योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-178, verse-38

शुष्काः कंकालतां याताः क्रव्यादैश्चर्विताङ्गकाः ।
नाशमभ्याययुस्तत्र च्छायाभागा इवातपैः ॥ ३८ ॥

śuṣkāḥ kaṃkālatāṃ yātāḥ kravyādaiścarvitāṅgakāḥ ,
nāśamabhyāyayustatra cchāyābhāgā ivātapaiḥ 38

38. śuṣkāḥ kaṅkālatām yātāḥ kravyādaiḥ carvitāṅgakāḥ
nāśam abhi-āyayuḥ tatra chāyā-bhāgāḥ iva ātapaiḥ

38. śuṣkāḥ kaṅkālatām yātāḥ kravyādaiḥ carvitāṅgakāḥ
tatra nāśam abhi-āyayuḥ ātapaiḥ chāyā-bhāgāḥ iva

38. Dried up, reduced to skeletons, and with their limbs gnawed by carnivores, their bodies perished there, just as parts of a shadow disappear due to sunbeams.

Words meanings summery:

• शुष्काः (śuṣkāḥ) - dried up (referring to the bodies) (dried, withered, emaciated)

• कङ्कालताम् (kaṅkālatām) - reduced to skeletons (skeleton-hood, the state of being a skeleton)

• याताः (yātāḥ) - having attained (the state of skeletons), having become (gone, attained, become)

• क्रव्यादैः (kravyādaiḥ) - by carnivores, by flesh-eaters

• चर्विताङ्गकाः (carvitāṅgakāḥ) - whose limbs were gnawed/chewed

• नाशम् (nāśam) - destruction, ruin, loss, perishing

• अभि-आययुः (abhi-āyayuḥ) - they met their destruction, they perished (they came to, they approached, they met (destruction))

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• छाया-भागाः (chāyā-bhāgāḥ) - parts of a shadow

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आतपैः (ātapaiḥ) - by sunbeams, by heat

Words meanings and morphology

शुष्काः (śuṣkāḥ) - dried up (referring to the bodies) (dried, withered, emaciated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śuṣka

śuṣka - dried, withered, parched, emaciated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √śuṣ (to dry, wither).

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

कङ्कालताम् (kaṅkālatām) - reduced to skeletons (skeleton-hood, the state of being a skeleton)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kaṅkālatā

kaṅkālatā - skeleton-hood, the state of being a skeleton

Derived from kaṅkāla (skeleton) with suffix -tā (feminine noun forming suffix for 'state of being').

याताः (yātāḥ) - having attained (the state of skeletons), having become (gone, attained, become)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yāta

yāta - gone, departed, attained, become

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √yā (to go).

Root: yā (class 2)

क्रव्यादैः (kravyādaiḥ) - by carnivores, by flesh-eaters

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kravyāda

kravyāda - flesh-eater, carnivore

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (kravya+ada)

• kravya – raw flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• ada – eating, eater (agent noun suffix)
  suffix (masculine)
  Agent noun derived from √ad (to eat).
  Root: ad (class 2)

चर्विताङ्गकाः (carvitāṅgakāḥ) - whose limbs were gnawed/chewed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of carvitāṅgaka

carvitāṅgaka - whose limbs are gnawed/chewed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (carvita+aṅgaka)

• carvita – chewed, gnawed, eaten
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √carv (to chew, eat).
  Root: carv (class 1)
• aṅgaka – limb, body part (diminutive of aṅga)
  noun (masculine)

नाशम् (nāśam) - destruction, ruin, loss, perishing

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, ruin, loss, disappearance

Derived from the root √naś (to perish, disappear).

Root: naś (class 1)

अभि-आययुः (abhi-āyayuḥ) - they met their destruction, they perished (they came to, they approached, they met (destruction))

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of √i

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Combination of prefixes abhi- and ā- with the root √i.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

छाया-भागाः (chāyā-bhāgāḥ) - parts of a shadow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of chāyā-bhāga

chāyā-bhāga - part of a shadow

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (chāyā+bhāga)

• chāyā – shadow, shade; image, reflection
  noun (feminine)
• bhāga – part, portion, share
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root √bhaj (to divide, share).
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आतपैः (ātapaiḥ) - by sunbeams, by heat

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ātapa

ātapa - sunlight, sunbeam, heat, warmth

Derived from the root √tap (to heat) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: tap (class 1)