योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-112, verse-22

अथ कालेन तत्तस्य गृहं नाशमुपाययौ ।
ऋत्वन्तरेणाब्द इव वातेनेव तरङ्गकः ॥ २२ ॥

atha kālena tattasya gṛhaṃ nāśamupāyayau ,
ṛtvantareṇābda iva vāteneva taraṅgakaḥ 22

22. atha kālena tat tasya gṛham nāśam upāyayau
ṛtu-antareṇa abdaḥ iva vātena iva taraṅgakaḥ

22. atha kālena tat tasya gṛham nāśam upāyayau
abdaḥ ṛtu-antareṇa iva vātena taraṅgakaḥ iva

22. Then, in time, that house of his met with destruction, just as a year changes through successive seasons, or a wave (taraṅgaka) is dispersed by the wind (vātena).

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• कालेन (kālena) - by time, in time, with time

• तत् (tat) - that

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

• गृहम् (gṛham) - house, home

• नाशम् (nāśam) - destruction, ruin

• उपाययौ (upāyayau) - it reached, it approached, it met

• ऋतु-अन्तरेण (ṛtu-antareṇa) - by another season, by successive seasons

• अब्दः (abdaḥ) - a year

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वातेन (vātena) - by the wind

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तरङ्गकः (taraṅgakaḥ) - a small wave, a wave

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the beginning of a new sentence or sequence.

कालेन (kālena) - by time, in time, with time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, black

Note: Denotes the passage of time as an agent.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Qualifies 'gṛham'.

तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Possessive, refers to the foolish person.

गृहम् (gṛham) - house, home

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling

Note: Subject of the clause.

नाशम् (nāśam) - destruction, ruin

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, ruin, loss

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Object of 'upāyayau' (reached destruction).

उपाययौ (upāyayau) - it reached, it approached, it met

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of upāyā

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice, parasmaipada. From root 'yā' with prefix 'upa-ā'

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: yā (class 2)

ऋतु-अन्तरेण (ṛtu-antareṇa) - by another season, by successive seasons

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ṛtu-antara

ṛtu-antara - another season, difference in seasons, successive seasons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ṛtu+antara)

• ṛtu – season, period
  noun (masculine)
• antara – other, another, interval, inside
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Instrumental of means, how a year changes.

अब्दः (abdaḥ) - a year

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abda

abda - year, cloud

Note: Subject of the simile, 'a year [is changed]'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle for comparison.

वातेन (vātena) - by the wind

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vāta

vāta - wind, air

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Instrumental of agency, how the wave is dispersed.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle for comparison.

तरङ्गकः (taraṅgakaḥ) - a small wave, a wave

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of taraṅgaka

taraṅgaka - small wave, ripple, wave

Diminutive form of taraṅga.

Note: Subject of the second simile.