योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-180, verse-17

यावज्जीवत्यसौ विप्रो निःश्वसित्यहताकृतिः ।
शीतवातातपस्पर्शान्सर्वान्वेत्ति च कालजान् ॥ १७ ॥

yāvajjīvatyasau vipro niḥśvasityahatākṛtiḥ ,
śītavātātapasparśānsarvānvetti ca kālajān 17

17. yāvat jīvati asau vipraḥ niḥśvasiti ahatākṛtiḥ
śītavātātapasparśān sarvān vetti ca kālajān

17. yāvat asau vipraḥ jīvati,
ahatākṛtiḥ niḥśvasiti,
ca sarvān kālajān śītavātātapasparśān vetti

17. As long as that Brahmin (vipra) lives, he breathes, maintaining an undiminished form, and he perceives all seasonal sensations of cold, wind, and sun.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, while, as much as

• जीवति (jīvati) - lives, is alive

• असौ (asau) - that ascetic (that, he)

• विप्रः (vipraḥ) - that Brahmin (vipra), the ascetic (Brahmin, inspired one, sage)

• निःश्वसिति (niḥśvasiti) - breathes, sighs

• अहताकृतिः (ahatākṛtiḥ) - whose physical appearance is still intact, despite austerities (whose form is not destroyed, undiminished in form)

• शीतवातातपस्पर्शान् (śītavātātapasparśān) - the touches/sensations of cold, wind, and sun

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, every

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, perceives

• च (ca) - and, also

• कालजान् (kālajān) - seasonal, born of time

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, while, as much as

(indeclinable)

जीवति (jīvati) - lives, is alive

(verb)

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

Root jīv, class 1 bhvādi

Root: jīv (class 1)

असौ (asau) - that ascetic (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that one (yonder), he, she, it

Note: Subject of jīvati and niḥśvasiti

विप्रः (vipraḥ) - that Brahmin (vipra), the ascetic (Brahmin, inspired one, sage)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, a wise man, an inspired one

Root: vip (class 2)

Note: Apposition to asau

निःश्वसिति (niḥśvasiti) - breathes, sighs

(verb)

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

Root śvas, class 2 adādi with prefix nis

Prefix: nis

Root: śvas (class 2)

अहताकृतिः (ahatākṛtiḥ) - whose physical appearance is still intact, despite austerities (whose form is not destroyed, undiminished in form)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahatākṛti

ahatākṛti - one whose form/shape is not harmed/diminished

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ahata+ākṛti)

• ahata – unharmed, undiminished, unbroken
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Negative prefix a + root han (to strike, to kill) in PPP form
  Prefix: a
  Root: han (class 2)
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from ā + kṛ (to make)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Describes asau vipraḥ

शीतवातातपस्पर्शान् (śītavātātapasparśān) - the touches/sensations of cold, wind, and sun

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śītavātātapasparśa

śītavātātapasparśa - contact with cold, wind, and sun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śīta+vāta+ātapa+sparśa)

• śīta – cold
  noun (neuter)
• vāta – wind
  noun (masculine)
• ātapa – sunshine, heat of the sun
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from ā + tap (to heat)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: tap (class 1)
• sparśa – touch, contact, sensation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root spṛś (to touch)
  Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Object of vetti

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, every

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Qualifies śītavātātapasparśān and kālajān

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, perceives

(verb)

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

Root vid, class 2 adādi

Root: vid (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the clauses

कालजान् (kālajān) - seasonal, born of time

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kālaja

kālaja - produced by time, seasonal

Derived from kāla (time) + ja (born, produced)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+ja)

• kāla – time, season
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  Derived from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Qualifies śītavātātapasparśān