योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-93, verse-85

अन्तकः पर्यवस्थाता जीविते महतामपि ।
चलन्त्यायूंषि शाखाग्रलम्बाम्बूनीव देहिनाम् ॥ ८५ ॥

antakaḥ paryavasthātā jīvite mahatāmapi ,
calantyāyūṃṣi śākhāgralambāmbūnīva dehinām 85

85. antakaḥ paryavasthātā jīvite mahatām api
calanti āyūṃṣi śākhāgralambāmbūni iva dehinām

85. antakaḥ mahatām api jīvite paryavasthātā
dehinām āyūṃṣi śākhāgralambāmbūni iva calanti

85. Death (antaka) stands by as the supervisor even over the lives of the great. The lifespans of embodied beings are transient, like drops of water clinging to the tips of branches.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - Death, the Destroyer, Yama (the god of death)

• पर्यवस्थाता (paryavasthātā) - supervisor, one who stands by, overseer

• जीविते (jīvite) - in life, with regard to life, for life

• महताम् (mahatām) - of the great ones, of important persons

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• चलन्ति (calanti) - they move, are unsteady, are fleeting, pass away

• आयूंषि (āyūṁṣi) - lifespans, ages

• शाखाग्रलम्बाम्बूनि (śākhāgralambāmbūni) - drops of water hanging from branch tips

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• देहिनाम् (dehinām) - of embodied beings, of living creatures

Words meanings and morphology

अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - Death, the Destroyer, Yama (the god of death)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antaka

antaka - destroyer, terminator, death, Yama

Root: ant

पर्यवस्थाता (paryavasthātā) - supervisor, one who stands by, overseer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paryavasthātṛ

paryavasthātṛ - superintendent, overseer, one who stands by

Derived from root sthā with upasargas pari and ava

Prefixes: pari+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

जीविते (jīvite) - in life, with regard to life, for life

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, livelihood, living

Past Passive Participle (nominalized)

Derived from verb root jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

महताम् (mahatām) - of the great ones, of important persons

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, noble

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

चलन्ति (calanti) - they move, are unsteady, are fleeting, pass away

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of cal

Root: cal (class 1)

आयूंषि (āyūṁṣi) - lifespans, ages

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of āyus

āyus - life, vitality, duration of life, age

शाखाग्रलम्बाम्बूनि (śākhāgralambāmbūni) - drops of water hanging from branch tips

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śākhāgralambāmbu

śākhāgralambāmbu - drops of water hanging from the tips of branches

Compound type : Tatpurusha (śākhāgra+lambāmbu)

• śākhāgra – tip of a branch
  noun (neuter)
• lambāmbu – hanging water/drops
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

देहिनाम् (dehinām) - of embodied beings, of living creatures

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dehin

dehin - an embodied being, a living creature, soul, person