योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-21, verse-26

यास्तात पुरुषैः स्थूलैर्ललिता मनुजैः प्रियाः ।
ता मुने प्रविभक्ताङ्ग्यः स्वपन्ति पितृभूमिषु ॥ २६ ॥

yāstāta puruṣaiḥ sthūlairlalitā manujaiḥ priyāḥ ,
tā mune pravibhaktāṅgyaḥ svapanti pitṛbhūmiṣu 26

26. yāḥ tāta puruṣaiḥ sthūlaiḥ lalitāḥ manujaiḥ priyāḥ
tāḥ mune pravibhaktāṅgyaḥ svapanti pitṛbhūmiṣu

26. tāta mune yāḥ puruṣaiḥ sthūlaiḥ manujaiḥ priyāḥ
lalitāḥ tāḥ pravibhaktāṅgyaḥ pitṛbhūmiṣu svapanti

26. O dear one, those beloved women, who were cherished by strong men, O sage, now lie with their limbs dismembered in the cremation grounds.

Words meanings summery:

• याः (yāḥ) - those women (those, who)

• तात (tāta) - O dear one (affectionate address) (O father, O dear one, O child)

• पुरुषैः (puruṣaiḥ) - by men (by persons, by men, by males)

• स्थूलैः (sthūlaiḥ) - by strong (men) (by stout, by strong, by corpulent)

• ललिताः (lalitāḥ) - cherished (women) (sported, cherished, graceful, charming)

• मनुजैः (manujaiḥ) - by humans (men) (by humans, by men)

• प्रियाः (priyāḥ) - beloved (women) (beloved, dear, liked)

• ताः (tāḥ) - those women (those)

• मुने (mune) - O sage (address to the listener) (O sage, O ascetic)

• प्रविभक्ताङ्ग्यः (pravibhaktāṅgyaḥ) - having limbs dismembered (referring to the women) (having limbs divided, dismembered)

• स्वपन्ति (svapanti) - they lie (dead), they sleep (they sleep, they are asleep)

• पितृभूमिषु (pitṛbhūmiṣu) - in the cremation grounds (in ancestral lands, in cremation grounds, in burial grounds)

Words meanings and morphology

याः (yāḥ) - those women (those, who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what, that

तात (tāta) - O dear one (affectionate address) (O father, O dear one, O child)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, child

पुरुषैः (puruṣaiḥ) - by men (by persons, by men, by males)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

स्थूलैः (sthūlaiḥ) - by strong (men) (by stout, by strong, by corpulent)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sthūla

sthūla - stout, thick, strong, corpulent, large

Note: Agrees with puruṣaiḥ.

ललिताः (lalitāḥ) - cherished (women) (sported, cherished, graceful, charming)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of lalita

lalita - sported, played, cherished, graceful, charming

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √lal (to sport, to play)

Root: lal (class 1)

Note: Agrees with yāḥ and priyāḥ.

मनुजैः (manujaiḥ) - by humans (men) (by humans, by men)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of manuja

manuja - human, man, offspring of Manu

Note: Synonymous with puruṣaiḥ in this context.

प्रियाः (priyāḥ) - beloved (women) (beloved, dear, liked)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of priya

priya - dear, beloved, favorite, pleasing

Note: Agrees with yāḥ and lalitāḥ.

ताः (tāḥ) - those women (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers back to yāḥ.

मुने (mune) - O sage (address to the listener) (O sage, O ascetic)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, hermit, silent one

प्रविभक्ताङ्ग्यः (pravibhaktāṅgyaḥ) - having limbs dismembered (referring to the women) (having limbs divided, dismembered)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pravibhaktāṅgī

pravibhaktāṅgī - having divided limbs, dismembered

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pravibhakta+aṅga)

• pra – forward, onward, very, much
  indeclinable
• vibhakta – divided, separated, distributed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √bhaj (to divide, share) with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhaj (class 1)
• aṅga – limb, body, part
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with tāḥ.

स्वपन्ति (svapanti) - they lie (dead), they sleep (they sleep, they are asleep)

(verb)

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

Present active 3rd person plural

Root: svap (class 2)

पितृभूमिषु (pitṛbhūmiṣu) - in the cremation grounds (in ancestral lands, in cremation grounds, in burial grounds)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of pitṛbhūmi

pitṛbhūmi - ancestral land, fatherland, cremation ground

Compound type : tatpurusha (pitṛ+bhūmi)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• bhūmi – earth, ground, land, region
  noun (feminine)