योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-162, verse-20

अद्यैव कुरु यच्छ्रेयो वृद्धः सन्किं करिष्यसि ।
स्वगात्राण्यपि भाराय भवन्ति हि विपर्यये ॥ २० ॥

adyaiva kuru yacchreyo vṛddhaḥ sankiṃ kariṣyasi ,
svagātrāṇyapi bhārāya bhavanti hi viparyaye 20

20. adya eva kuru yat śreyaḥ vṛddhaḥ san kim kariṣyasi
svagātrāṇi api bhārāya bhavanti hi viparyaye

20. adya eva yat śreyaḥ kuru vṛddhaḥ san kim kariṣyasi
hi viparyaye svagātrāṇi api bhārāya bhavanti

20. Do that which is beneficial today itself. What will you accomplish when you are old? Indeed, in a reverse situation (like old age or adversity), even one's own limbs become a burden.

Words meanings summery:

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• एव (eva) - itself (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• कुरु (kuru) - do (do, make, perform)

• यत् (yat) - that which (which, what, that)

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - beneficial (welfare, good, ultimate good, beneficial)

• वृद्धः (vṛddhaḥ) - old (old, aged, grown, increased)

• सन् (san) - being (being, existing)

• किम् (kim) - what (what, who, which)

• करिष्यसि (kariṣyasi) - you will accomplish (you will do, you will make)

• स्वगात्राणि (svagātrāṇi) - one's own limbs

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• भाराय (bhārāya) - for a burden (for a burden, for a load)

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - become (they become, they are, they happen)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because, for)

• विपर्यये (viparyaye) - in a reverse situation (like old age or adversity) (in a reverse, opposite, or adverse situation; in old age)

Words meanings and morphology

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - itself (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

कुरु (kuru) - do (do, make, perform)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यत् (yat) - that which (which, what, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - beneficial (welfare, good, ultimate good, beneficial)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - welfare, good, virtue, prosperity, ultimate good

वृद्धः (vṛddhaḥ) - old (old, aged, grown, increased)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, increased, prospered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √vṛdh (to grow, increase)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

सन् (san) - being (being, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, real, true

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root √as (to be, exist)

Root: as (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what (what, who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ka

ka - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

करिष्यसि (kariṣyasi) - you will accomplish (you will do, you will make)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

स्वगात्राणि (svagātrāṇi) - one's own limbs

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of svagātra

svagātra - one's own body, one's own limbs

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+gātra)

• sva – own, one's own, self
  pronoun
• gātra – limb, body
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

भाराय (bhārāya) - for a burden (for a burden, for a load)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of bhāra

bhāra - burden, load, weight, quantity

Derived from root √bhṛ (to bear, carry)

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - become (they become, they are, they happen)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because, for)

(indeclinable)

विपर्यये (viparyaye) - in a reverse situation (like old age or adversity) (in a reverse, opposite, or adverse situation; in old age)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of viparyaya

viparyaya - inversion, reverse, contrary, adverse circumstance, old age

Derived from root √i (to go) with prefixes vi- and pari-

Prefixes: vi+pari

Root: i (class 2)