योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-27, verse-38

अवान्तरन्यस्तनिरर्थकांशच्छायालतापत्रफलप्रसूनाः ।
शरीर एव क्षतसंपदश्च श्वभ्रद्रुमा अद्यतना नराश्च ॥ ३८ ॥

avāntaranyastanirarthakāṃśacchāyālatāpatraphalaprasūnāḥ ,
śarīra eva kṣatasaṃpadaśca śvabhradrumā adyatanā narāśca 38

38. avāntaranyastānirarthakāṃśacchāyālatāpatraphalaprasūnāḥ
śarīre eva kṣatasaṃpadaḥ ca śvabhradrumāḥ adyatanāḥ narāḥ ca

38. adyatanāḥ narāḥ ca śvabhradrumāḥ ca
avāntaranyastānirarthakāṃśacchāyālatāpatraphalaprasūnāḥ śarīre eva kṣatasaṃpadaḥ

38. Today's people are like trees in a pit, whose shade, vines, leaves, fruits, and flowers are useless parts interspersed within them, and whose prosperity is wasted on the body itself.

38. בני האדם בימינו, שמשאביהם הפנימיים נפגעו בתוך גופם עצמו, הרי הם כעצים שצמחו בתוך בור, והצבירו בתוכם עלים, פירות ופרחים חסרי תועלת.

Words meanings summery:

• अवान्तरन्यस्तानिरर्थकांशच्छायालतापत्रफलप्रसूनाः (avāntaranyastānirarthakāṁśacchāyālatāpatraphalaprasūnāḥ) - referring to humans whose physical attributes and activities (like those of a tree) are ultimately without lasting purpose or benefit (those for whom shade, vines, leaves, fruits, and flowers are useless parts interspersed within)

• शरीरे (śarīre) - in the physical body (in the body)

• एव (eva) - even, only, precisely, just

• क्षतसंपदः (kṣatasaṁpadaḥ) - whose wealth is destroyed, having damaged prosperity

• च (ca) - and

• श्वभ्रद्रुमाः (śvabhradrumāḥ) - pit-trees, trees in a pit

• अद्यतनाः (adyatanāḥ) - modern, contemporary, of today

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people, human beings

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

अवान्तरन्यस्तानिरर्थकांशच्छायालतापत्रफलप्रसूनाः (avāntaranyastānirarthakāṁśacchāyālatāpatraphalaprasūnāḥ) - referring to humans whose physical attributes and activities (like those of a tree) are ultimately without lasting purpose or benefit (those for whom shade, vines, leaves, fruits, and flowers are useless parts interspersed within)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avāntaranyastānirarthakāṃśacchāyālatāpatraphalaprasūna

avāntaranyastānirarthakāṁśacchāyālatāpatraphalaprasūna - whose useless, interspersed parts are shade, creepers, leaves, fruits, and flowers

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (avāntaranyasta+nirarthaka+aṃśa+cchāyā+latā+patra+phala+prasūna)

• avāntaranyasta – placed within, interspersed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from ni + √as (to throw, place)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: as
• nirarthaka – useless, meaningless, vain
  adjective
• aṃśa – part, portion, share
  noun (masculine)
• cchāyā – shade, shadow, reflection
  noun (feminine)
• latā – vine, creeper
  noun (feminine)
• patra – leaf, feather
  noun (neuter)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)
• prasūna – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)

शरीरे (śarīre) - in the physical body (in the body)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical form

एव (eva) - even, only, precisely, just

(indeclinable)

क्षतसंपदः (kṣatasaṁpadaḥ) - whose wealth is destroyed, having damaged prosperity

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣatasaṃpad

kṣatasaṁpad - one whose prosperity is harmed/damaged

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (kṣata+sampad)

• kṣata – destroyed, injured, harmed, damaged
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from √kṣan (to hurt)
  Root: kṣan
• sampad – prosperity, wealth, success, attainment
  noun (feminine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

श्वभ्रद्रुमाः (śvabhradrumāḥ) - pit-trees, trees in a pit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śvabhradruma

śvabhradruma - tree growing in a pit or chasm

Compound type : Tatpurusha (śvabhra+druma)

• śvabhra – pit, hole, chasm
  noun (neuter)
• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)

अद्यतनाः (adyatanāḥ) - modern, contemporary, of today

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adyatana

adyatana - belonging to today, present

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people, human beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human being

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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