योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-106, verse-50

वाहयत्यत्र मे दान्तान्केदारे पुल्कसः पिता ।
श्मशान इव वेतालः क्षुधितो धूलिधूसरः ॥ ५० ॥

vāhayatyatra me dāntānkedāre pulkasaḥ pitā ,
śmaśāna iva vetālaḥ kṣudhito dhūlidhūsaraḥ 50

50. vāhayati atra me dāntān kedāre pulkasaḥ pitā
śmaśāne iva vetālaḥ kṣudhitaḥ dhūli-dhūsaraḥ

50. atra me pulkasaḥ pitā kedāre dāntān vāhayati
iva śmaśāne kṣudhitaḥ dhūli-dhūsaraḥ vetālaḥ

50. Here, my father, a Pulkasa, drives my tamed animals in the field, resembling a hungry, dust-grey vetāla in a cremation ground.

Words meanings summery:

• वाहयति (vāhayati) - drives, makes to carry, causes to flow

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• दान्तान् (dāntān) - tamed, disciplined (animals)

• केदारे (kedāre) - in the field, in the garden

• पुल्कसः (pulkasaḥ) - The father, who belongs to the Pulkasa caste. (a Pulkasa (a person of low caste))

• पिता (pitā) - father

• श्मशाने (śmaśāne) - in a cremation ground

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वेतालः (vetālaḥ) - a vetāla (ghost, goblin inhabiting dead bodies)

• क्षुधितः (kṣudhitaḥ) - hungry

• धूलि-धूसरः (dhūli-dhūsaraḥ) - grey with dust, dust-grey

Words meanings and morphology

वाहयति (vāhayati) - drives, makes to carry, causes to flow

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vāh

Causative

From root vah with ṇic suffix for causation.

Root: vah (class 1)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Here, possessive ('my').

दान्तान् (dāntān) - tamed, disciplined (animals)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dānta

dānta - tamed, subdued, disciplined, calm

Past Passive Participle

Root: dam (class 4)

Note: Refers to tamed animals (implied).

केदारे (kedāre) - in the field, in the garden

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kedāra

kedāra - field, cultivated field, garden, sacred ground

पुल्कसः (pulkasaḥ) - The father, who belongs to the Pulkasa caste. (a Pulkasa (a person of low caste))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pulkasa

pulkasa - a man of low or mixed caste, scavenger

Note: Used as an identifier for the father.

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

श्मशाने (śmaśāne) - in a cremation ground

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śmaśāna

śmaśāna - cremation ground, cemetery

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वेतालः (vetālaḥ) - a vetāla (ghost, goblin inhabiting dead bodies)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vetāla

vetāla - a ghost, vampire, demon inhabiting a corpse

क्षुधितः (kṣudhitaḥ) - hungry

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣudhita

kṣudhita - hungry, starved

Past Passive Participle

Root: kṣudh (class 4)

Note: Modifies vetālaḥ and pitā.

धूलि-धूसरः (dhūli-dhūsaraḥ) - grey with dust, dust-grey

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhūli-dhūsara

dhūli-dhūsara - grey with dust, dust-coloured

Compound type : tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa (dhūli+dhūsara)

• dhūli – dust, powder
  noun (feminine)
• dhūsara – grey, ash-coloured
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies vetālaḥ and pitā.