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

जडमेव समभ्येति पुनर्मरणवाडवः ।
जन्म बाल्यं व्रजत्येतद्यौवनं युवता जराम् ॥ ४५ ॥

jaḍameva samabhyeti punarmaraṇavāḍavaḥ ,
janma bālyaṃ vrajatyetadyauvanaṃ yuvatā jarām 45

45. jaḍam eva samabhyeti punar maraṇavāḍavaḥ janma
bālyam vrajati etat yauvanam yuvatā jarām

45. maraṇavāḍavaḥ jaḍam eva punar samabhyeti.
janma bālyam vrajati; etat yauvanam; yuvatā jarām

45. Only the dull-witted person repeatedly faces the submarine fire of death. This birth progresses to childhood, then to youth, and youthfulness eventually approaches old age.

Words meanings summery:

• जडम् (jaḍam) - the dull-witted one, the ignorant one

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• समभ्येति (samabhyeti) - approaches, comes near, reaches

• पुनर् (punar) - again, repeatedly

• मरणवाडवः (maraṇavāḍavaḥ) - the submarine fire of death

• जन्म (janma) - birth, life

• बाल्यम् (bālyam) - childhood, infancy

• व्रजति (vrajati) - proceeds, goes, turns into

• एतत् (etat) - this, that

• यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth, adolescence

• युवता (yuvatā) - youthfulness, state of being young

• जराम् (jarām) - old age, decrepitude

Words meanings and morphology

जडम् (jaḍam) - the dull-witted one, the ignorant one

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - dull, stupid, ignorant, inert, inanimate

Root: jaḍ (class 1)

Note: Acts as the object of 'samabhyeti'.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

समभ्येति (samabhyeti) - approaches, comes near, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of samabhyā

Prefixes: sam+abhi

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Sandhi 'sam-abhi-eti' to 'samabhyeti'.

पुनर् (punar) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

मरणवाडवः (maraṇavāḍavaḥ) - the submarine fire of death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maraṇavāḍava

maraṇavāḍava - submarine fire of death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maraṇa+vāḍava)

• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'mṛ' (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• vāḍava – submarine fire, mare's fire
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'samabhyeti'.

जन्म (janma) - birth, life

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of janman

janman - birth, creation, life

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'vrajati'.

बाल्यम् (bālyam) - childhood, infancy

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bālya

bālya - childhood, infancy, childishness

From 'bāla' (child) + 'ya' (suffix forming abstract noun).

Note: Object of 'vrajati'.

व्रजति (vrajati) - proceeds, goes, turns into

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vraj

Root: vraj (class 1)

एतत् (etat) - this, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Acts as a subject for an implied verb.

यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth, adolescence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yauvana

yauvana - youth, adolescence, youthful state

From 'yuvan' (young man) + 'a' (suffix).

Note: Object of an implied verb.

युवता (yuvatā) - youthfulness, state of being young

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yuvatā

yuvatā - youthfulness, the state of being young

From 'yuvan' (young) + 'tā' (suffix forming feminine abstract noun).

Note: Subject for an implied verb.

जराम् (jarām) - old age, decrepitude

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, decrepitude, decay

From root 'jṛ' (to grow old).

Root: jṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of an implied verb.