, wasted, exhausted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṣi- with upasarga pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• yauvana – youth, youthfulness
  noun (neuter)

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

(indeclinable)

जर्जरताम् (jarjaratām) - to the state of decrepitude/decay

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jarjaratā

jarjaratā - decrepitude, decay, old age, infirmity

Derived with suffix -tā from jarjara (decrepit)

यातम् (yātam) - gone, attained, reached

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, attained, reached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yā-

Root: yā (class 2)

वृष्टिहीनम् (vṛṣṭihīnam) - rainless, devoid of rain

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛṣṭihīna

vṛṣṭihīna - rainless, devoid of rain

Compound type : Tatpurusha (vṛṣṭi+hīna)

• vṛṣṭi – rain, shower
  noun (feminine)
• hīna – devoid of, lacking, deficient
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root hā- (to abandon)
  Root: hā (class 3)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

स्थलम् (sthalam) - ground, land, place, dry land

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sthala

sthala - ground, land, place, dry land

Previous Verse Next Verse