योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-129, verse-45

किं करोति कथं दूर्वाश्चर्वयत्युर्वरास्पदः ।
जातिं तां जरठज्ञानी कदोदारां स्मरिष्यति ॥ ४५ ॥

kiṃ karoti kathaṃ dūrvāścarvayatyurvarāspadaḥ ,
jātiṃ tāṃ jaraṭhajñānī kadodārāṃ smariṣyati 45

45. kim karoti katham dūrvāḥ carvvayati urvarāspadaḥ
| jātim tām jaraṭhajñānī kadā udārām smariṣyati ||

45. kim karoti katham urvarāspadaḥ dūrvāḥ carvvayati
jaraṭhajñānī tām udārām jātim kadā smariṣyati

45. What does it do? How does it, residing in a fertile place, chew Dūrvā grass? When will that one, who is wise from long experience, remember its noble previous birth (jāti) or state?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?

• करोति (karoti) - does, makes, performs

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• दूर्वाः (dūrvāḥ) - Dūrvā grass

• चर्व्वयति (carvvayati) - chews

• उर्वरास्पदः (urvarāspadaḥ) - having fertile land as its place, dweller of fertile ground

• जातिम् (jātim) - Refers to a previous, possibly higher, state of existence or understanding. (birth, species, state, condition)

• ताम् (tām) - that

• जरठज्ञानी (jaraṭhajñānī) - having old knowledge, wise from long experience

• कदा (kadā) - when?

• उदाराम् (udārām) - noble, elevated, magnanimous

• स्मरिष्यति (smariṣyati) - will remember

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

करोति (karoti) - does, makes, performs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

दूर्वाः (dūrvāḥ) - Dūrvā grass

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of dūrvā

dūrvā - Dūrvā grass (Cynodon dactylon), a sacred grass

चर्व्वयति (carvvayati) - chews

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of carv

Causative form (suffix 'aya') of root 'carv'.

Root: carv (class 10)

उर्वरास्पदः (urvarāspadaḥ) - having fertile land as its place, dweller of fertile ground

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of urvarāspada

urvarāspada - one whose abode is fertile ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (urvarā+āspada)

• urvarā – fertile land, fruitful soil
  noun (feminine)
• āspada – place, seat, dwelling, object
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject 'mṛgaḥ'.

जातिम् (jātim) - Refers to a previous, possibly higher, state of existence or understanding. (birth, species, state, condition)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jāti

jāti - birth, species, lineage, condition, state

Root: jan (class 4)

ताम् (tām) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'jātim'.

जरठज्ञानी (jaraṭhajñānī) - having old knowledge, wise from long experience

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaraṭhajñānin

jaraṭhajñānin - one who has old knowledge or is wise due to age

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jaraṭha+jñānin)

• jaraṭha – old, aged, decrepit
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: jṛ (class 1)
• jñānin – knowing, wise, intelligent
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject 'mṛgaḥ'.

कदा (kadā) - when?

(indeclinable)

उदाराम् (udārām) - noble, elevated, magnanimous

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of udāra

udāra - noble, exalted, generous, distinguished

Prefix: ud

Root: ṛ (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'jātim'.

स्मरिष्यति (smariṣyati) - will remember

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of smṛ

Root: smṛ (class 1)