योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-45, verse-8

न कदाचन पाकेन पातं तेन समेति यत् ।
सदैव पक्वमप्यङ्ग जरसा यन्न बाध्यते ॥ ८ ॥

na kadācana pākena pātaṃ tena sameti yat ,
sadaiva pakvamapyaṅga jarasā yanna bādhyate 8

8. na kadācana pākena pātam tena sameti yat sadā
eva pakvam api aṅga jarasā yat na bādhyate

8. aṅga,
yat kadācana pākena tena pātam na sameti,
(ca) yat sadā eva pakvam api jarasā na bādhyate

8. O dear one, that which never experiences decay through ripening, and which, though always mature, is never afflicted by old age.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - never (with 'kadācana') (not, no)

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever (in combination with preceding 'na', implying 'never') (ever, at any time; never (with 'na'))

• पाकेन (pākena) - by ripening (by cooking, by ripening, by maturation)

• पातम् (pātam) - decay (fall, falling, decay, destruction)

• तेन (tena) - by that (ripening) (by that (masculine/neuter instrumental singular))

• समेति (sameti) - experiences (reaches, attains, approaches, meets)

• यत् (yat) - that which (which, what (relative pronoun))

• सदा (sadā) - always (always, ever)

• एव (eva) - indeed (emphasizes 'always') (only, just, indeed, even)

• पक्वम् (pakvam) - mature (ripened, mature, cooked, developed)

• अपि (api) - even though (even, although)

• अङ्ग (aṅga) - O dear one (as an address) (O dear one; O limb; O body (vocative))

• जरसा (jarasā) - by old age (by old age, by decay, by decrepitude)

• यत् (yat) - which (which (relative pronoun))

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• बाध्यते (bādhyate) - is afflicted (is afflicted, is harassed, is troubled, is obstructed)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - never (with 'kadācana') (not, no)

(indeclinable)

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever (in combination with preceding 'na', implying 'never') (ever, at any time; never (with 'na'))

(indeclinable)

kadā (when) + cana (indefinite particle)

पाकेन (pākena) - by ripening (by cooking, by ripening, by maturation)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pāka

pāka - cooking, ripening, maturation, digestion, development, decay

√pac (to cook, ripen) + ghañ

Root: pac (class 1)

पातम् (pātam) - decay (fall, falling, decay, destruction)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāta

pāta - fall, falling, descent, decay, destruction

√pat (to fall) + ghañ

Root: pat (class 1)

तेन (tena) - by that (ripening) (by that (masculine/neuter instrumental singular))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with 'pākena'.

समेति (sameti) - experiences (reaches, attains, approaches, meets)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sam-i

√i (to go) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Subject is 'yat'.

यत् (yat) - that which (which, what (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the ultimate reality or divine body being described.

सदा (sadā) - always (always, ever)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies 'pakvam'.

एव (eva) - indeed (emphasizes 'always') (only, just, indeed, even)

(indeclinable)

पक्वम् (pakvam) - mature (ripened, mature, cooked, developed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pakva

pakva - cooked, ripe, mature, developed

Past Passive Participle

√pac (to cook, ripen) + kta

Root: pac (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective qualifying 'yat'.

अपि (api) - even though (even, although)

(indeclinable)

अङ्ग (aṅga) - O dear one (as an address) (O dear one; O limb; O body (vocative))

(indeclinable)

Note: Vocative form, here used as an endearing address.

जरसा (jarasā) - by old age (by old age, by decay, by decrepitude)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jaras

jaras - old age, decrepitude, decay, wasting away

√jṝ (to wear out, decay) + asun

Root: jṝ (class 9)

Note: Agent of the passive verb 'bādhyate'.

यत् (yat) - which (which (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

बाध्यते (bādhyate) - is afflicted (is afflicted, is harassed, is troubled, is obstructed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of bādh

root √bādh (to oppress)

Root: bādh (class 1)