योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-112, verse-14

द्विपान्तरजनाश्चक्रैर्जर्जरा जीवितं जहुः ।
मीनजङ्गलजम्बाले जीर्णमत्स्या इवाजले ॥ १४ ॥

dvipāntarajanāścakrairjarjarā jīvitaṃ jahuḥ ,
mīnajaṅgalajambāle jīrṇamatsyā ivājale 14

14. dvīpa-antara-janāḥ cakraiḥ jarjarā jīvitam jahuḥ
mīna-jaṅgala-jambāle jīrṇa-matsyāḥ iva ajale

14. dvīpa-antara-janāḥ cakraiḥ jarjarā jīvitam jahuḥ
iva ajale mīna-jaṅgala-jambāle jīrṇa-matsyāḥ

14. People from other islands, shattered by discuses (or wheels), lost their lives, just like exhausted fish in a muddy swamp of fish and dry land, devoid of water.

Words meanings summery:

• द्वीप-अन्तर-जनाः (dvīpa-antara-janāḥ) - people from other islands/continents

• चक्रैः (cakraiḥ) - by discuses or war-chariot wheels (as instruments of destruction) (by wheels, by discuses (weapons), by cycles)

• जर्जरा (jarjarā) - shattered (by the weapons) (shattered, worn out, enfeebled, decrepit)

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

• जहुः (jahuḥ) - lost (their lives) (abandoned, gave up, lost, sacrificed)

• मीन-जङ्गल-जम्बाले (mīna-jaṅgala-jambāle) - in a swampy mire where fish are stranded in a dry/wild environment (in a muddy swamp of fish and dry land/wilderness)

• जीर्ण-मत्स्याः (jīrṇa-matsyāḥ) - exhausted/dying fish (old/worn-out fish, decomposed fish)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• अजले (ajale) - in a place devoid of water (for fish) (in a waterless place, without water)

Words meanings and morphology

द्वीप-अन्तर-जनाः (dvīpa-antara-janāḥ) - people from other islands/continents

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvīpa-antara-jana

dvīpa-antara-jana - people from other islands/regions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvīpa+antara+jana)

• dvīpa – island, continent, region
  noun (masculine)
• antara – other, different, interval, space
  adjective (neuter)
• jana – person, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

चक्रैः (cakraiḥ) - by discuses or war-chariot wheels (as instruments of destruction) (by wheels, by discuses (weapons), by cycles)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of cakra

cakra - wheel, discus, army, circle, cycle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

जर्जरा (jarjarā) - shattered (by the weapons) (shattered, worn out, enfeebled, decrepit)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jarjara

jarjara - shattered, worn out, decrepit, old, enfeebled

Note: Agrees with 'dvīpāntara-janāḥ'.

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, existence

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

from √jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

जहुः (jahuḥ) - lost (their lives) (abandoned, gave up, lost, sacrificed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of hā

Perfect 3rd plural

Root: hā (class 3)

मीन-जङ्गल-जम्बाले (mīna-jaṅgala-jambāle) - in a swampy mire where fish are stranded in a dry/wild environment (in a muddy swamp of fish and dry land/wilderness)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mīna-jaṅgala-jambāla

mīna-jaṅgala-jambāla - muddy swamp of fish and dry land/wilderness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mīna+jaṅgala+jambāla)

• mīna – fish
  noun (masculine)
• jaṅgala – dry land, arid, wilderness, jungle
  noun (neuter)
• jambāla – mud, mire, swamp, bog
  noun (masculine)

जीर्ण-मत्स्याः (jīrṇa-matsyāḥ) - exhausted/dying fish (old/worn-out fish, decomposed fish)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīrṇa-matsya

jīrṇa-matsya - old/worn-out fish

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīrṇa+matsya)

• jīrṇa – worn out, old, decayed, digested
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √jṝ (to decay, wear out)
  Root: jṝ (class 9)
• matsya – fish
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

अजले (ajale) - in a place devoid of water (for fish) (in a waterless place, without water)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of ajala

ajala - waterless, without water

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+jala)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'mīna-jaṅgala-jambāle' or implicitly 'sthāne' (place).