योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-28, verse-5

यत्राद्य नगरं दृष्टं विचित्राचारचञ्चलम् ।
तत्रैवोदेति दिवसैः संशून्यारण्यधर्मता ॥ ५ ॥

yatrādya nagaraṃ dṛṣṭaṃ vicitrācāracañcalam ,
tatraivodeti divasaiḥ saṃśūnyāraṇyadharmatā 5

5. yatra adya nagaram dṛṣṭam vicitrācāracañcalam
tatra eva udeti divasaiḥ saṃśūnyāraṇyadharmatā

5. yatra adya vicitrācāracañcalam nagaram dṛṣṭam,
tatra eva divasaiḥ saṃśūnyāraṇyadharmatā udeti

5. Where today a city is seen, bustling and characterized by diverse customs, over time (with days), that very place assumes the intrinsic nature (dharma) of a desolate forest.

Words meanings summery:

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• नगरम् (nagaram) - city, town

• दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - seen, observed, perceived

• विचित्राचारचञ्चलम् (vicitrācāracañcalam) - describes the city as unstable due to its varied ways of life (restless/fickle/transient with diverse customs/practices)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

• उदेति (udeti) - rises, ascends, appears

• दिवसैः (divasaiḥ) - indicating the passage of time, 'over time' (by days, with days, over days (indicating passage of time))

• संशून्यारण्यधर्मता (saṁśūnyāraṇyadharmatā) - the condition of a place becoming a completely empty wilderness (the state or intrinsic nature (dharma) of a completely desolate forest)

Words meanings and morphology

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

नगरम् (nagaram) - city, town

(noun)

neuter, singular of nagara

nagara - city, town

दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - seen, observed, perceived

(adjective)

neuter, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √dṛś with suffix -ta

Root: dṛś (class 1)

विचित्राचारचञ्चलम् (vicitrācāracañcalam) - describes the city as unstable due to its varied ways of life (restless/fickle/transient with diverse customs/practices)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of vicitrācāracañcala

vicitrācāracañcala - restless/fickle/transient with diverse customs/practices

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (vicitra+ācāra+cañcala)

• vicitra – diverse, variegated, manifold
  adjective
• ācāra – custom, conduct, practice, usage
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: car (class 1)
• cañcala – restless, fickle, transient, unsteady
  adjective
  From root √cañc
  Root: cañc (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

उदेति (udeti) - rises, ascends, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ud-i

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

दिवसैः (divasaiḥ) - indicating the passage of time, 'over time' (by days, with days, over days (indicating passage of time))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of divasa

divasa - day

संशून्यारण्यधर्मता (saṁśūnyāraṇyadharmatā) - the condition of a place becoming a completely empty wilderness (the state or intrinsic nature (dharma) of a completely desolate forest)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃśūnyāraṇyadharmatā

saṁśūnyāraṇyadharmatā - the state or intrinsic nature of a completely desolate forest

Compound type : Tatpurusha (saṃśūnya+araṇya+dharmatā)

• saṃśūnya – completely desolate, entirely empty
  adjective
  Intensified form of śūnya (empty)
  Prefix: sam
• araṇya – forest, wilderness, desert
  noun (neuter)
• dharmatā – the state or quality of (dharma), intrinsic nature, property
  noun (feminine)
  Formed by suffix -tā to 'dharma'