योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-109, verse-5

प्रविष्टाः केचिदनलं ज्वलितं शलभा इव ।
केचिच्श्वभ्रेषु पतिताः शिला शैलच्युता इव ॥ ५ ॥

praviṣṭāḥ kecidanalaṃ jvalitaṃ śalabhā iva ,
kecicśvabhreṣu patitāḥ śilā śailacyutā iva 5

5. praviṣṭāḥ kecit analam jvalitam śalabhāḥ iva
kecit śvabhreṣu patitāḥ śilāḥ śailacyutāḥ iva

5. kecit śalabhāḥ iva jvalitam analam praviṣṭāḥ
kecit śailacyutāḥ iva śilāḥ śvabhreṣu patitāḥ

5. Some entered the blazing fire, like moths. Others fell into chasms, like rocks dislodged from mountains.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रविष्टाः (praviṣṭāḥ) - entered, gone into

• केचित् (kecit) - some

• अनलम् (analam) - fire

• ज्वलितम् (jvalitam) - blazing, burning

• शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - moths, grasshoppers

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• केचित् (kecit) - some

• श्वभ्रेषु (śvabhreṣu) - into chasms, pits

• पतिताः (patitāḥ) - fallen

• शिलाः (śilāḥ) - rocks, stones

• शैलच्युताः (śailacyutāḥ) - fallen from mountains

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

Words meanings and morphology

प्रविष्टाः (praviṣṭāḥ) - entered, gone into

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of praviṣṭa

praviṣṭa - entered, gone into, approached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from pra-√viś (to enter) with kta suffix.

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'kecit'.

केचित् (kecit) - some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, which, what, some, a certain

Interrogative/indefinite pronoun.

Note: Subject of the verb 'praviṣṭāḥ'.

अनलम् (analam) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anala

anala - fire, god of fire

From a- (not) + nala (reed, water-lily), or literally 'not enough' (fire is never satisfied).

Note: Object of 'praviṣṭāḥ'.

ज्वलितम् (jvalitam) - blazing, burning

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jvalita

jvalita - blazing, shining, burning

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √jval (to blaze, shine) with kta suffix.

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'analam'.

शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - moths, grasshoppers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śalabha

śalabha - moth, grasshopper, locust

Note: Used as a simile with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

केचित् (kecit) - some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, which, what, some, a certain

Interrogative/indefinite pronoun.

Note: Subject of the verb 'patitāḥ'.

श्वभ्रेषु (śvabhreṣu) - into chasms, pits

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of śvabhra

śvabhra - pit, chasm, abyss, hole

Note: Indicates the location into which they fell.

पतिताः (patitāḥ) - fallen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of patita

patita - fallen, dropped, descended

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √pat (to fall) with kta suffix.

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'kecit'.

शिलाः (śilāḥ) - rocks, stones

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śilā

śilā - rock, stone, slab

Note: Used as a simile with 'iva'.

शैलच्युताः (śailacyutāḥ) - fallen from mountains

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śailacyuta

śailacyuta - fallen from a mountain

Compound of 'śaila' (mountain) and 'cyuta' (fallen).

Compound type : Pañcamī-Tatpuruṣa (śaila+cyuta)

• śaila – mountain, rock, hill
  noun (masculine)
  From śilā (stone) + -a (suffix) or from śila (rock).
• cyuta – fallen, dropped, dislodged
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √cyu (to move, fall, drop) with kta suffix.
  Root: cyu (class 1)

Note: Compound, modifies 'śilāḥ'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.