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.

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)