योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-21, verse-28

केशाः श्मशानवृक्षेषु यान्ति चामरलेखिकाम् ।
अस्थीन्युडुवदाभान्ति दिनैरवनिमण्डले ॥ २८ ॥

keśāḥ śmaśānavṛkṣeṣu yānti cāmaralekhikām ,
asthīnyuḍuvadābhānti dinairavanimaṇḍale 28

28. keśāḥ śmaśānavṛkṣeṣu yānti cāmaralekhikām
asthīni uḍuvat ābhānti dinaiḥ avanimaṇḍale

28. keśāḥ śmaśānavṛkṣeṣu cāmaralekhikām yānti
asthīni dinaiḥ avanimaṇḍale uḍuvat ābhānti

28. Hairs become like fly-whisk fibers on the trees of the cremation ground. Bones, after some days, gleam like stars on the surface of the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• केशाः (keśāḥ) - hairs (on a human head/body) (hairs)

• श्मशानवृक्षेषु (śmaśānavṛkṣeṣu) - on the trees of the cremation ground

• यान्ति (yānti) - they become (they go, they attain, they become)

• चामरलेखिकाम् (cāmaralekhikām) - fly-whisk fibers (as a state) (the state of being a fly-whisk brush/writing-brush)

• अस्थीनि (asthīni) - human bones (bones)

• उडुवत् (uḍuvat) - like stars

• आभान्ति (ābhānti) - they gleam (they shine, they appear, they gleam)

• दिनैः (dinaiḥ) - after some days (by days, with days, after days)

• अवनिमन्डले (avanimanḍale) - on the surface of the earth (on the surface of the earth, in the region of the earth)

Words meanings and morphology

केशाः (keśāḥ) - hairs (on a human head/body) (hairs)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of keśa

keśa - hair (of the head), mane

Note: Subject of yānti.

श्मशानवृक्षेषु (śmaśānavṛkṣeṣu) - on the trees of the cremation ground

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of śmaśānavṛkṣa

śmaśānavṛkṣa - tree of the cremation ground

Compound type : tatpurusha (śmaśāna+vṛkṣa)

• śmaśāna – cremation ground, burial ground
  noun (neuter)
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)

यान्ति (yānti) - they become (they go, they attain, they become)

(verb)

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

Present active 3rd person plural

Root: yā (class 2)

चामरलेखिकाम् (cāmaralekhikām) - fly-whisk fibers (as a state) (the state of being a fly-whisk brush/writing-brush)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of cāmaralekhikā

cāmaralekhikā - fly-whisk brush, writing-brush

Compound type : tatpurusha (cāmara+lekhikā)

• cāmara – fly-whisk (made of yak's tail hair)
  noun (neuter)
• lekhikā – writing-brush, pen, writing
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of yānti (in the sense of 'attain the state of').

अस्थीनि (asthīni) - human bones (bones)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of asthi

asthi - bone

Note: Subject of ābhānti.

उडुवत् (uḍuvat) - like stars

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat added to uḍu

Note: Adverb of comparison.

आभान्ति (ābhānti) - they gleam (they shine, they appear, they gleam)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

Present active 3rd person plural, with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

दिनैः (dinaiḥ) - after some days (by days, with days, after days)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of dina

dina - day

Note: Indicates lapse of time.

अवनिमन्डले (avanimanḍale) - on the surface of the earth (on the surface of the earth, in the region of the earth)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of avanimanḍala

avanimanḍala - earth's surface, terrestrial sphere

Compound type : tatpurusha (avani+maṇḍala)

• avani – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• maṇḍala – circle, disk, region, sphere
  noun (neuter)