योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-78, verse-4

हिमाशनिरिवाम्भोजे जरा निपतनोन्मुखी ।
आयुर्गलत्यविरतं जलं करतलादिव ॥ ४ ॥

himāśanirivāmbhoje jarā nipatanonmukhī ,
āyurgalatyavirataṃ jalaṃ karatalādiva 4

4. himāśaniḥ iva ambhoje jarā nipatana-unmukhī
āyuḥ galati aviratam jalam karatalāt iva

4. jarā ambhoje himāśaniḥ iva nipatana-unmukhī
āyuḥ karatalāt iva jalam aviratam galati

4. Old age, poised to descend like a hailstorm upon a lotus, causes life (āyus) to continuously slip away, just as water flows from the palm of a hand.

Words meanings summery:

• हिमाशनिः (himāśaniḥ) - hailstorm (hailstorm, ice-weapon)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if, similar to)

• अम्भोजे (ambhoje) - on a lotus (on a lotus, in water)

• जरा (jarā) - old age (old age, decrepitude)

• निपतन-उन्मुखी (nipatana-unmukhī) - poised to descend (poised for falling, ready to descend)

• आयुः (āyuḥ) - life (āyus) (life, duration of life, vitality)

• गलति (galati) - slips away (slips away, drops, flows, falls)

• अविरतम् (aviratam) - continuously (continuously, incessantly, without pause)

• जलम् (jalam) - water

• करतलात् (karatalāt) - from the palm of a hand (from the palm of the hand)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if, similar to)

Words meanings and morphology

हिमाशनिः (himāśaniḥ) - hailstorm (hailstorm, ice-weapon)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of himāśani

himāśani - a hailstorm, hail

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hima+aśani)

• hima – cold, frost, ice, snow
  noun (masculine)
• aśani – thunderbolt, lightning, an arrow
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like (like, as if, similar to)

(indeclinable)

अम्भोजे (ambhoje) - on a lotus (on a lotus, in water)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambhoja

ambhoja - a lotus, born from water

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ambha+ja)

• ambha – water
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  Derived from root √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

जरा (jarā) - old age (old age, decrepitude)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, decrepitude, decay

Root: jṝ (class 1)

निपतन-उन्मुखी (nipatana-unmukhī) - poised to descend (poised for falling, ready to descend)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nipatana-unmukhī

nipatana-unmukhī - poised for falling, ready to descend, facing downwards

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nipatana+unmukhī)

• nipatana – falling, descending, dropping
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  Derived from prefix ni- and root √pat (to fall)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: pat (class 1)
• unmukhī – facing, directed towards, ready for, eager for
  adjective (feminine)
  Feminine form of unmukha
  Prefix: ud

आयुः (āyuḥ) - life (āyus) (life, duration of life, vitality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āyus

āyus - life, vitality, duration of life, lifetime

गलति (galati) - slips away (slips away, drops, flows, falls)

(verb)

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

Root: gal (class 1)

अविरतम् (aviratam) - continuously (continuously, incessantly, without pause)

(indeclinable)

From a- (not) + viratam (paused, stopped)

Compound type : āvībhāva (a+viratam)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• viratam – stopped, ceased, paused
  past passive participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from vi- + root √ram (to stop, to rest)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially

जलम् (jalam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

करतलात् (karatalāt) - from the palm of a hand (from the palm of the hand)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of karatala

karatala - palm of the hand

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kara+tala)

• kara – hand
  noun (masculine)
• tala – flat surface, palm, sole
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like (like, as if, similar to)

(indeclinable)