योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-34, verse-24

युध्यध्वमग्रतो मूढा नयतार्धमृतान्नरान् ।
निजान्पादप्रहारेण मैतान्दारयताधमाः ॥ २४ ॥

yudhyadhvamagrato mūḍhā nayatārdhamṛtānnarān ,
nijānpādaprahāreṇa maitāndārayatādhamāḥ 24

24. yudhyadhvam agrataḥ mūḍhāḥ nayata ardhamṛtān
narān nijān pādaprahāreṇa mā etān dārayata adhamāḥ

24. mūḍhāḥ agrataḥ yudhyadhvam,
ardhamṛtān nijān narān nayata; adhamāḥ etān pādaprahāreṇa mā dārayata

24. O fools, fight on, advance! Lead your own half-dead men. O wretched ones, do not tear them apart with your kicks!

Words meanings summery:

• युध्यध्वम् (yudhyadhvam) - fight!, wage war!

• अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, forward, ahead

• मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - O fools!, O deluded ones!

• नयत (nayata) - lead!, guide!, take!

• अर्धमृतान् (ardhamṛtān) - half-dead ones

• नरान् (narān) - men, males, human beings

• निजान् (nijān) - one's own, own people

• पादप्रहारेण (pādaprahāreṇa) - by kicks, by foot-blows

• मा (mā) - do not, not

• एतान् (etān) - these (ones)

• दारयत (dārayata) - tear apart!, split!

• अधमाः (adhamāḥ) - O wretches!, O vile ones!, O lowest ones!

Words meanings and morphology

युध्यध्वम् (yudhyadhvam) - fight!, wage war!

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of yudh

Imperative Mood, Middle Voice

Root: yudh (class 4)

अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, forward, ahead

(indeclinable)

Suffix -tas indicating position/direction.

मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - O fools!, O deluded ones!

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, plural of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, deluded, stupid, bewildered

Past Passive Participle

From root muh (to be bewildered, confused)

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Addressing the warriors.

नयत (nayata) - lead!, guide!, take!

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of nī

Imperative Mood, Active Voice

Root: nī (class 1)

अर्धमृतान् (ardhamṛtān) - half-dead ones

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ardhamṛta

ardhamṛta - half-dead, nearly dead

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ardha+mṛta)

• ardha – half, part
  noun (masculine)
• mṛta – dead, deceased
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'narān'.

नरान् (narān) - men, males, human beings

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, male, human being, person

Note: Object of 'nayata'.

निजान् (nijān) - one's own, own people

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nija

nija - own, proper, belonging to oneself

Note: Qualifies 'narān'; implies 'your own men'.

पादप्रहारेण (pādaprahāreṇa) - by kicks, by foot-blows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pādaprahāra

pādaprahāra - foot-kick, blow with the foot

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāda+prahāra)

• pāda – foot, leg
  noun (masculine)
• prahāra – blow, stroke, kick
  noun (masculine)
  From pra-hṛ (to strike)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Indicates the means of tearing apart.

मा (mā) - do not, not

(indeclinable)

एतान् (etān) - these (ones)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the 'half-dead men'.

दारयत (dārayata) - tear apart!, split!

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of dāray

Causative of root dṛ (to tear), Imperative Mood, Active Voice

Causative verb form.

Root: dṛ (class 6)

Note: Used with 'mā' for prohibition.

अधमाः (adhamāḥ) - O wretches!, O vile ones!, O lowest ones!

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, plural of adhama

adhama - lowest, mean, vile, wretched

Note: Addressing the warriors.