योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-43, verse-14

किमेतास्वतिशून्यासु संसारारण्यभूमिषु ।
मानवा वातहरिणा भ्रमथो भ्रान्तबुद्धयः ॥ १४ ॥

kimetāsvatiśūnyāsu saṃsārāraṇyabhūmiṣu ,
mānavā vātahariṇā bhramatho bhrāntabuddhayaḥ 14

14. kim etāsu ati-śūnyāsu saṃsāra-araṇya-bhūmiṣu
mānavāḥ vāta-hariṇāḥ bhramathaḥ bhrānta-buddhayaḥ

14. mānavāḥ bhrānta-buddhayaḥ vāta-hariṇāḥ etāsu
ati-śūnyāsu saṃsāra-araṇya-bhūmiṣu kim bhramathaḥ

14. O humans with deluded intellects, why do you wander like confused deer in these extremely barren and empty wildernesses of transmigration (saṃsāra)?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - why (why, what, whether)

• एतासु (etāsu) - in these

• अति-शून्यासु (ati-śūnyāsu) - in the exceedingly empty/void, very barren

• संसार-अरण्य-भूमिषु (saṁsāra-araṇya-bhūmiṣu) - in the forest-lands of transmigration (saṃsāra), in the wildernesses of saṃsāra

• मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - O humans, O mankind

• वात-हरिणाः (vāta-hariṇāḥ) - like deer running aimlessly or confusedly (like deer in the wind, like confused deer, like mirage-deer)

• भ्रमथः (bhramathaḥ) - you wander, you roam, you err

• भ्रान्त-बुद्धयः (bhrānta-buddhayaḥ) - whose intellects are deluded, confused minds

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - why (why, what, whether)

(indeclinable)

एतासु (etāsu) - in these

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

अति-शून्यासु (ati-śūnyāsu) - in the exceedingly empty/void, very barren

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of ati-śūnya

ati-śūnya - exceedingly empty, utterly desolate, very barren

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (ati+śūnya)

• ati – over, beyond, exceedingly, very
  indeclinable
• śūnya – empty, void, barren, desolate, zero
  adjective

संसार-अरण्य-भूमिषु (saṁsāra-araṇya-bhūmiṣu) - in the forest-lands of transmigration (saṃsāra), in the wildernesses of saṃsāra

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of saṃsāra-araṇya-bhūmi

saṁsāra-araṇya-bhūmi - forest-lands of transmigration (saṃsāra), wildernesses of saṃsāra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+araṇya+bhūmi)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  from root sṛ ('to flow, move') with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• araṇya – forest, wilderness, desert
  noun (neuter)
• bhūmi – earth, land, ground, region
  noun (feminine)

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - O humans, O mankind

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, pertaining to humans, descendant of Manu

वात-हरिणाः (vāta-hariṇāḥ) - like deer running aimlessly or confusedly (like deer in the wind, like confused deer, like mirage-deer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāta-hariṇa

vāta-hariṇa - deer running in the wind (confused/wildly), mirage-deer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāta+hariṇa)

• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• hariṇa – deer, antelope
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions as vocative in apposition with 'mānavāḥ'.

भ्रमथः (bhramathaḥ) - you wander, you roam, you err

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhram

Root: bhram (class 1)

भ्रान्त-बुद्धयः (bhrānta-buddhayaḥ) - whose intellects are deluded, confused minds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhrānta-buddhi

bhrānta-buddhi - one whose intellect is deluded, confused mind

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhrānta+buddhi)

• bhrānta – deluded, confused, erred, wandered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhram ('to wander, err')
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, mind, perception
  noun (feminine)
  from root budh ('to know, perceive')
  Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Functions as vocative in apposition with 'mānavāḥ'.