योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-23, verse-6

निःश्वासवृक्षक्रकचाः सर्वदेहलताघुणाः ।
आधयो यं न भिन्दन्ति मृत्युस्तं न जिघांसति ॥ ६ ॥

niḥśvāsavṛkṣakrakacāḥ sarvadehalatāghuṇāḥ ,
ādhayo yaṃ na bhindanti mṛtyustaṃ na jighāṃsati 6

6. niḥśvāsavṛkṣakrakacāḥ sarvadehalatāghuṇāḥ
ādhayaḥ yam na bhindanti mṛtyuḥ tam na jighāṃsati

6. yam ādhayaḥ niḥśvāsavṛkṣakrakacāḥ sarvadehalatāghuṇāḥ na bhindanti,
mṛtyuḥ tam na jighāṃsati

6. Mental afflictions (ādhayaḥ), which are like saws cutting down the tree of sighs, and like woodworms consuming the creeper of the entire body—if these do not torment a person, then death does not desire to kill that person.

Words meanings summery:

• निःश्वासवृक्षक्रकचाः (niḥśvāsavṛkṣakrakacāḥ) - saws for the tree of sighs

• सर्वदेहलताघुणाः (sarvadehalatāghuṇāḥ) - woodworms for the creeper of the entire body

• आधयः (ādhayaḥ) - mental afflictions, worries, anxieties

• यम् (yam) - whom, which (relative pronoun)

• न (na) - not, no

• भिन्दन्ति (bhindanti) - they torment (referring to mental afflictions) (they pierce, they break, they torment)

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• न (na) - not, no

• जिघांसति (jighāṁsati) - desires to kill, wishes to harm

Words meanings and morphology

निःश्वासवृक्षक्रकचाः (niḥśvāsavṛkṣakrakacāḥ) - saws for the tree of sighs

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niḥśvāsavṛkṣakrakaca

niḥśvāsavṛkṣakrakaca - saws for the tree of sighs

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (niḥśvāsa+vṛkṣa+krakaca)

• niḥśvāsa – sigh, exhalation, breath
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from niḥ-śvas 'to breathe out'
  Prefix: nis
  Root: śvas (class 2)
• vṛkṣa – tree, plant
  noun (masculine)
• krakaca – saw
  noun (masculine)

Note: Acts as an adjective for ādhayaḥ.

सर्वदेहलताघुणाः (sarvadehalatāghuṇāḥ) - woodworms for the creeper of the entire body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarvadehalatāghuṇa

sarvadehalatāghuṇa - woodworms for the creeper of the entire body

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+deha+latā+ghuṇa)

• sarva – all, every, whole, entire
  adjective
• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)
• ghuṇa – woodworm, insect
  noun (masculine)

Note: Acts as an adjective for ādhayaḥ.

आधयः (ādhayaḥ) - mental afflictions, worries, anxieties

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ādhi

ādhi - mental pain, distress, anxiety, worry, anguish

From ā-dhā 'to place upon'

Prefix: ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

यम् (yam) - whom, which (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to the person being discussed.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb.

भिन्दन्ति (bhindanti) - they torment (referring to mental afflictions) (they pierce, they break, they torment)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhid

Root: bhid (class 7)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, the god of death

From root mṛ 'to die'

Root: mṛ (class 6)

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative to 'yam'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb.

जिघांसति (jighāṁsati) - desires to kill, wishes to harm

(verb)

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

desiderative stem

Desiderative of √han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)