योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-127, verse-54

का कथा मर्त्यपिण्डानां निमेषान्तरवासिनाम् ।
अपि देवनिकाया ये तेऽपि दुष्कालगोचराः ॥ ५४ ॥

kā kathā martyapiṇḍānāṃ nimeṣāntaravāsinām ,
api devanikāyā ye te'pi duṣkālagocarāḥ 54

54. kā kathā martyapiṇḍānām nimeṣāntaravāsinām
api devanikāyāḥ ye te api duṣkālagocarāḥ

54. nimeṣāntaravāsinām martyapiṇḍānām kā kathā?
ye api devanikāyāḥ te api duṣkālagocarāḥ

54. What is there to say about mortal bodies, which reside but for the briefest moment? Even those who are assemblies of gods, they too fall within the grasp of destructive time (kāla).

Words meanings summery:

• का (kā) - what, who

• कथा (kathā) - What is there to say? (idiomatic) (story, talk, discourse, what to say?)

• मर्त्यपिण्डानाम् (martyapiṇḍānām) - of mortal bodies/lumps

• निमेषान्तरवासिनाम् (nimeṣāntaravāsinām) - of those dwelling for a moment, of those residing within a blink

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• देवनिकायाः (devanikāyāḥ) - groups of gods, assemblies of gods

• ये (ye) - who, which (plural)

• ते (te) - they, those

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• दुष्कालगोचराः (duṣkālagocarāḥ) - subject to destructive time (kāla) (within the range of bad times, subject to calamity)

Words meanings and morphology

का (kā) - what, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Note: Feminine singular of kim.

कथा (kathā) - What is there to say? (idiomatic) (story, talk, discourse, what to say?)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, talk, conversation

Note: Used idiomatically with kā to mean 'what is the use of speaking about...'.

मर्त्यपिण्डानाम् (martyapiṇḍānām) - of mortal bodies/lumps

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of martyapiṇḍa

martyapiṇḍa - mortal body, human frame (literally 'mortal lump')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (martya+piṇḍa)

• martya – mortal, human
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  Derived from mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• piṇḍa – lump, ball, body, mass
  noun (masculine)

निमेषान्तरवासिनाम् (nimeṣāntaravāsinām) - of those dwelling for a moment, of those residing within a blink

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nimeṣāntaravāsin

nimeṣāntaravāsin - dwelling for a moment, residing for the space of a wink

Compound of nimeṣa, antara, and vāsin

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nimeṣa+antara+vāsin)

• nimeṣa – wink, twinkling of an eye, moment
  noun (masculine)
• antara – space, interval, inner, difference
  noun (neuter)
• vāsin – dweller, resident
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From root vas- 'to dwell'
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Agrees with martyapiṇḍānām.

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

देवनिकायाः (devanikāyāḥ) - groups of gods, assemblies of gods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of devanikāya

devanikāya - assembly of gods, group of gods

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+nikāya)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• nikāya – group, collection, abode, assembly
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ni

Note: This form can be nominative plural or genitive singular. Contextually, nominative plural as subject of ye.

ये (ye) - who, which (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun, referring to devanikāyāḥ.

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

Note: Correlative pronoun to ye.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

दुष्कालगोचराः (duṣkālagocarāḥ) - subject to destructive time (kāla) (within the range of bad times, subject to calamity)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of duṣkālagocara

duṣkālagocara - within the reach of calamity/difficult times, exposed to evil times

Compound of duṣkāla and gocara

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duṣkāla+gocara)

• duṣkāla – bad time, famine, destructive period
  noun (masculine)
• gocara – range, scope, object, sphere of activity
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with te.