योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-26, verse-25

शुष्यन्त्यपि समुद्राश्च शीर्यन्ते तारका अपि ।
सिद्धा अपि विनश्यन्ति कैवास्था मादृशे जने ॥ २५ ॥

śuṣyantyapi samudrāśca śīryante tārakā api ,
siddhā api vinaśyanti kaivāsthā mādṛśe jane 25

25. śuṣyanti api samudrāḥ ca śīryante tārakāḥ api
siddhāḥ api vinaśyanti kā iva āsthā mādṛśe jane

25. samudrāḥ api śuṣyanti ca tārakāḥ api śīryante
siddhāḥ api vinaśyanti mādṛśe jane kā iva āsthā

25. Even oceans dry up, and even stars disintegrate. Even perfected beings (siddhas) are destroyed. What confidence, then, can there be in a person like me?

Words meanings summery:

• शुष्यन्ति (śuṣyanti) - they dry up, they wither

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• समुद्राः (samudrāḥ) - oceans, seas

• च (ca) - and

• शीर्यन्ते (śīryante) - they crumble, they fall apart, they decay

• तारकाः (tārakāḥ) - stars

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• सिद्धाः (siddhāḥ) - perfected ones, accomplished beings, siddhas

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• विनश्यन्ति (vinaśyanti) - they perish, they are destroyed

• का (kā) - what (feminine nominative singular)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, indeed, quite

• आस्था (āsthā) - hope, trust, reliance, confidence, faith

• मादृशे (mādṛśe) - in one like me, in a person like me

• जने (jane) - in a person, in a being, in a creature

Words meanings and morphology

शुष्यन्ति (śuṣyanti) - they dry up, they wither

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of śuṣ

Present Active Indic

4th class verb, present tense, third person plural

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

समुद्राः (samudrāḥ) - oceans, seas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samudra

samudra - ocean, sea

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

शीर्यन्ते (śīryante) - they crumble, they fall apart, they decay

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle/passive, present indicative (laṭ) of śṛ

Present Passive Indic / Middle Voice

Derived from root śṛ (to break). Passive voice, present tense, third person plural.

Root: śṛ (class 9)

तारकाः (tārakāḥ) - stars

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tārakā

tārakā - star, pupil of the eye

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

सिद्धाः (siddhāḥ) - perfected ones, accomplished beings, siddhas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of siddha

siddha - perfected, accomplished, successful; a perfected being, adept

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sidh (to succeed, accomplish) with suffix -ta

Root: sidh (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

विनश्यन्ति (vinaśyanti) - they perish, they are destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vinas

Present Active Indic

4th class verb, present tense, third person plural, with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

का (kā) - what (feminine nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Note: Refers to āsthā (feminine).

इव (iva) - like, as if, indeed, quite

(indeclinable)

आस्था (āsthā) - hope, trust, reliance, confidence, faith

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsthā

āsthā - hope, trust, reliance, confidence, faith, regard

From prefix ā- + root sthā (to stand)

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

मादृशे (mādṛśe) - in one like me, in a person like me

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of mādṛś

mādṛś - like me, similar to me

Derived from 'mad' (me) and 'dṛś' (looking, like)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mad+dṛś)

• mad – me, my
  pronoun
• dṛś – seeing, appearing, like
  suffix
  From root dṛś (to see), used as a suffix to mean 'like' or 'similar'.
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

जने (jane) - in a person, in a being, in a creature

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, man, being, creature, people

Root: jan (class 4)