योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-14, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
आयुः पल्लवकोणाग्रलम्बाम्बुकणभङ्गुरम् ।
उन्मत्तमिव संत्यज्य यात्यकाण्डे शरीरकम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
āyuḥ pallavakoṇāgralambāmbukaṇabhaṅguram ,
unmattamiva saṃtyajya yātyakāṇḍe śarīrakam 1

1. śrī-rāma uvāca āyuḥ pallava-koṇa-agra-lamba-ambu-kaṇa-bhaṅguram
unmattam iva saṃtyajya yāti akāṇḍe śarīrakam

1. Śrī Rāma said: Life (āyuḥ) is as fragile as a drop of water hanging on the tip of a tender leaf. One abandons the body unexpectedly, as if insane.

Words meanings summery:

• श्री-राम (śrī-rāma) - Śrī Rāma (Lord Rama, an epithet for Rama)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• आयुः (āyuḥ) - life (āyuḥ) (life, duration of life, vitality)

• पल्लव-कोण-अग्र-लम्ब-अम्बु-कण-भङ्गुरम् (pallava-koṇa-agra-lamba-ambu-kaṇa-bhaṅguram) - as fragile as a drop of water hanging on the tip of a tender leaf (fragile like a water drop hanging from the tip of a tender leaf)

• उन्मत्तम् (unmattam) - as if insane (mad, insane, frenzied, drunk)

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

• संत्यज्य (saṁtyajya) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having forsaken, having given up)

• याति (yāti) - one abandons (literally 'goes abandoning') (goes, proceeds, attains)

• अकाण्डे (akāṇḍe) - unexpectedly (unexpectedly, suddenly, out of season, without cause)

• शरीरकम् (śarīrakam) - the body (body (diminutive/affectionate or emphasizing smallness/frailty))

Words meanings and morphology

श्री-राम (śrī-rāma) - Śrī Rāma (Lord Rama, an epithet for Rama)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama, an epithet for Rama

Compound type : tatpurusha (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – splendor, prosperity, auspiciousness, revered
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rama (name of a king), pleasing, dark
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

Perfect tense of vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

आयुः (āyuḥ) - life (āyuḥ) (life, duration of life, vitality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āyus

āyus - life, duration of life, vitality

पल्लव-कोण-अग्र-लम्ब-अम्बु-कण-भङ्गुरम् (pallava-koṇa-agra-lamba-ambu-kaṇa-bhaṅguram) - as fragile as a drop of water hanging on the tip of a tender leaf (fragile like a water drop hanging from the tip of a tender leaf)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pallavakoṇāgralambāmbukaṇabhaṅgura

pallavakoṇāgralambāmbukaṇabhaṅgura - fragile like a water drop hanging from the tip of a tender leaf

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pallava+koṇa+agra+lamba+ambu+kaṇa+bhaṅgura)

• pallava – sprout, tender leaf, young shoot
  noun (masculine)
• koṇa – corner, angle, tip
  noun (masculine)
• agra – tip, point, front, summit
  noun (neuter)
• lamba – hanging, suspended, drooping
  adjective
  from root lamb (to hang, to fall)
  Root: lamb (class 1)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• kaṇa – drop, particle, speck
  noun (masculine)
• bhaṅgura – fragile, brittle, perishable
  adjective
  from root bhañj (to break)
  Root: bhañj (class 7)

उन्मत्तम् (unmattam) - as if insane (mad, insane, frenzied, drunk)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of unmatta

unmatta - mad, insane, frenzied, drunk

past passive participle

from ud-mad (to be mad)

Prefix: ud

Root: mad (class 4)

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

(indeclinable)

संत्यज्य (saṁtyajya) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having forsaken, having given up)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund) with prefix

from sam-tyaj

Prefix: sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)

याति (yāti) - one abandons (literally 'goes abandoning') (goes, proceeds, attains)

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

अकाण्डे (akāṇḍe) - unexpectedly (unexpectedly, suddenly, out of season, without cause)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of akāṇḍa

akāṇḍa - unexpected, sudden, untimely, causeless

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+kāṇḍa)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• kāṇḍa – section, part, proper time/occasion, arrow shaft
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used here adverbially, meaning 'at an improper time' or 'unexpectedly'.

शरीरकम् (śarīrakam) - the body (body (diminutive/affectionate or emphasizing smallness/frailty))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śarīraka

śarīraka - body (diminutive/affectionate)

Derived from śarīra with suffix -ka