योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-68, verse-14

क्षुत्क्षामकुक्षिः क्षपयत्यायुर्व्याघातभीरुधीः ।
पक्षी वृक्षशिखाशायी तत्संसक्तिविजृम्भितम् ॥ १४ ॥

kṣutkṣāmakukṣiḥ kṣapayatyāyurvyāghātabhīrudhīḥ ,
pakṣī vṛkṣaśikhāśāyī tatsaṃsaktivijṛmbhitam 14

14. kṣutkṣāmakukṣiḥ kṣapayati āyuḥ vyāghātabhīrudhīḥ
pakṣī vṛkṣaśikhāśāyī tat saṃsaktivijṛmbhitam

14. yat kṣutkṣāmakukṣiḥ vyāghātabhīrudhīḥ vṛkṣaśikhāśāyī pakṣī āyuḥ kṣapayati,
tat saṃsaktivijṛmbhitam

14. The fact that a bird, whose belly is emaciated by hunger, whose mind is timid from fear of harm, and who rests on a tree-top, wastes its life, is an expansion of (worldly) attachment (saṃsakti).

Words meanings summery:

• क्षुत्क्षामकुक्षिः (kṣutkṣāmakukṣiḥ) - whose belly is emaciated by hunger; one with a hunger-wasted abdomen

• क्षपयति (kṣapayati) - wastes, causes to pass, destroys, exhausts

• आयुः (āyuḥ) - life, duration of life, vitality

• व्याघातभीरुधीः (vyāghātabhīrudhīḥ) - whose mind is timid from fear of harm; one with a mind fearful of attack

• पक्षी (pakṣī) - bird

• वृक्षशिखाशायी (vṛkṣaśikhāśāyī) - sleeping on a tree-top, resting on a tree's summit

• तत् (tat) - The entire situation described in the preceding clause, which is the subject of the final predicate. (that, therefore (referring to the preceding clause))

• संसक्तिविजृम्भितम् (saṁsaktivijṛmbhitam) - expansion of attachment, manifestation of attachment, consequence of attachment

Words meanings and morphology

क्षुत्क्षामकुक्षिः (kṣutkṣāmakukṣiḥ) - whose belly is emaciated by hunger; one with a hunger-wasted abdomen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣutkṣāmakukṣi

kṣutkṣāmakukṣi - having an emaciated belly due to hunger

Bahuvrīhi compound: kṣudbhiḥ kṣāmaḥ kukṣiḥ yasya saḥ (whose belly is emaciated by hunger, he). 'kṣudh' means hunger, 'kṣāma' means emaciated, 'kukṣi' means belly.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣudh+kṣāma+kukṣi)

• kṣudh – hunger, appetite
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṣudh (class 4)
• kṣāma – emaciated, wasted, thin, weak
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root kṣai 'to decay, waste away'.
  Root: kṣai (class 1)
• kukṣi – belly, abdomen, stomach
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'pakṣī'.

क्षपयति (kṣapayati) - wastes, causes to pass, destroys, exhausts

(verb)

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

Present Active (causative)

Derived from the root kṣap 'to destroy, to cause to pass (time)' (Dhātupāṭha Class 10). Conjugated in present tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: kṣap (class 10)

आयुः (āyuḥ) - life, duration of life, vitality

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āyus

āyus - life, duration of life, vitality, age

Note: Direct object of 'kṣapayati'.

व्याघातभीरुधीः (vyāghātabhīrudhīḥ) - whose mind is timid from fear of harm; one with a mind fearful of attack

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāghātabhīrudhī

vyāghātabhīrudhī - having a timid mind due to fear of harm/attack

Bahuvrīhi compound: vyāghātāt bhīruḥ dhīḥ yasya saḥ (whose mind is timid from harm, he). 'vyāghāta' means obstruction/harm, 'bhīru' means timid/fearful, 'dhī' means intellect/mind.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vyāghāta+bhīru+dhī)

• vyāghāta – obstruction, impediment, harm, attack
  noun (masculine)
  Action noun
  Derived from the root han (to strike, kill) with prefixes vi- and ā-.
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: han (class 2)
• bhīru – timid, fearful, afraid
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from the root bhī 'to fear'.
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• dhī – intellect, mind, understanding, thought
  noun (feminine)

Note: Modifies 'pakṣī'.

पक्षी (pakṣī) - bird

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pakṣin

pakṣin - bird (literally 'having wings')

Noun derived from pakṣa (wing) with the suffix -in.

Note: The subject of 'kṣapayati'.

वृक्षशिखाशायी (vṛkṣaśikhāśāyī) - sleeping on a tree-top, resting on a tree's summit

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛkṣaśikhāśāyin

vṛkṣaśikhāśāyin - sleeping or resting on a tree-top

Agent Noun (compound)

Compound of vṛkṣa (tree) + śikhā (top/summit) + śāyin (sleeping/resting). 'śāyin' is an agent noun from the root śī (to lie, sleep). The compound forms a Tatpuruṣa (one who rests on the tree's summit).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛkṣa+śikhā+śāyin)

• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
• śikhā – top, summit, crest, peak
  noun (feminine)
• śāyin – sleeping, resting, lying down
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun (or Present Participle)
  Derived from the root śī (to lie, sleep).
  Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'pakṣī'.

तत् (tat) - The entire situation described in the preceding clause, which is the subject of the final predicate. (that, therefore (referring to the preceding clause))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers back to the entire condition described by the preceding clause.

संसक्तिविजृम्भितम् (saṁsaktivijṛmbhitam) - expansion of attachment, manifestation of attachment, consequence of attachment

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsaktivijṛmbhita

saṁsaktivijṛmbhita - expansion, manifestation, or consequence caused by attachment

Compound of saṃsakti (attachment) and vijṛmbhita (expansion/manifestation), which is a past passive participle from vi-jṛmbh. The compound forms a Tatpuruṣa (manifestation of attachment).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsakti+vijṛmbhita)

• saṃsakti – attachment, close contact, connection
  noun (feminine)
  From saṃ-sañj + ktin.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sañj (class 1)
• vijṛmbhita – expanded, manifested, developed, caused
  noun/adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (substantivized)
  Derived from the root jṛmbh (to yawn, expand, manifest) with the prefix vi-.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jṛmbh (class 1)

Note: This is the predicate complement of the 'tat' clause, usually implicitly understood with 'asti' (is).