योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-8, verse-24

अतीता वर्तमाना च सत्येवासत्यवत्सदा ।
नित्यमत्यन्ततरुणी नित्यं शोषमुपेयुषी ॥ २४ ॥

atītā vartamānā ca satyevāsatyavatsadā ,
nityamatyantataruṇī nityaṃ śoṣamupeyuṣī 24

24. atītā vartamānā ca satyā iva asatyavat sadā
nityam atyantataruṇī nityam śoṣam upeyuṣī

24. atītā vartamānā ca satyā iva asatyavat sadā
nityam atyantataruṇī nityam śoṣam upeyuṣī

24. She is both past and present, always like truth and like untruth. She is eternally extremely youthful, yet always undergoing drying up.

Words meanings summery:

• अतीता (atītā) - past, gone by, elapsed

• वर्तमाना (vartamānā) - present, existing, being

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• सत्या (satyā) - true, real, existent

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• असत्यवत् (asatyavat) - like untruth, like falsehood, unreal-like

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever, perpetually

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• अत्यन्ततरुणी (atyantataruṇī) - extremely youthful

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• शोषम् (śoṣam) - drying up, withering, emaciation

• उपेयुषी (upeyuṣī) - having approached, having undergone, having experienced

Words meanings and morphology

अतीता (atītā) - past, gone by, elapsed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of atīta

atīta - past, gone by, elapsed

Past Passive Participle

from root i (to go) with prefix ati

Prefix: ati

Root: i (class 2)

वर्तमाना (vartamānā) - present, existing, being

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vartamāna

vartamāna - present, existing, being

Present Middle Participle

from root vṛt (to be, exist, turn)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

सत्या (satyā) - true, real, existent

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of satya

satya - true, real, existent

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

असत्यवत् (asatyavat) - like untruth, like falsehood, unreal-like

(adjective)

of asatyavat

asatyavat - like untruth, like falsehood, unreal-like

from asatya + -vat (suffix meaning 'like')

Compound type : derivational (asatya+-vat)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• satya – true, real, existent
  adjective (neuter)
• -vat – like, similar to, possessed of
  suffix
  Suffix for forming adjectives/adverbs of comparison

Note: Used adverbially to qualify the implied feminine subject.

सदा (sadā) - always, ever, perpetually

(indeclinable)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially as neuter accusative singular

अत्यन्ततरुणी (atyantataruṇī) - extremely youthful

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of atyantataruṇī

atyantataruṇī - extremely youthful

Compound type : karmadhāraya (atyanta+taruṇī)

• atyanta – extreme, excessive, very much
  adjective (masculine)
• taruṇī – youthful woman, young, tender
  adjective (feminine)
  feminine of taruṇa

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially as neuter accusative singular

शोषम् (śoṣam) - drying up, withering, emaciation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śoṣa

śoṣa - drying, withering, emaciation, exhaustion

from root śuṣ (to dry)

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

उपेयुषी (upeyuṣī) - having approached, having undergone, having experienced

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of upeyuṣ

upeyuṣ - having approached, having gone to, having obtained, having undergone

Perfect Active Participle

from root i (to go) with prefix upa

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)