योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-109, verse-3

देहावयवसंलीनपुत्रदाराग्र्यबन्धवः ।
शीर्णाः केचन तत्रैव च्छिन्ना इव वने द्रुमाः ॥ ३ ॥

dehāvayavasaṃlīnaputradārāgryabandhavaḥ ,
śīrṇāḥ kecana tatraiva cchinnā iva vane drumāḥ 3

3. dehāvayavasaṃlīnaputradārāgryabandhavaḥ śīrṇāḥ
kecana tatra eva chinnāḥ iva vane drumāḥ

3. kecana dehāvayavasaṃlīnaputradārāgryabandhavaḥ
tatra eva śīrṇāḥ vane chinnāḥ drumāḥ iva

3. Some, whose sons, wives, and chief relatives clung to their very bodies (in their distress), perished right there, like trees cut down in a forest.

Words meanings summery:

• देहावयवसंलीनपुत्रदाराग्र्यबन्धवः (dehāvayavasaṁlīnaputradārāgryabandhavaḥ) - whose sons, wives, and chief relatives were clinging to their bodily limbs

• शीर्णाः (śīrṇāḥ) - withered, perished, fallen apart

• केचन (kecana) - some, certain ones

• तत्र (tatra) - right there (there, in that place)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, very

• छिन्नाः (chinnāḥ) - cut, severed, divided

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वने (vane) - in the forest, in the woods

• द्रुमाः (drumāḥ) - trees

Words meanings and morphology

देहावयवसंलीनपुत्रदाराग्र्यबन्धवः (dehāvayavasaṁlīnaputradārāgryabandhavaḥ) - whose sons, wives, and chief relatives were clinging to their bodily limbs

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dehāvayavasaṃlīnaputradārāgryabandhava

dehāvayavasaṁlīnaputradārāgryabandhava - having sons, wives, and chief relatives clinging to one's bodily limbs

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (deha+avayava+saṃlīna+putra+dārā+agrya+bandhava)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• avayava – limb, part, component
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from ava-√yu (to separate, unite)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: yu (class 2)
• saṃlīna – clinging, merged, dissolved, absorbed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From saṃ-√lī (to cling, merge)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: lī (class 4)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)
• dārā – wife
  noun (feminine)
• agrya – chief, principal, foremost, best
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from 'agra' (front, top)
• bandhava – relative, kinsman, friend
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √bandh (to bind)
  Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Bahuvrīhi compound describing 'kecana' (some).

शीर्णाः (śīrṇāḥ) - withered, perished, fallen apart

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śīrṇa

śīrṇa - withered, faded, decayed, broken, perished

Past Passive Participle

From √śṛ (to shatter, decay, fall)

Root: śṛ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'kecana'.

केचन (kecana) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kecana

kecana - some, a few, certain people

Compound of 'ka' (who) + 'cana' (certain particle)

तत्र (tatra) - right there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Derived from pronominal stem 'tad'

एव (eva) - only, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'tatra'.

छिन्नाः (chinnāḥ) - cut, severed, divided

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of chinna

chinna - cut, severed, broken, divided, rent

Past Passive Participle

From √chid (to cut, sever) with -na suffix

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'drumāḥ'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वने (vane) - in the forest, in the woods

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

द्रुमाः (drumāḥ) - trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of druma

druma - tree, plant