योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-70, verse-40

अर्थहीने गतच्छाये शून्या उच्छ्वासकारिणी ।
मक्षिकावातहरिते श्रीवृक्षपरिवर्जिते ॥ ४० ॥

arthahīne gatacchāye śūnyā ucchvāsakāriṇī ,
makṣikāvātaharite śrīvṛkṣaparivarjite 40

40. artha-hīne gata-cchāye śūnyā ucchvāsa-kāriṇī
makṣikā-vāta-harite śrī-vṛkṣa-parivarjite

40. śūnyā ucchvāsa-kāriṇī artha-hīne gata-cchāye
makṣikā-vāta-harite śrī-vṛkṣa-parivarjite

40. Bereft of purpose, with faded luster, empty, merely breathing; visited by flies and wind, abandoned by all auspiciousness.

Words meanings summery:

• अर्थ-हीने (artha-hīne) - lacking purpose, vitality, or value (describing a body) (devoid of purpose, without meaning, lacking wealth)

• गत-च्छाये (gata-cchāye) - with faded radiance or beauty (whose shadow/luster has gone, faded, pale)

• शून्या (śūnyā) - empty or desolate (referring to the internal state or appearance of the body) (empty, void, desolate, vacant)

• उच्छ्वास-कारिणी (ucchvāsa-kāriṇī) - merely breathing, sustaining breath (implying little else) (one who causes breathing, one who exhales)

• मक्षिका-वात-हरिते (makṣikā-vāta-harite) - visited or assailed by flies and wind (covered by flies and wind)

• श्री-वृक्ष-परिवर्जिते (śrī-vṛkṣa-parivarjite) - forsaken by all auspiciousness, beauty, or vitality (abandoned by auspicious trees, devoid of prosperity/beauty)

Words meanings and morphology

अर्थ-हीने (artha-hīne) - lacking purpose, vitality, or value (describing a body) (devoid of purpose, without meaning, lacking wealth)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of artha-hīna

artha-hīna - devoid of meaning, purpose, or wealth; useless

Compound type : tatpurusha (artha+hīna)

• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object, cause
  noun (masculine)
• hīna – devoid of, abandoned, deficient, inferior
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `hā` (to abandon, forsake)
  Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Refers to the body, implying a lack of intrinsic value or vitality.

गत-च्छाये (gata-cchāye) - with faded radiance or beauty (whose shadow/luster has gone, faded, pale)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of gata-cchāya

gata-cchāya - whose shadow or luster has gone; faded; pale; dull

Compound type : bahuvrihi (gata+cchāyā)

• gata – gone, departed, past
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `gam` (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• cchāyā – shadow, shade, reflection, luster, beauty, image
  noun (feminine)

Note: Refers to the body, indicating loss of former beauty or vitality.

शून्या (śūnyā) - empty or desolate (referring to the internal state or appearance of the body) (empty, void, desolate, vacant)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, desolate, null

Note: Directly describes the implied body/form.

उच्छ्वास-कारिणी (ucchvāsa-kāriṇī) - merely breathing, sustaining breath (implying little else) (one who causes breathing, one who exhales)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ucchvāsa-kāriṇī

ucchvāsa-kāriṇī - one who causes exhalation/breathing; performing breathing

Compound type : tatpurusha (ucchvāsa+kāriṇī)

• ucchvāsa – exhalation, breath, respiration
  noun (masculine)
  From `ud` + `śvas` (to breathe)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: śvas (class 2)
• kāriṇī – female doer, maker, causer
  noun (feminine)
  Agent noun
  From root `kṛ` (to do, make) with suffix `ṇin`
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to the body, emphasizing that breathing is its primary, perhaps sole, remaining function.

मक्षिका-वात-हरिते (makṣikā-vāta-harite) - visited or assailed by flies and wind (covered by flies and wind)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of makṣikā-vāta-harita

makṣikā-vāta-harita - borne by flies and wind; covered by flies and wind

Compound type : tatpurusha (makṣikā+vāta+harita)

• makṣikā – fly
  noun (feminine)
• vāta – wind, air, gas, rheumatic affection
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vā (class 2)
• harita – green, pale, yellowish; carried off, robbed, removed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `hṛ` (to carry, seize), possibly also meaning 'covered with' in some contexts.
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Describes the body as neglected and exposed.

श्री-वृक्ष-परिवर्जिते (śrī-vṛkṣa-parivarjite) - forsaken by all auspiciousness, beauty, or vitality (abandoned by auspicious trees, devoid of prosperity/beauty)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of śrī-vṛkṣa-parivarjita

śrī-vṛkṣa-parivarjita - devoid of auspicious trees; abandoned by prosperity or beauty

Compound type : tatpurusha (śrī-vṛkṣa+parivarjita)

• śrī-vṛkṣa – auspicious tree (e.g., Bilva); tree of prosperity; prosperity-tree
  noun (masculine)
• parivarjita – abandoned, forsaken, devoid of, excluded
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From `pari` + `vṛj` (to abandon)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: vṛj (class 1)

Note: Reinforces the idea of neglect and loss of positive attributes.