योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-30, verse-15

लोभयन्तो भयायैव विषयाभोगभोगिनः ।
भङ्गुराकारविभवाः कथमायान्ति भव्यताम् ॥ १५ ॥

lobhayanto bhayāyaiva viṣayābhogabhoginaḥ ,
bhaṅgurākāravibhavāḥ kathamāyānti bhavyatām 15

15. lobhayantaḥ bhayāya eva viṣayābhogabhoginaḥ
bhaṅgurākāravibhavāḥ katham āyānti bhavyatām

15. viṣayābhogabhoginaḥ,
bhaṅgurākāravibhavāḥ,
bhayāya eva lobhayantaḥ,
bhavyatām katham āyānti

15. How can those who indulge in the enjoyment of sense objects—objects that merely entice one towards fear and whose forms and possessions are transient—ever attain excellence?

Words meanings summery:

• लोभयन्तः (lobhayantaḥ) - enticing, alluring, causing greed

• भयाय (bhayāya) - for fear, to fear, for the sake of fear

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

• विषयाभोगभोगिनः (viṣayābhogabhoginaḥ) - those who enjoy sense objects, those who indulge in sensual pleasures

• भङ्गुराकारविभवाः (bhaṅgurākāravibhavāḥ) - whose forms and possessions are transient/perishable

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• आयान्ति (āyānti) - they attain, they come, they arrive

• भव्यताम् (bhavyatām) - nobleness, auspiciousness, excellence, prosperity

Words meanings and morphology

लोभयन्तः (lobhayantaḥ) - enticing, alluring, causing greed

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lobhayat

lobhayat - enticing, alluring, causing greed

Present Active Participle

Derived from the causative stem of root √lubh (class 4) 'to covet, desire', with śatṛ suffix.

Root: √lubh (class 4)

Note: Used adjectivally to describe 'those who indulge in sense objects'.

भयाय (bhayāya) - for fear, to fear, for the sake of fear

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, alarm

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

(indeclinable)

विषयाभोगभोगिनः (viṣayābhogabhoginaḥ) - those who enjoy sense objects, those who indulge in sensual pleasures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viṣayābhogabhogin

viṣayābhogabhogin - one who enjoys or indulges in the enjoyment of sense objects

Compound type : tatpurusha + upapada (viṣaya+ābhoga+bhogin)

• viṣaya – object of sense, sphere, domain
  noun (masculine)
• ābhoga – full enjoyment, delight, experience, expansion
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from ā-√bhuj (to enjoy).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: √bhuj (class 7)
• bhogin – one who enjoys, partaking of, possessor of
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from bhoga (enjoyment) with in suffix.

भङ्गुराकारविभवाः (bhaṅgurākāravibhavāḥ) - whose forms and possessions are transient/perishable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhaṅgurākāravibhava

bhaṅgurākāravibhava - having transient forms and wealth/power

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhaṅgura+ākāra+vibhava)

• bhaṅgura – fragile, perishable, transient, easily broken
  adjective
  From √bhañj (to break).
  Root: √bhañj (class 7)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-√kṛ (to do, make).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: √kṛ (class 8)
• vibhava – power, greatness, wealth, prosperity, enjoyment
  noun (masculine)
  From vi-√bhū (to be, exist).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: √bhū (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

आयान्ति (āyānti) - they attain, they come, they arrive

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: √yā (class 2)

भव्यताम् (bhavyatām) - nobleness, auspiciousness, excellence, prosperity

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhavyatā

bhavyatā - nobleness, auspiciousness, excellence, prosperity

From bhavya (excellent, auspicious) with tā suffix.