योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-78, verse-8

रम्भागर्भ इवासारो व्यवहारो विचारगः ।
सत्वरं युवता याति कान्तेवाप्रियकामिनः ॥ ८ ॥

rambhāgarbha ivāsāro vyavahāro vicāragaḥ ,
satvaraṃ yuvatā yāti kāntevāpriyakāminaḥ 8

8. rambhāgarbhaḥ iva asāraḥ vyavahāraḥ vicāra-gataḥ
satvaram yuvatā yāti kāntā iva apriya-kāminaḥ

8. vyavahāraḥ rambhāgarbhaḥ iva asāraḥ vicāra-gataḥ
yuvatā apriya-kāminaḥ kāntā iva satvaram yāti

8. Worldly affairs (vyavahāra) are essenceless, like the pith of a banana tree, and fraught with worry. Youth (yuvatā) swiftly departs, just like a beloved wife leaves a man who desires what is displeasing.

Words meanings summery:

• रम्भागर्भः (rambhāgarbhaḥ) - the pith of a banana tree (pith of a banana tree, interior of a banana plant)

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

• असारः (asāraḥ) - essenceless (essenceless, pithless, worthless, vain)

• व्यवहारः (vyavahāraḥ) - worldly affairs (vyavahāra) (worldly activity, conduct, affair, transaction)

• विचार-गतः (vicāra-gataḥ) - fraught with worry (gone into thought/deliberation, fraught with worry)

• सत्वरम् (satvaram) - swiftly (swiftly, quickly, immediately)

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

• याति (yāti) - departs (goes, departs, proceeds)

• कान्ता (kāntā) - beloved wife (beloved woman, desired wife)

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

• अप्रिय-कामिनः (apriya-kāminaḥ) - from one who desires what is displeasing (of one who desires what is unpleasing/disagreeable)

Words meanings and morphology

रम्भागर्भः (rambhāgarbhaḥ) - the pith of a banana tree (pith of a banana tree, interior of a banana plant)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rambhāgarbha

rambhāgarbha - the pith or soft inner part of a banana tree

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rambhā+garbha)

• rambhā – banana tree
  noun (feminine)
• garbha – womb, embryo, interior, inside, pith
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used in a simile

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

(indeclinable)

असारः (asāraḥ) - essenceless (essenceless, pithless, worthless, vain)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asāra

asāra - essenceless, pithless, worthless, vain, unsubstantial

From a- (not) + sāra (essence)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sāra)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• sāra – essence, substance, core, strength, value
  noun (masculine)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'vyavahāraḥ'

व्यवहारः (vyavahāraḥ) - worldly affairs (vyavahāra) (worldly activity, conduct, affair, transaction)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyavahāra

vyavahāra - conduct, dealing, transaction, worldly activity, legal procedure, custom

action noun

Derived from vi- + ava- + root √hṛ (to carry)

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence

विचार-गतः (vicāra-gataḥ) - fraught with worry (gone into thought/deliberation, fraught with worry)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vicāra-gata

vicāra-gata - gone into deliberation, subjected to thought, causing worry/anxiety

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vicāra+gata)

• vicāra – thought, deliberation, consideration, reflection, doubt, worry
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  Derived from vi- + root √car (to move, to go)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car (class 1)
• gata – gone, arrived, reached, obtained
  past passive participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'vyavahāraḥ'

सत्वरम् (satvaram) - swiftly (swiftly, quickly, immediately)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of satvara (quick, swift)

Note: Adverb modifying 'yāti'

युवता (yuvatā) - youth (yuvatā) (youth, state of being young)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yuvatā

yuvatā - youth, state of being young, youthfulness

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

Note: Subject of 'yāti'

याति (yāti) - departs (goes, departs, proceeds)

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

कान्ता (kāntā) - beloved wife (beloved woman, desired wife)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāntā

kāntā - a beloved woman, a wife, mistress, desired woman

feminine of past passive participle kānta

Derived from root √kam (to desire)

Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Used in a simile

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

(indeclinable)

अप्रिय-कामिनः (apriya-kāminaḥ) - from one who desires what is displeasing (of one who desires what is unpleasing/disagreeable)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of apriya-kāmin

apriya-kāmin - one who desires what is unpleasing or disagreeable

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (apriya+kāmin)

• apriya – unpleasant, disagreeable, undesired
  adjective
  From a- (not) + priya (dear, pleasing)
• kāmin – desiring, wishing, lustful, lover
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root √kam (to desire)
  Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Object of comparison, implied ablative sense 'from' in context of leaving.