योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-34, verse-13

योधो यम इवाभाति याम्यादायाति दिक्तटात् ।
सर्वतः संहरन्सेनामेहि यामो यथागतम् ॥ १३ ॥

yodho yama ivābhāti yāmyādāyāti diktaṭāt ,
sarvataḥ saṃharansenāmehi yāmo yathāgatam 13

13. yodhaḥ yamaḥ iva ābhāti yāmyāt āyāti diktaṭāt
sarvataḥ saṃharan senām ehi yāmaḥ yathāgatam

13. yāmyāt diktaṭāt āyāti yodhaḥ yamaḥ iva ābhāti.
sarvataḥ senām saṃharan,
(saḥ vadati) "ehi,
yathāgatam yāmaḥ"

13. The warrior appears like Yama, the god of death, as he comes from the southern direction. Systematically destroying the army from all sides, (he urges,) 'Come, let us proceed as we arrived!'

Words meanings summery:

• योधः (yodhaḥ) - warrior, fighter, soldier

• यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama, the god of death (Yama (god of death), control, restraint)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• आभाति (ābhāti) - appears, looks like (shines, appears, looks like)

• याम्यात् (yāmyāt) - from the southern direction (from the south, from the southern direction)

• आयाति (āyāti) - comes (comes, approaches)

• दिक्तटात् (diktaṭāt) - from the direction (from the quarter, from the direction's edge)

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, systematically (from all sides, everywhere, completely)

• संहरन् (saṁharan) - destroying (destroying, annihilating, withdrawing)

• सेनाम् (senām) - the enemy army (army, host, forces)

• एहि (ehi) - come! (an urging command) (come!)

• यामः (yāmaḥ) - let us proceed (let us go, we go)

• यथागतम् (yathāgatam) - as we arrived, in the same manner as we came (as it came, as it happened, as we arrived)

Words meanings and morphology

योधः (yodhaḥ) - warrior, fighter, soldier

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yodha

yodha - warrior, fighter

From root yudh (to fight)

Root: yudh (class 4)

यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama, the god of death (Yama (god of death), control, restraint)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yama

yama - Yama (the god of death), twin, restraint, control

From root yam (to restrain)

Root: yam (class 1)

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

आभाति (ābhāti) - appears, looks like (shines, appears, looks like)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ābhā

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

याम्यात् (yāmyāt) - from the southern direction (from the south, from the southern direction)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yāmya

yāmya - southern, relating to Yama, right-hand

आयाति (āyāti) - comes (comes, approaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of āyā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

दिक्तटात् (diktaṭāt) - from the direction (from the quarter, from the direction's edge)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of diktaṭa

diktaṭa - boundary of a quarter, edge of a direction

Tatpurusha compound: dik (direction) + taṭa (edge)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dik+taṭa)

• dik – direction, quarter, region
  noun (feminine)
• taṭa – bank, shore, edge, side
  noun (masculine)

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, systematically (from all sides, everywhere, completely)

(indeclinable)

Ablative adverb derived from sarva (all).

संहरन् (saṁharan) - destroying (destroying, annihilating, withdrawing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃharat

saṁharat - destroying, annihilating, bringing together, collecting

Present Active Participle

From root saṃ-hṛ (to destroy, collect, withdraw)

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies yodhaḥ.

सेनाम् (senām) - the enemy army (army, host, forces)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of senā

senā - army, host, forces

Note: Object of saṃharan.

एहि (ehi) - come! (an urging command) (come!)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ā-i

Imperative 2nd person singular of root i (to go) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

यामः (yāmaḥ) - let us proceed (let us go, we go)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (cohortative/subjunctive sense) (laṭ (used with cohortative sense)) of yā

LAKāra present first person plural (or imperative/cohortative).

Root: yā (class 2)

यथागतम् (yathāgatam) - as we arrived, in the same manner as we came (as it came, as it happened, as we arrived)

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable (adverbial) formed from yathā (as) + āgata (come, arrived).

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

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