योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-28, verse-35

अशूरेण हतः शूर एकेनापि हतं शतम् ।
प्राकृताः प्रभुतां याताः सर्वमावर्त्यते जगत् ॥ ३५ ॥

aśūreṇa hataḥ śūra ekenāpi hataṃ śatam ,
prākṛtāḥ prabhutāṃ yātāḥ sarvamāvartyate jagat 35

35. aśūreṇa hataḥ śūra ekena api hatam śatam
prākṛtāḥ prabhutām yātāḥ sarvam āvartyate jagat

35. śūraḥ aśūreṇa hataḥ ekena api śatam hatam
prākṛtāḥ prabhutām yātāḥ sarvam jagat āvartyate

35. A hero is slain by a non-hero, and a hundred are killed even by one. Common people attain power. The entire world (jagat) is constantly turned upside down.

Words meanings summery:

• अशूरेण (aśūreṇa) - by a non-hero, by a coward, by a weak person

• हतः (hataḥ) - killed, struck down

• शूरः (śūraḥ) - a hero, a brave person

• एकेन (ekena) - by one

• अपि (api) - even, also

• हतम् (hatam) - killed, struck down

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

• प्राकृताः (prākṛtāḥ) - common people, ordinary individuals, ignoble ones

• प्रभुताम् (prabhutām) - sovereignty, power, mastery, authority

• याताः (yātāḥ) - gone, attained, reached

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

• आवर्त्यते (āvartyate) - is revolved, is turned around, is inverted, returns

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, universe, all that moves

Words meanings and morphology

अशूरेण (aśūreṇa) - by a non-hero, by a coward, by a weak person

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of aśūra

aśūra - not brave, cowardly, not a hero

Negative compound (nañ-tatpuruṣa) of śūra.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śūra)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• śūra – hero, brave, valiant
  noun (masculine)

हतः (hataḥ) - killed, struck down

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed, abandoned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with śūraḥ.

शूरः (śūraḥ) - a hero, a brave person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śūra

śūra - a hero, brave, valiant

एकेन (ekena) - by one

(numeral)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

हतम् (hatam) - killed, struck down

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed, abandoned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with śatam.

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

(numeral)

प्राकृताः (prākṛtāḥ) - common people, ordinary individuals, ignoble ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prākṛta

prākṛta - natural, ordinary, common, vulgar, unrefined

Derived from prakṛti (nature) + aṇ suffix.

प्रभुताम् (prabhutām) - sovereignty, power, mastery, authority

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prabhutā

prabhutā - sovereignty, power, mastery, authority

Derived from prabhu (master, lord) + tā (abstract noun suffix).

Note: Object of 'yātāḥ'.

याताः (yātāḥ) - gone, attained, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yāta

yāta - gone, departed, reached, attained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yā (to go, move)

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Used predicatively, agrees with prākṛtāḥ.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with jagat.

आवर्त्यते (āvartyate) - is revolved, is turned around, is inverted, returns

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of āvṛt

Derived from root vṛt (to turn, be) with prefix ā, in passive form.

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

जगत् (jagat) - the world, universe, all that moves

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - the world, universe, people, all that moves

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go, move), used as a noun meaning 'that which moves' or 'the moving world'.

Root: gam (class 1)

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