योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-2, verse-15

स्ववार्धकशरच्छान्तशीर्णेहापर्णसंततेः ।
जगज्जंगलजातस्य कलत्रोपतृणावलेः ॥ १५ ॥

svavārdhakaśaracchāntaśīrṇehāparṇasaṃtateḥ ,
jagajjaṃgalajātasya kalatropatṛṇāvaleḥ 15

15. sva-vārdhaka-śarat-śānta-śīrṇa-īhā-parṇa-saṃtateḥ
jagat-jaṅgala-jātasya kalatra-upa-tṛṇa-avaleḥ

15. sva-vārdhaka-śarat-śānta-śīrṇa-īhā-parṇa-saṃtateḥ
jagat-jaṅgala-jātasya kalatra-upa-tṛṇa-avaleḥ

15. This tree, whose continuity of desire-leaves has withered and become tranquilized by the autumn of its own old age, which is born in the jungle of the world (jagat), and whose multitude of wives are like insignificant grasses.

Words meanings summery:

• स्व-वार्धक-शरत्-शान्त-शीर्ण-ईहा-पर्ण-संततेः (sva-vārdhaka-śarat-śānta-śīrṇa-īhā-parṇa-saṁtateḥ) - describing the tree (human life) as having desires that fade and fall away with advancing age (of that whose continuity of withered desire-leaves is quieted by the autumn of one's old age)

• जगत्-जङ्गल-जातस्य (jagat-jaṅgala-jātasya) - describing the tree (human existence) as originating within the chaotic and wild nature of the mundane world (of that which is born from the jungle of the world)

• कलत्र-उप-तृण-अवलेः (kalatra-upa-tṛṇa-avaleḥ) - describing the tree (human life) as having wives that are like minor, secondary growths, implying attachment or insignificance (of that which has a multitude of wives as subsidiary grasses)

Words meanings and morphology

स्व-वार्धक-शरत्-शान्त-शीर्ण-ईहा-पर्ण-संततेः (sva-vārdhaka-śarat-śānta-śīrṇa-īhā-parṇa-saṁtateḥ) - describing the tree (human life) as having desires that fade and fall away with advancing age (of that whose continuity of withered desire-leaves is quieted by the autumn of one's old age)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sva-vārdhaka-śarat-śānta-śīrṇa-īhā-parṇa-saṃtati

sva-vārdhaka-śarat-śānta-śīrṇa-īhā-parṇa-saṁtati - whose continuity of desire-leaves (īhā-parṇa) has withered (śīrṇa) and become quieted (śānta) by the autumn (śarat) of one's own old age (sva-vārdhaka)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sva+vārdhaka+śarat+śānta+śīrṇa+īhā+parṇa+saṃtati)

• sva – one's own
  pronoun/adjective
• vārdhaka – old age, decrepitude
  noun (neuter)
• śarat – autumn
  noun (feminine)
• śānta – calmed, tranquil, pacified
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √śam (to be calm)
  Root: śam (class 4)
• śīrṇa – withered, fallen, torn
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √śṝ (to tear, break)
  Root: śṝ (class 9)
• īhā – desire, wish, effort
  noun (feminine)
• parṇa – leaf, feather
  noun (neuter)
• saṃtati – continuity, progeny, series
  noun (feminine)

जगत्-जङ्गल-जातस्य (jagat-jaṅgala-jātasya) - describing the tree (human existence) as originating within the chaotic and wild nature of the mundane world (of that which is born from the jungle of the world)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jagat-jaṅgala-jāta

jagat-jaṅgala-jāta - born from the world-jungle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+jaṅgala+jāta)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
• jaṅgala – wilderness, jungle, uncultivated land
  noun (neuter)
• jāta – born, produced, arisen
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

कलत्र-उप-तृण-अवलेः (kalatra-upa-tṛṇa-avaleḥ) - describing the tree (human life) as having wives that are like minor, secondary growths, implying attachment or insignificance (of that which has a multitude of wives as subsidiary grasses)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kalatra-upa-tṛṇa-avali

kalatra-upa-tṛṇa-avali - having a multitude of wives as subsidiary grasses

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kalatra+upa+tṛṇa+avali)

• kalatra – wife, spouse
  noun (neuter)
• upa – near, beside, secondary, inferior
  indeclinable
• tṛṇa – grass, straw
  noun (neuter)
• avali – row, series, multitude
  noun (feminine)