योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-118, verse-16

अजरामरमात्मानमबुद्ध्वा परिरोदिति ।
हा हतोऽहमनाथोऽहं नष्टोऽस्मीति वपुर्व्यये ॥ १६ ॥

ajarāmaramātmānamabuddhvā pariroditi ,
hā hato'hamanātho'haṃ naṣṭo'smīti vapurvyaye 16

16. ajara-amaram ātmānam abuddhvā pariroditi hā hataḥ
aham anāthaḥ aham naṣṭaḥ asmi iti vapuḥ-vyaye

16. ajara-amaram ātmānam abuddhvā (saḥ) pariroditi,
(vadati ca) hā aham hataḥ,
aham anāthaḥ,
aham naṣṭaḥ asmi iti vapuḥ-vyaye (sati)

16. Without realizing the self (ātman) to be ageless (ajara) and immortal (amara), one cries out in lament: 'Alas, I am slain! I am helpless! I am lost!' when the body perishes.

Words meanings summery:

• अजर-अमरम् (ajara-amaram) - ageless and immortal

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the true self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit)

• अबुद्ध्वा (abuddhvā) - without realizing (not having understood, without knowing)

• परिरोदिति (pariroditi) - laments, cries loudly, bewails

• हा (hā) - alas!, ah!, oh!

• हतः (hataḥ) - killed, slain, struck

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अनाथः (anāthaḥ) - helpless, without a protector, orphaned

• अहम् (aham) - I

• नष्टः (naṣṭaḥ) - lost, ruined, destroyed, perished

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - (marks end of quoted speech) (thus, so)

• वपुः-व्यये (vapuḥ-vyaye) - when the body perishes (at the destruction of the body, in the decay of the body)

Words meanings and morphology

अजर-अमरम् (ajara-amaram) - ageless and immortal

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ajara-amara

ajara-amara - ageless and immortal

Compound type : dvandva (ajara+amara)

• ajara – ageless, undecaying
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: a
  Root: jṛ (class 1)
• amara – immortal, deathless
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: a
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the true self (ātman) (self, soul, spirit)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, mind, ego

अबुद्ध्वा (abuddhvā) - without realizing (not having understood, without knowing)

(indeclinable)

Negative Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root budh (to know, understand) with suffix ktvā, negated by a

Prefix: a

Root: budh (class 1)

परिरोदिति (pariroditi) - laments, cries loudly, bewails

(verb)

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

Derived from root rud (to cry) with upasarga pari

Prefix: pari

Root: rud (class 2)

हा (hā) - alas!, ah!, oh!

(indeclinable)

हतः (hataḥ) - killed, slain, struck

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, slain, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill) with suffix kta

Root: han (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

अनाथः (anāthaḥ) - helpless, without a protector, orphaned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anātha

anātha - helpless, without a protector, orphaned

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (an+nātha)

• an – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
• nātha – lord, master, protector, refuge
  noun (masculine)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

नष्टः (naṣṭaḥ) - lost, ruined, destroyed, perished

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, ruined, destroyed, perished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root naś (to perish, be lost) with suffix kta

Root: naś (class 1)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - (marks end of quoted speech) (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

वपुः-व्यये (vapuḥ-vyaye) - when the body perishes (at the destruction of the body, in the decay of the body)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vapuḥ-vyaya

vapuḥ-vyaya - destruction of the body, bodily decay

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vapus+vyaya)

• vapus – body, form, figure
  noun (neuter)
• vyaya – expenditure, loss, destruction, decay
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root i (to go) with upasargas vi and a
  Prefix: vi
  Root: i (class 2)