योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-16, verse-24

विचारसंतोषशमसत्समागमशालिनि ।
प्रवर्तन्ते श्रियो जन्तौ कल्पवृक्षाश्रिते यथा ॥ २४ ॥

vicārasaṃtoṣaśamasatsamāgamaśālini ,
pravartante śriyo jantau kalpavṛkṣāśrite yathā 24

24. vicārasantoṣaśamasatsamāgamaśālini pravartante
śriyaḥ jantau kalpavṛkṣāśrite yathā

24. vicārasantoṣaśamasatsamāgamaśālini jantau śriyaḥ pravartante,
yathā kalpavṛkṣāśrite (jantau) pravartante

24. Fortunes manifest in a living being endowed with spiritual inquiry, contentment, tranquility, and good company, just as they do in one who has resorted to a wish-fulfilling tree.

Words meanings summery:

• विचारसन्तोषशमसत्समागमशालिनि (vicārasantoṣaśamasatsamāgamaśālini) - in a person characterized by spiritual inquiry, contentment, tranquility, and good company (adorned with inquiry, contentment, tranquility, and good company)

• प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they proceed, they manifest, they arise

• श्रियः (śriyaḥ) - fortunes, prosperity, glories, wealth

• जन्तौ (jantau) - in a living being, in a creature, in a person

• कल्पवृक्षाश्रिते (kalpavṛkṣāśrite) - in one who has resorted to a wish-fulfilling tree

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

Words meanings and morphology

विचारसन्तोषशमसत्समागमशालिनि (vicārasantoṣaśamasatsamāgamaśālini) - in a person characterized by spiritual inquiry, contentment, tranquility, and good company (adorned with inquiry, contentment, tranquility, and good company)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vicārasantoṣaśamasatsamāgamaśālin

vicārasantoṣaśamasatsamāgamaśālin - possessing/endowed with spiritual inquiry, contentment, tranquility, and good company

Compound adjective where 'śālin' (possessing) is appended to a Dvandva compound of the four practices.

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (vicārasantoṣaśamasatsamāgama+śālin)

• vicārasantoṣaśamasatsamāgama – spiritual inquiry, contentment, tranquility, good company
  noun (masculine)
  A Dvandva compound listing the four spiritual practices.
• śālin – possessing, adorned with, characterized by
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Suffix -in added to denote possession.

Note: Modifies 'jantau'.

प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante) - they proceed, they manifest, they arise

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of pravṛt

Derived from root vṛt (to turn, exist) with prefix pra (forth, forward).

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: The verbal form is Atmanepada (middle voice).

श्रियः (śriyaḥ) - fortunes, prosperity, glories, wealth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, fortune, glory, beauty, goddess Lakṣmī

Root: śrī (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'pravartante'.

जन्तौ (jantau) - in a living being, in a creature, in a person

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, human being, person

Derived from root jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: The location where prosperity arises.

कल्पवृक्षाश्रिते (kalpavṛkṣāśrite) - in one who has resorted to a wish-fulfilling tree

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kalpavṛkṣāśrita

kalpavṛkṣāśrita - resorted to/depending on a wish-fulfilling tree

Compound where 'āśrita' (resorted to) describes one who has taken refuge in a 'kalpavṛkṣa'.

Compound type : Tatpurusha (kalpavṛkṣa+āśrita)

• kalpavṛkṣa – wish-fulfilling tree, mythical tree granting all desires
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of kalpa (world-age, a cosmic cycle, a wish) + vṛkṣa (tree).
• āśrita – resorted to, taken refuge in, dependent on, adhering to
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root śrī (to resort to, serve) with prefix ā (towards).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śrī (class 1)

Note: Refers to a person who has taken refuge in a wish-fulfilling tree.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two parts of the simile.