योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-29, verse-14

अपि चित्रनराद्देहनरस्तुच्छतरः स्मृतः ।
आधिव्याधिपरिम्लाने स्वयं क्लेदिनि नाशिनि ॥ १४ ॥

api citranarāddehanarastucchataraḥ smṛtaḥ ,
ādhivyādhiparimlāne svayaṃ kledini nāśini 14

14. api citranarāt dehanaraḥ tucchataraḥ smṛtaḥ
ādhivyādhiparimlāne svayam kledini nāśini

14. api dehanaraḥ citranarāt tucchataraḥ smṛtaḥ.
ādhivyādhiparimlāne svayam kledini nāśini.

14. Indeed, the embodied person (dehanara) is considered more insignificant (tucchatarah) than a person in a painting (citranara). This is because the body is one that withers from mental distress (ādhi) and physical ailments (vyādhi), is inherently impure (kledin), and is perishable (nāśin).

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - indeed, even (also, even, indeed)

• चित्रनरात् (citranarāt) - than a person in a painting (citranara) (from a painted man, from a picture of a man)

• देहनरः (dehanaraḥ) - the embodied person (dehanara) (embodied man, man with a body)

• तुच्छतरः (tucchataraḥ) - more insignificant (tucchatarah) (more insignificant, more trivial, more contemptible)

• स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - is considered (remembered, considered, held to be)

• आधिव्याधिपरिम्लाने (ādhivyādhiparimlāne) - in (a body) that withers from mental distress (ādhi) and physical ailments (vyādhi) (in what is withered by mental distress and disease)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - inherently, by itself (oneself, by oneself, inherently)

• क्लेदिनि (kledini) - in (a body) that is impure (kledin), or damp (in what is wet, in what is impure, in what is sorrowful)

• नाशिनि (nāśini) - in (a body) that is perishable (nāśin) (in what is perishable, in what is destructive)

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - indeed, even (also, even, indeed)

(indeclinable)

चित्रनरात् (citranarāt) - than a person in a painting (citranara) (from a painted man, from a picture of a man)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of citranara

citranara - painted man, image of a man

Tatpurusha compound: `citra` (picture, painting) + `nara` (man).

Compound type : tatpurusha (citra+nara)

• citra – picture, painting, wonderful, variegated
  noun (neuter)
• nara – man, person, human being
  noun (masculine)

Note: Indicates the standard of comparison.

देहनरः (dehanaraḥ) - the embodied person (dehanara) (embodied man, man with a body)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dehanara

dehanara - embodied man, human body

Tatpurusha compound: `deha` (body) + `nara` (man).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (deha+nara)

• deha – body, form, person
  noun (masculine)
  From root `dih` ('to smear, to grow').
  Root: dih (class 1)
• nara – man, person, human being
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of `smṛtaḥ`.

तुच्छतरः (tucchataraḥ) - more insignificant (tucchatarah) (more insignificant, more trivial, more contemptible)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tucchatara

tucchatara - more insignificant, more trivial, more contemptible, meaner

Comparative of `tuccha` (empty, insignificant) with suffix `tarap`.

Note: Predicative adjective for `dehanaraḥ`.

स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - is considered (remembered, considered, held to be)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recollected, thought of, considered

Past Passive Participle

From root `smṛ` ('to remember').

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `dehanaraḥ`.

आधिव्याधिपरिम्लाने (ādhivyādhiparimlāne) - in (a body) that withers from mental distress (ādhi) and physical ailments (vyādhi) (in what is withered by mental distress and disease)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of ādhivyādhiparimlāna

ādhivyādhiparimlāna - withered by mental agony and physical disease

Tatpurusha compound: `ādhi` (mental distress) + `vyādhi` (disease) + `parimlāna` (withered).

Compound type : tatpurusha (ādhi+vyādhi+parimlāna)

• ādhi – mental distress, anxiety, agony
  noun (masculine)
• vyādhi – disease, sickness, ailment
  noun (masculine)
  From root `ā` ('to go') with prefix `vyā`.
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: ā (class 2)
• parimlāna – withered, faded, decayed, extremely languid
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `mlai` ('to wither') with prefix `pari`.
  Prefix: pari
  Root: mlai (class 1)

Note: Locative refers to 'in which' or 'when it is' in a descriptive sense, characterizing the body.

स्वयम् (svayam) - inherently, by itself (oneself, by oneself, inherently)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of `sva` (self).

Note: Modifies `kledini` and `nāśini`.

क्लेदिनि (kledini) - in (a body) that is impure (kledin), or damp (in what is wet, in what is impure, in what is sorrowful)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of kledin

kledin - wet, moist, damp; impure, putrid, tearful

From `kleda` (wetness, impurity) with `in` suffix.

Note: Describes the inherent nature of the body.

नाशिनि (nāśini) - in (a body) that is perishable (nāśin) (in what is perishable, in what is destructive)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of nāśin

nāśin - perishable, decaying, destructive, causing ruin

Agent noun from causal root `naś` (to destroy)

From root `naś` ('to perish') or its causal form, with `in` suffix.

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Describes the transient nature of the body.