योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-103, verse-34

क्रीणन्ति प्राणपण्येन धनं मानं घनभ्रमाः ।
यथाशास्त्रैः कथं बुद्ध्या न क्रीणन्त्यजरं पदम् ॥ ३४ ॥

krīṇanti prāṇapaṇyena dhanaṃ mānaṃ ghanabhramāḥ ,
yathāśāstraiḥ kathaṃ buddhyā na krīṇantyajaraṃ padam 34

34. krīṇanti prāṇapaṇyena dhanam mānam ghanabhramāḥ |
yathāśāstraiḥ katham buddhyā na krīṇanti ajaram padam ||

34. ghanabhramāḥ prāṇapaṇyena dhanam mānam krīṇanti katham
[te] yathāśāstraiḥ buddhyā ajaram padam na krīṇanti

34. Those deluded by wealth (ghana-bhramāḥ) purchase riches and honor at the cost of their very lives. Why, then, do they not, through their intelligence and in accordance with the scriptures, acquire the imperishable state (ajarapadā)?

Words meanings summery:

• क्रीणन्ति (krīṇanti) - they buy, they purchase

• प्राणपण्येन (prāṇapaṇyena) - with their lives as the price (by means of (their) life as a wager/price)

• धनम् (dhanam) - wealth, riches, property

• मानम् (mānam) - honor, respect, pride

• घनभ्रमाः (ghanabhramāḥ) - those deluded by wealth

• यथाशास्त्रैः (yathāśāstraiḥ) - in accordance with the scriptures, according to rule

• कथम् (katham) - how? why?

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by means of intelligence, with understanding

• न (na) - not, no

• अजरम् (ajaram) - ageless, imperishable, undecaying

• पदम् (padam) - the imperishable state/abode (state, abode, position, step, foot)

Words meanings and morphology

क्रीणन्ति (krīṇanti) - they buy, they purchase

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of √krī

Present tense

3rd person plural, present active indicative

Root: krī (class 9)

प्राणपण्येन (prāṇapaṇyena) - with their lives as the price (by means of (their) life as a wager/price)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of prāṇapaṇya

prāṇapaṇya - having life as a wager, bought with one's life

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (prāṇa+paṇya)

• prāṇa – life, vital breath, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• paṇya – commodity, merchandise, article for sale, wager, stake
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  from √paṇ (to bargain, to wager)
  Root: paṇ (class 1)

धनम् (dhanam) - wealth, riches, property

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhana

dhana - wealth, riches, money, property

from √dhā (to place, hold)

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of krīṇanti.

मानम् (mānam) - honor, respect, pride

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of māna

māna - honor, respect, pride, self-esteem, measure

from √man (to think, believe, respect)

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Object of krīṇanti.

घनभ्रमाः (ghanabhramāḥ) - those deluded by wealth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ghanabhrama

ghanabhrama - deluded by wealth

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (ghana+bhrama)

• ghana – dense, solid, compact; wealth, riches
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• bhrama – wandering, error, delusion, confusion
  noun (masculine)
  from √bhram (to wander, to err)
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Subject of krīṇanti.

यथाशास्त्रैः (yathāśāstraiḥ) - in accordance with the scriptures, according to rule

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of yathāśāstra

yathāśāstra - according to the scriptures, conformable to rule

Compound type : Avyayībhāva (yathā+śāstra)

• yathā – as, like, in accordance with
  indeclinable
• śāstra – scripture, sacred text, rule, treatise
  noun (neuter)
  from √śās (to teach, to instruct)
  Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Used as "by means of scriptures" or "following scriptures".

कथम् (katham) - how? why?

(indeclinable)

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by means of intelligence, with understanding

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intelligence, intellect, understanding, perception

from √budh (to know, perceive)

Root: budh (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अजरम् (ajaram) - ageless, imperishable, undecaying

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ajara

ajara - ageless, not decaying, imperishable, eternal

a- (negation) + jara (decay, old age).

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+jara)

• a – not, un-, non-
  prefix/indeclinable
  negation prefix
• jara – old age, decay, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
  from √jṝ (to waste away, grow old)
  Root: jṝ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with padam.

पदम् (padam) - the imperishable state/abode (state, abode, position, step, foot)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - step, foot, abode, state, position, word

from √pad (to go, to fall)

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Object of krīṇanti.