योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-68, verse-37

पातोत्पातदशाजीर्णं कालबालककन्दुकम् ।
अद्यापि न जहातीन्दुर्जलमामलिनं वपुः ॥ ३७ ॥

pātotpātadaśājīrṇaṃ kālabālakakandukam ,
adyāpi na jahātīndurjalamāmalinaṃ vapuḥ 37

37. pātotpātadaśājīrṇam kālabālakakandukam
adya api na jahāti induḥ jalamālinam vapuḥ

37. induḥ pātotpātadaśājīrṇam kālabālakakandukam
jalamālinam vapuḥ adya api na jahāti

37. Even today, the moon, resembling a ball for the child Time and worn out by its alternating states of rising and falling, does not abandon its watery and sullied body.

Words meanings summery:

• पातोत्पातदशाजीर्णम् (pātotpātadaśājīrṇam) - worn out by the states of falling and rising

• कालबालककन्दुकम् (kālabālakakandukam) - a ball for the child Time

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• न (na) - not, no

• जहाति (jahāti) - abandons, leaves, gives up

• इन्दुः (induḥ) - the moon

• जलमालिनम् (jalamālinam) - watery and stained; stained with water

• वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure

Words meanings and morphology

पातोत्पातदशाजीर्णम् (pātotpātadaśājīrṇam) - worn out by the states of falling and rising

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pātotpātadaśājīrṇa

pātotpātadaśājīrṇa - worn out by the states of falling and rising

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāta+utpāta+daśā+jīrṇa)

• pāta – fall, descent
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pat (class 1)
• utpāta – rise, ascent; calamity
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: pat (class 1)
• daśā – state, condition, situation
  noun (feminine)
• jīrṇa – worn out, decrepit, old
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: jṝ (class 9)

Note: Qualifies 'kālabālakakandukam' and implicitly 'vapuḥ'.

कालबालककन्दुकम् (kālabālakakandukam) - a ball for the child Time

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kālabālakakanduka

kālabālakakanduka - a ball for the child Time

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+bālaka+kanduka)

• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
• bālaka – child, boy
  noun (masculine)
• kanduka – ball
  noun (neuter)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जहाति (jahāti) - abandons, leaves, gives up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of hā

Root: hā (class 3)

इन्दुः (induḥ) - the moon

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indu

indu - moon, drop

जलमालिनम् (jalamālinam) - watery and stained; stained with water

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jalamālina

jalamālina - watery and stained; stained with water

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+mālina)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• mālina – stained, dirty, sullied
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from `mala` (dirt, impurity) with suffix `ini`.

Note: Qualifies 'vapuḥ'.

वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, nature