योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-47, verse-81

पुनर्नीरसतामेति जगदस्तशुभस्थिति ।
अभ्यासीभूतसंकल्पं संशुष्कमिव काननम् ॥ ८१ ॥

punarnīrasatāmeti jagadastaśubhasthiti ,
abhyāsībhūtasaṃkalpaṃ saṃśuṣkamiva kānanam 81

81. punaḥ nīrasatām eti jagat astaśubhasthiti |
abhyāsībhūtasaṅkalpam saṃśuṣkam iva kānanam ||

81. punaḥ astaśubhasthiti jagat nīrasatām eti (tat)
abhyāsībhūtasaṅkalpam saṃśuṣkam kānanam iva (bhavati)

81. Again, the world, its auspicious state gone, becomes joyless, like a completely dried-up forest accustomed to mental constructs (or accustomed to repeated, conceptual existence).

81. שוב העולם מאבד את חיוניותו ואת מצבו המבורך, ומשתבש כמו יער יבש מרוב הרגלי מחשבה וכוונות שחוקות.

Words meanings summery:

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, furthermore

• नीरसताम् (nīrasatām) - to a state of being joyless, dry, insipid, devoid of essence

• एति (eti) - goes, attains, reaches

• जगत् (jagat) - the world/universe (the world, universe, moving)

• अस्तशुभस्थिति (astaśubhasthiti) - whose auspicious state has vanished/destroyed

• अभ्यासीभूतसङ्कल्पम् (abhyāsībhūtasaṅkalpam) - accustomed to mental constructs, having become a repeated concept

• संशुष्कम् (saṁśuṣkam) - completely dried up, withered

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• काननम् (kānanam) - forest, grove

Words meanings and morphology

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, furthermore

(indeclinable)

नीरसताम् (nīrasatām) - to a state of being joyless, dry, insipid, devoid of essence

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nīrasatā

nīrasatā - joylessness, dryness, insipidity, absence of essence or flavor

एति (eti) - goes, attains, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Root: i (class 2)

जगत् (jagat) - the world/universe (the world, universe, moving)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - the world, universe, people, moving, movable

Present Active Participle

Derived from root gam (to go, move)

Root: gam (class 1)

अस्तशुभस्थिति (astaśubhasthiti) - whose auspicious state has vanished/destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of astaśubhasthiti

astaśubhasthiti - having lost its auspicious state

Compound type : bahuvrihi (asta+śubha+sthiti)

• asta – set, vanished, thrown
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root as (to throw) or related to astam (setting)
  Root: as (class 4)
• śubha – auspicious, good, beautiful, propitious
  adjective (neuter)
• sthiti – state, condition, position, existence, stability
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with 'jagat'

अभ्यासीभूतसङ्कल्पम् (abhyāsībhūtasaṅkalpam) - accustomed to mental constructs, having become a repeated concept

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of abhyāsībhūtasaṅkalpa

abhyāsībhūtasaṅkalpa - that which has become the object of repeated mental conception or practice

Compound type : bahuvrihi (abhyāsībhūta+saṅkalpa)

• abhyāsībhūta – having become accustomed, having become a practice
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from abhyāsa (practice) + bhūta (become)
• saṅkalpa – intention, resolve, mental creation, concept
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'kānanam'

संशुष्कम् (saṁśuṣkam) - completely dried up, withered

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saṃśuṣka

saṁśuṣka - completely dried, withered, arid

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śuṣ (to dry) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'kānanam'

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

काननम् (kānanam) - forest, grove

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kānana

kānana - forest, grove, wood

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