योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-106, verse-65

तत्प्रविष्टा वयं कीर्णशिरान्त्र भीमपक्कणम् ।
मृतभूतं जगत्कल्पे कृतान्तानुचरा इव ॥ ६५ ॥

tatpraviṣṭā vayaṃ kīrṇaśirāntra bhīmapakkaṇam ,
mṛtabhūtaṃ jagatkalpe kṛtāntānucarā iva 65

65. tat praviṣṭāḥ vayam kīrṇaśirāntram bhīmapakkaṇam
mṛtabhūtam jagat kalpe kṛtāntānucarāḥ iva

65. vayam tat kīrṇaśirāntram bhīmapakkaṇam praviṣṭāḥ
mṛtabhūtam jagat kalpe kṛtāntānucarāḥ iva

65. We, having entered that dreadful outcaste settlement (pakkana) which was strewn with heads and intestines, felt as if we were attendants of Death (Kṛtānta) in a cosmic age (kalpa) where the world had become lifeless.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (terrible outcaste settlement) (that, it)

• प्रविष्टाः (praviṣṭāḥ) - we, having entered (having entered, entered)

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• कीर्णशिरान्त्रम् (kīrṇaśirāntram) - the terrible outcaste settlement, strewn with heads and intestines (strewn with heads and intestines)

• भीमपक्कणम् (bhīmapakkaṇam) - dreadful outcaste settlement

• मृतभूतम् (mṛtabhūtam) - the world having become lifeless (become as if dead, lifeless)

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• कल्पे (kalpe) - in a doomsday cosmic age (kalpa) (in a cosmic age, in a kalpa)

• कृतान्तानुचराः (kṛtāntānucarāḥ) - we, like attendants of Death (attendants of Death (Kṛtānta))

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (terrible outcaste settlement) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to the outcaste settlement (pakkana).

प्रविष्टाः (praviṣṭāḥ) - we, having entered (having entered, entered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of praviṣṭa

praviṣṭa - entered, gone into

Past Passive Participle

From root viś (to enter) with pra

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Qualifies vayam.

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

कीर्णशिरान्त्रम् (kīrṇaśirāntram) - the terrible outcaste settlement, strewn with heads and intestines (strewn with heads and intestines)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kīrṇaśirāntra

kīrṇaśirāntra - having heads and intestines strewn about

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kīrṇa+śiras+antra)

• kīrṇa – scattered, strewn
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ (to scatter)
  Root: kṛ (class 6)
• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)
• antra – intestine, gut
  noun (neuter)

Note: Compound adjective modifying pakkana.

भीमपक्कणम् (bhīmapakkaṇam) - dreadful outcaste settlement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhīmapakkaṇa

bhīmapakkaṇa - dreadful outcaste settlement

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bhīma+pakkana)

• bhīma – dreadful, terrible
  adjective (masculine)
• pakkana – settlement of outcastes, hamlet
  noun (neuter)

Note: The object of entry, modified by preceding adjectives.

मृतभूतम् (mṛtabhūtam) - the world having become lifeless (become as if dead, lifeless)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mṛtabhūta

mṛtabhūta - become dead, turned into a corpse

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mṛta+bhūta)

• mṛta – dead
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• bhūta – become, happened, been
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Compound adjective modifying jagat.

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, moving

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of the implied state of being dead.

कल्पे (kalpe) - in a doomsday cosmic age (kalpa) (in a cosmic age, in a kalpa)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kalpa

kalpa - a cosmic age, a long period of time, a decree, a ritual

Root: kḷp (class 1)

कृतान्तानुचराः (kṛtāntānucarāḥ) - we, like attendants of Death (attendants of Death (Kṛtānta))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛtāntānucara

kṛtāntānucara - attendant of Death (Kṛtānta)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (kṛtānta+anucara)

• kṛtānta – Death, Yama (Kṛtānta)
  noun (masculine)
• anucara – follower, attendant
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound noun, here used adjectivally with iva.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.