योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-107, verse-6

तया सह समास्तत्र मया बह्व्षोऽतिवाहिताः ।
नारके चिन्तया सार्धं ब्रह्मघ्नेनेव यातनाः ॥ ६ ॥

tayā saha samāstatra mayā bahvṣo'tivāhitāḥ ,
nārake cintayā sārdhaṃ brahmaghneneva yātanāḥ 6

6. tayā saha samāḥ tatra mayā bahvyaḥ ativāhitāḥ
nārake cintayā sārdham brahmaghnena iva yātanāḥ

6. mayā tayā saha tatra bahvyaḥ samāḥ ativāhitāḥ,
cintayā sārdham nārake brahmaghnena iva yātanāḥ (iva āsīran)

6. I spent many years there with her, years that were like the tortures (yātanā) experienced in hell by a brahmin-killer, accompanied by worry (cintā).

Words meanings summery:

• तया (tayā) - with her (by her, with her)

• सह (saha) - with (with, together with)

• समाः (samāḥ) - years

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• मया (mayā) - by me (by me, with me)

• बह्व्यः (bahvyaḥ) - many

• अतिवाहिताः (ativāhitāḥ) - were spent (passed, spent, caused to pass)

• नारके (nārake) - in hell (in hell, relating to hell)

• चिन्तया (cintayā) - with worry (by thought, with worry, by anxiety)

• सार्धम् (sārdham) - accompanied by (with, together with)

• ब्रह्मघ्नेन (brahmaghnena) - by a brahmin-killer

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• यातनाः (yātanāḥ) - tortures, torments (tortures, torments, agonies, punishments)

Words meanings and morphology

तया (tayā) - with her (by her, with her)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

सह (saha) - with (with, together with)

(indeclinable)

Preposition requiring instrumental case.

समाः (samāḥ) - years

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of samā

samā - year, season, equal, similar

Feminine noun for 'year'. Can also be an adjective (equal).

Note: Subject of 'ativāhitāḥ'.

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial derivation from the pronoun 'tad'.

मया (mayā) - by me (by me, with me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'ativāhitāḥ'.

बह्व्यः (bahvyaḥ) - many

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, abundant

Feminine nominative plural form.

Note: Agreeing with 'samāḥ'.

अतिवाहिताः (ativāhitāḥ) - were spent (passed, spent, caused to pass)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ativāhita

ativāhita - caused to pass, spent (time)

Past Passive Participle (causative)

From 'ati-' + '√vah' (to carry) in causative, meaning 'to cause to pass'.

Prefix: ati

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'samāḥ'.

नारके (nārake) - in hell (in hell, relating to hell)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nāraka

nāraka - hellish, infernal, relating to hell; hell (as a noun)

Derived from 'nara' (man) + 'ka' (suffix) or 'nira' (down) + 'ka'. Commonly denotes 'hell'.

चिन्तया (cintayā) - with worry (by thought, with worry, by anxiety)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought, thinking, reflection, worry, anxiety

From '√cit' (to think).

Root: cit (class 1)

सार्धम् (sārdham) - accompanied by (with, together with)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of 'sārdha' (accompanied). Requires instrumental case.

ब्रह्मघ्नेन (brahmaghnena) - by a brahmin-killer

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of brahmaghan

brahmaghan - killer of a brahmin, brahmin-slayer

Compound of 'brahman' (brahmin) and 'ghan' (killer, from '√han' to strike/kill).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (brahman+ghan)

• brahman – brahmin, priest, sacred knowledge, ultimate reality (brahman)
  noun (masculine)
• ghan – killer, striker, slayer
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root √han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agent of the implied suffering/endurance of 'yātanāḥ'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

यातनाः (yātanāḥ) - tortures, torments (tortures, torments, agonies, punishments)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yātanā

yātanā - torture, torment, agony, punishment, pain

From '√yat' (to strive, exert, punish).

Root: yat (class 1)

Note: In apposition with 'samāḥ' as the comparison object.