योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-78, verse-2

अथ यातेषु बहुषु वर्षेष्वावृत्तिशालिषु ।
शनैर्गलिततारुण्ये भिन्नकुम्भादिवाम्भसि ॥ २ ॥

atha yāteṣu bahuṣu varṣeṣvāvṛttiśāliṣu ,
śanairgalitatāruṇye bhinnakumbhādivāmbhasi 2

2. atha yāteṣu bahuṣu varṣeṣu āvṛtti-śāliṣu śanaiḥ
galita-tāruṇye bhinna-kumbhāt iva ambhasi

2. atha bahuṣu āvṛtti-śāliṣu varṣeṣu yāteṣu śanaiḥ
galita-tāruṇye bhinna-kumbhāt iva ambhasi

2. Then, after many repetitive years had passed, youth slowly faded, just like water leaking from a broken pot.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• यातेषु (yāteṣu) - having passed, gone

• बहुषु (bahuṣu) - many, numerous

• वर्षेषु (varṣeṣu) - in the years

• आवृत्ति-शालिषु (āvṛtti-śāliṣu) - characterized by repetition, revolving

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

• गलित-तारुण्ये (galita-tāruṇye) - in the faded youth, when youth had faded

• भिन्न-कुम्भात् (bhinna-kumbhāt) - from a broken pot

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अम्भसि (ambhasi) - like water (leaking) (in water, like water)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

यातेषु (yāteṣu) - having passed, gone

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of yāta

yāta - gone, passed, departed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √yā 'to go, to pass'. Neuter locative plural.

Root: yā (class 2)

बहुषु (bahuṣu) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous, abundant

Neuter locative plural.

वर्षेषु (varṣeṣu) - in the years

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of varṣa

varṣa - year, rain, monsoon

Neuter locative plural.

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

आवृत्ति-शालिषु (āvṛtti-śāliṣu) - characterized by repetition, revolving

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of āvṛtti-śālin

āvṛtti-śālin - possessing repetition, characterized by recurrence

Bahuvrīhi compound, modifying 'varṣeṣu'. Neuter locative plural.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āvṛtti+śālin)

• āvṛtti – repetition, recurrence, revolution, return
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from √vṛt with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• śālin – possessing, endowed with, characterized by
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -in added to a noun.

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

(indeclinable)

गलित-तारुण्ये (galita-tāruṇye) - in the faded youth, when youth had faded

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of galita-tāruṇya

galita-tāruṇya - faded youth, youthfulness that has passed

Compound noun. Neuter locative singular. Forms a locative absolute phrase: 'when youth has faded'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (galita+tāruṇya)

• galita – faded, fallen, gone, slipped away
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √gal 'to drop, fall, drip, decay'.
  Root: gal (class 1)
• tāruṇya – youth, youthfulness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from taruṇa (young).

भिन्न-कुम्भात् (bhinna-kumbhāt) - from a broken pot

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bhinna-kumbha

bhinna-kumbha - broken pot, fractured vessel

Compound noun. Masculine ablative singular.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhinna+kumbha)

• bhinna – broken, split, fractured
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √bhid 'to break, split'.
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• kumbha – pot, pitcher, jar
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अम्भसि (ambhasi) - like water (leaking) (in water, like water)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water

Neuter locative singular.