योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-78, verse-5

प्रावृषीव लतातुम्बी तृष्णैका दीर्घतां गता ।
शैलनद्या रय इव संप्रयात्येव यौवनम् ॥ ५ ॥

prāvṛṣīva latātumbī tṛṣṇaikā dīrghatāṃ gatā ,
śailanadyā raya iva saṃprayātyeva yauvanam 5

5. prāvṛṣī iva latā-tumbī tṛṣṇā ekā dīrghatām gatā
śailanadyāḥ rayaḥ iva saṃprayāti eva yauvanam

5. prāvṛṣī iva latā-tumbī ekā tṛṣṇā dīrghatām gatā
śailanadyāḥ rayaḥ iva yauvanam saṃprayāti eva

5. Only craving (tṛṣṇā) grows long, like a gourd creeper in the rainy season. Youth (yauvanam) certainly passes away, like the swift current of a mountain river.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रावृषी (prāvṛṣī) - in the rainy season

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

• लता-तुम्बी (latā-tumbī) - gourd creeper (gourd creeper, bottle-gourd plant)

• तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving (tṛṣṇā) (thirst, desire, craving, longing)

• एका (ekā) - only (one, single, alone, only)

• दीर्घताम् (dīrghatām) - length (length, elongation, extensiveness)

• गता (gatā) - grown (long) (gone, attained, reached)

• शैलनद्याः (śailanadyāḥ) - of a mountain river

• रयः (rayaḥ) - current (current, flow, stream, speed)

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

• संप्रयाति (saṁprayāti) - passes away (passes away, proceeds, goes completely)

• एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, certainly, only, just)

• यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth (yauvanam) (youth, youthfulness)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रावृषी (prāvṛṣī) - in the rainy season

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of prāvṛṣ

prāvṛṣ - the rainy season, monsoon

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

(indeclinable)

लता-तुम्बी (latā-tumbī) - gourd creeper (gourd creeper, bottle-gourd plant)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of latā-tumbī

latā-tumbī - gourd creeper, bottle-gourd plant

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (latā+tumbī)

• latā – creeper, vine, slender branch
  noun (feminine)
• tumbī – gourd, bottle-gourd, the plant producing it
  noun (feminine)

तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving (tṛṣṇā) (thirst, desire, craving, longing)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā

tṛṣṇā - thirst, desire, craving, longing

Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

एका (ekā) - only (one, single, alone, only)

(numeral)

Note: Used here to mean 'solely' or 'only one'

दीर्घताम् (dīrghatām) - length (length, elongation, extensiveness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dīrghatā

dīrghatā - length, extensiveness, duration

From dīrgha (long) + -tā (suffix forming feminine abstract noun)

Note: Forms a compound verb with 'gatā' (dīrghatām gatā = has attained length, grown long)

गता (gatā) - grown (long) (gone, attained, reached)

(past passive participle)

Note: Forms a compound verb with 'dīrghatām' (dīrghatām gatā = has attained length, grown long)

शैलनद्याः (śailanadyāḥ) - of a mountain river

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of śailanadī

śailanadī - mountain river

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaila+nadī)

• śaila – mountain, rock, hill
  noun (masculine)
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)

रयः (rayaḥ) - current (current, flow, stream, speed)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of raya

raya - current, stream, flow, speed, swiftness, vehemence

Root: ṛ (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

संप्रयाति (saṁprayāti) - passes away (passes away, proceeds, goes completely)

(verb)

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

Compound verb from sam- + pra- + root √yā (to go)

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: yā (class 2)

एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, certainly, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth (yauvanam) (youth, youthfulness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yauvana

yauvana - youth, youthfulness, young age

Root: yuvan