योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-36, verse-10

विषमायुधयुद्धेषु योद्धारः पेलवाशयाः ।
यदा युक्त्या पलायन्ते रणकल्पानले तदा ॥ १० ॥

viṣamāyudhayuddheṣu yoddhāraḥ pelavāśayāḥ ,
yadā yuktyā palāyante raṇakalpānale tadā 10

10. viṣamāyudhayuddheṣu yoddhāraḥ pelavāśayāḥ
yadā yuktyā palāyante raṇakalpānale tadā

10. yadā pelavāśayāḥ yoddhāraḥ viṣamāyudhayuddheṣu
raṇakalpānale yuktyā palāyante tadā

10. When faint-hearted warriors, confronted with difficult weapon-based battles, tactfully retreat from the fiery ordeal of the battlefield, then...

Words meanings summery:

• विषमायुधयुद्धेषु (viṣamāyudhayuddheṣu) - in battles involving dangerous weapons; in difficult weapon-based battles

• योद्धारः (yoddhāraḥ) - warriors, fighters

• पेलवाशयाः (pelavāśayāḥ) - faint-hearted, of weak resolve, delicate-minded

• यदा (yadā) - when

• युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by strategy, by proper means, skillfully

• पलायन्ते (palāyante) - they flee, they retreat

• रणकल्पानले (raṇakalpānale) - in the conflagration-like intensity of battle, in the battle-fire

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

विषमायुधयुद्धेषु (viṣamāyudhayuddheṣu) - in battles involving dangerous weapons; in difficult weapon-based battles

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of viṣamāyudhayuddha

viṣamāyudhayuddha - battle with dangerous/difficult weapons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viṣama+āyudha+yuddha)

• viṣama – uneven, difficult, dangerous
  adjective (masculine)
• āyudha – weapon, implement
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'yudh' with prefix 'ā' and 'karaṇa' suffix 'ḍa'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• yuddha – battle, fight, war
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'yudh' with 'kta' (ta) affix
  Root: yudh (class 4)

योद्धारः (yoddhāraḥ) - warriors, fighters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yoddhṛ

yoddhṛ - warrior, fighter

Agent noun

From root 'yudh' with 'tṛc' affix

Root: yudh (class 4)

पेलवाशयाः (pelavāśayāḥ) - faint-hearted, of weak resolve, delicate-minded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pelavāśaya

pelavāśaya - one with a tender heart/mind/resolve

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pelava+āśaya)

• pelava – tender, delicate, soft, weak
  adjective (masculine)
• āśaya – intention, mind, heart, disposition, resolve
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śī (class 2)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

युक्त्या (yuktyā) - by strategy, by proper means, skillfully

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - junction, application, proper means, device, strategy, reasoning

Root: yuj (class 7)

पलायन्ते (palāyante) - they flee, they retreat

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of palāy

Derived from 'iṇ' with prefix 'parā' and 'laṭ' lakāra

Prefix: parā

Root: iṇ (class 2)

रणकल्पानले (raṇakalpānale) - in the conflagration-like intensity of battle, in the battle-fire

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇakalpānala

raṇakalpānala - fire of battle, conflagration of battle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raṇa+kalpānala)

• raṇa – battle, fight, war
  noun (masculine)
  Root: raṇ (class 1)
• kalpānala – the fire at the end of a cosmic age (kalpa), a great conflagration
  noun (masculine)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)