योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-87, verse-2

यावत्ते देहकास्तेषां तापेन पवनैस्तथा ।
कालेन शोषमभ्येत्य गलिताः शीर्णपर्णवत् ॥ २ ॥

yāvatte dehakāsteṣāṃ tāpena pavanaistathā ,
kālena śoṣamabhyetya galitāḥ śīrṇaparṇavat 2

2. yāvat te dehakāḥ teṣām tāpena pavanaiḥ tathā
kālena śoṣam abhyetya galitāḥ śīrṇaparṇavat

2. yāvat teṣām te dehakāḥ tāpena pavanaiḥ tathā
kālena śoṣam abhyetya śīrṇaparṇavat galitāḥ

2. Their bodies, affected by heat, winds, and time, gradually became emaciated and withered away, just like dried leaves.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as (their bodies endured) (as long as, until, as much as)

• ते (te) - those (bodies) (they, those)

• देहकाः (dehakāḥ) - mere bodies (implying fragility or insignificance) (small bodies, mere bodies)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - their (referring to the beings whose bodies are described) (of them, their)

• तापेन (tāpena) - by (intense) heat (environmental or internal) (by heat, by suffering, by torment)

• पवनैः (pavanaiḥ) - by winds

• तथा (tathā) - and (also by time) (thus, so, and, similarly)

• कालेन (kālena) - by time

• शोषम् (śoṣam) - emaciation, dryness (dryness, emaciation, desiccation)

• अभ्येत्य (abhyetya) - having attained (dryness/emaciation) (having approached, having obtained, having attained)

• गलिताः (galitāḥ) - withered away, decayed (fallen, decayed, withered, dropped)

• शीर्णपर्णवत् (śīrṇaparṇavat) - like dried and fallen leaves (like withered leaves, like fallen leaves)

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as (their bodies endured) (as long as, until, as much as)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those (bodies) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with dehakāḥ.

देहकाः (dehakāḥ) - mere bodies (implying fragility or insignificance) (small bodies, mere bodies)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dehaka

dehaka - small body, mere body

Diminutive of deha with -ka suffix

तेषाम् (teṣām) - their (referring to the beings whose bodies are described) (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Possessive, refers to the beings.

तापेन (tāpena) - by (intense) heat (environmental or internal) (by heat, by suffering, by torment)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tāpa

tāpa - heat, burning, suffering, torment

From √tap

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Indicates agent or cause.

पवनैः (pavanaiḥ) - by winds

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pavāna

pavāna - wind, air, breeze

From √pū 'to purify' or √va 'to blow'

Root: pū / va (class 9)

Note: Indicates agent or cause.

तथा (tathā) - and (also by time) (thus, so, and, similarly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

कालेन (kālena) - by time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, duration, period

Note: Indicates agent or cause.

शोषम् (śoṣam) - emaciation, dryness (dryness, emaciation, desiccation)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śoṣa

śoṣa - drying up, desiccation, emaciation, consumption

From √śuṣ

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

Note: Object of abhyetya.

अभ्येत्य (abhyetya) - having attained (dryness/emaciation) (having approached, having obtained, having attained)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive of √i with abhi-

Prefix: abhi

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Precedes the main action galitāḥ.

गलिताः (galitāḥ) - withered away, decayed (fallen, decayed, withered, dropped)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of galita

galita - fallen, dropped, decayed, withered, melted

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √gal

Root: gal (class 1)

Note: Agrees with te dehakāḥ.

शीर्णपर्णवत् (śīrṇaparṇavat) - like dried and fallen leaves (like withered leaves, like fallen leaves)

(indeclinable)

Formed with -vat suffix indicating resemblance.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śīrṇa+parṇa)

• śīrṇa – withered, dried up, fallen off
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √śṝ
  Root: śṝ (class 9)
• parṇa – leaf, feather
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used as an adverbial comparison.