योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-17, verse-28

नष्टमुत्सृज्य तिष्ठन्तं तृष्णा वृक्षमिवापरम् ।
पुरुषात्पुरुषं याति तृष्णा लोलेव पक्षिणी ॥ २८ ॥

naṣṭamutsṛjya tiṣṭhantaṃ tṛṣṇā vṛkṣamivāparam ,
puruṣātpuruṣaṃ yāti tṛṣṇā loleva pakṣiṇī 28

28. naṣṭam utsṛjya tiṣṭhantam tṛṣṇā vṛkṣam iva aparam
puruṣāt puruṣam yāti tṛṣṇā lolā iva pakṣiṇī

28. Like a fickle bird, craving (tṛṣṇā) abandons a lost person and goes to another person who stands firm like a tree.

Words meanings summery:

• नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - a lost person (lost, destroyed, perished)

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having left, having given up

• तिष्ठन्तम् (tiṣṭhantam) - remaining (firm), standing (like a tree) (standing, remaining, existing)

• तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving (tṛṣṇā) (craving, desire, thirst)

• वृक्षम् (vṛkṣam) - tree

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• अपरम् (aparam) - another (person) (another, other, different)

• पुरुषात् (puruṣāt) - from a person (puruṣa) (from a man, from a person)

• पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - to a person (puruṣa) (to a man, to a person)

• याति (yāti) - goes, moves, proceeds

• तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving (tṛṣṇā) (craving, desire, thirst)

• लोला (lolā) - fickle, unsteady, restless, trembling

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• पक्षिणी (pakṣiṇī) - female bird, bird

Words meanings and morphology

नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - a lost person (lost, destroyed, perished)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, ruined, perished

Past Passive Participle

From root naś (to perish, be lost) + kta suffix

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Here refers to a lost person (puruṣa) implicitly.

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having left, having given up

(indeclinable)

absolutive

From root sṛj (to create, send forth) with prefix ut + lyap suffix

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

तिष्ठन्तम् (tiṣṭhantam) - remaining (firm), standing (like a tree) (standing, remaining, existing)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tiṣṭhat

tiṣṭhat - standing, remaining, being, existing

Present Active Participle

From root sthā (to stand) + śatṛ suffix

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the 'other person' (aparam puruṣam).

तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving (tṛṣṇā) (craving, desire, thirst)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā

tṛṣṇā - thirst, desire, craving

Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

वृक्षम् (vṛkṣam) - tree

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

अपरम् (aparam) - another (person) (another, other, different)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent, different

Note: Qualifies 'puruṣam'.

पुरुषात् (puruṣāt) - from a person (puruṣa) (from a man, from a person)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, human being, the supreme cosmic person

पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - to a person (puruṣa) (to a man, to a person)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, human being, the supreme cosmic person

याति (yāti) - goes, moves, proceeds

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

Root yā, 2nd class, Parasmaipada, Present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: yā (class 2)

तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving (tṛṣṇā) (craving, desire, thirst)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā

tṛṣṇā - thirst, desire, craving

Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

लोला (lolā) - fickle, unsteady, restless, trembling

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of lola

lola - moving to and fro, shaking, trembling, restless, fickle, desirous

From root lul (to move to and fro)

Root: lul (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

पक्षिणी (pakṣiṇī) - female bird, bird

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pakṣiṇī

pakṣiṇī - female bird, bird

Feminine form of pakṣin (bird)